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Plastic Instruments to Replace Real Ones? - Rock Band (VIDEO)
Rock Band
Published: Nov 8, 07
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As it turns out, the countless hours that I spent playing Guitar Hero shirtless on my leather couch was only validating EA’s and Harmonix’s proof-of-concept for something much bigger: Rock Band.

The PS3 (and x360) game is set to amalgamate the most addictive interactive games on this planet, earth (i.e. Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution.)

Say “good-bye” to your existing social life -  save, of course,  for the three friends you choose to form your rock allegiance with.  One is to be pitted behind the “skins” of a virtual drum-set, while the other two compliment your singing-that-only-a-mother-could-love on the bass and lead guitars.

Oh yeah, and the hype for this game is so big, I almost forgot to mention the release of Guitar Hero III this week, w00t! 

In the popular game Guitar Hero, players tap color-coded fret keys and strum a guitar-shaped controller in time with scrolling on-screen notes. Rock Band "takes the core premise of Guitar Hero and expands it tenfold," says Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix, which developed the game and the Karaoke Revolution games. "It lets you create a complete collaborative band. (usatoday)

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