Posted in Guitar Hero, News, Videos on Apr 9th, 2008 5 Comments »
Charlie Daniels is pretty upset with how his song ‘The Devil Went Down To Georgia’ is portrayed in Guitar Hero III. The game features a demonic guitar player and in his words, “grotesque monsters on stage with the band, strange, eerie lighting effects and all manner of weird things popping up on the stage”. He [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Hero, Videos on Mar 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
I don’t know why anyone would want to do this, but it’s an interesting idea. It’s a video on how to play Guitar Hero using an acoustic guitar.
Posted in Guitar Hero, News, Updates on Mar 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
There has been an update to the Activision lawsuit against Gibson, for claiming that the popular Guitar Hero game was their idea. Gibson is now filed lawsuits against six major retailers, Wal-Mart, Target, Toys ‘R’ Us, Amazon.com, K-Mart and Gamestop, for selling the Guitar Hero game. The suit claims that the game violates a patent [...]
Posted in Guitar Hero, News on Mar 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
Gibson Guitars recently sent a letter to Activision, maker of the hugely popular Guitar Hero games, claiming that the Guitar Hero idea was originally theirs, and was patented in 1999. Here’s what Gibson had to say in the letter: Based on our preliminary analysis, the ‘Guitar Hero’ software (including any expansion packs) and the guitar [...]
Posted in Guitar Hero, News on Feb 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
With CD sales in a multi-year decline, this has been described as a dark time for the music industry. However, Guitar Hero has proven to be one of the salvations of the music industry by introducing music to a whole new fan base, and these fans are buying the music. Herman Li, guitarist or DragonForce [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Gear, Guitar Hero, News, Software, Videos on Jan 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) finished this past Friday in Las Vegas. CES is an annual trade show, not open to the public, which showcases new consumer electronic products. This years CES featured some cool and fun products for guitar players. Here’s some of the highlights: eJamming is recording software that uses peer-to-peer technology [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Hero, Videos on Jan 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s an amusing video from Bill Gates’ final speech at the 2008 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas this past weekend. In the second half of the video, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach challenges Gates to a Guitar Hero III duel. Needing help against the competitive Gates, Bach calls on Guitar Heroine [...]
Posted in Guitar Hero, Guitar Players on Dec 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
Slash took time out of his busy schedule to sit down for an interview with Switched.com. In the interview, Slash talks about his new book entitled ‘Slash‘, which discusses his years as guitar player for Guns ‘n’ Roses. He also talked about his appearance in the Guitar Hero III game, and about his use of [...]
Posted in Guitar Hero, News, Videos on Nov 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
The rock group The Romantics have filed a lawsuit against Activision, creators of the Guitar Hero video games. The suit claims that the identity of the band was infringed upon by the use of their classic song ‘What I Like About You’ in the video game ‘Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80’s’. The suit seeks [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Hero, News, Videos on Oct 27th, 2007 No Comments »
The day Guitar Hero fans have been waiting for is finally here. October 28, 2007 marks the official US release date of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and Wii. The European release date is scheduled for November 23rd, 2007. A complete setlist of all 74 songs, including the 14 [...]