I would love to know how long this took to set up and shoot. Bravo though, the end result is pretty unique and impressive

[Thanks John!]

Love the idea of portable Guitar Hero but hate the execution of Guitar Hero: On Tour?  Sure you could opt for the Guitar Hero carabiner, but wouldn’t you rather something that was a little more… good?  Well then it’s time you heard about Video Games Hero.

Video Games Hero is a DS homebrew title that offers 65 tracks and a host of play modes.  It supports the On Tour guitar grip if you do own it, and best of all?  Most of the music is from video games.  We’re talking Monkey Island, Kung Fu, Metroid type stuff.  If this was on store shelves I’d buy it in an instant.  Mind you that’s the eagerness talking — I’m downloading it as we speak.

It’s free and it just requres a homebrew card.  What’s not to love?  Check it out here.

Hey! Are you one of those jackasses that likes to complain about games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band and tell people to “learn a real instrument?” Well, now no matter what instrument you like to get all high-and-mighty about there’s probably a Guitar Hero inspired version over at BandGeekHero.

Whether it’s the oboe or the triangle, the mandolin or the piano (or my favorite the didgeridoo). It’s from the guys behind the uber-offensive TShirtHell.com and the slightly less-so TorsoPants.com.

Oh, and to answer your question about learning a real instrument… I’ll do it right after I learn how to drive a racecar, fly a plane, save the world as a super-agent, fight my way through WWII, or any of the other hundreds of things I do for escape when I play video games…. dick.

The shirts can be found and ordered here.

Ever since the travesty that was Guitar Hero III, we here at theBBPS have pretty much across the board been venomously opposed to the franchise. Whether it was the third-party milking of the GH name (an air guitar belt and a Tiger Electronics Caribeener? Really??) or the Activision-helmed self-whoring to bang out a new title ever couple of months (2008 sees at least four full fledged Guitar Hero products), the whole Guitar Hero name has gone right in the pooper as far as we’re concerned.

As such, it should come as no shock that we’ve been less than excited about the series upcoming Rock Band clone, Guitar Hero: World Tour. But what if we’re wrong? What if World Tour is the salvation this series needs? Here’s five reasons why I’m thinking we should all drop our bias and give this thing a fair shake;

1. Rock Band instruments will work with it.
Not only will you not have to drop a few hundred sheckles on the full package, but the team at Neversoft had developed it with this possibility in mind. If you hook up the Rock Band drums (which have only four pads compared to World Tour’s five) the game recognizes this and puts one less input track down for you to hit. The game actually changes so you can play with EA’s equipment. Sweet. [source]

2. I can see you look like a jackass.
One of the best parts of SingStar PS3 (check out our review here) was the addition of MySingStar — an online service that let you upload video and audio clips of you making a fool out of yourself in your own living room. Now Guitar Hero is doing the same thing with Guitar Hero Tunes. If you’re going to steal, steal from the best. [source]

3. The possibility of creating my own music is intriguing.
Is it lame? Sure. But some people loved games like MTV Music Generator. It’s only natural that we’d see something like this eventually. I think the work involved in putting a track together might be a little more than some people are expecting, but I’m looking forward to the miles of copyright infringement it’s going to create. “No, no, no — it’s called Stairway to HAVEN. Totally different.” Whatever — Zeppelin stole it first. [source]

4. The (rumored) track list sounds killer.
The Doors? Hendrix? Van Halen? If it has Panama, you can sign me the fuck up. [source]

5. Neversoft has historically learned from it’s mistakes.
Everyone wants to bust Neversoft’s chops as the series that makes those shitty Tony Hawk games, but let’s remember a few things. Not only did they also make all of the great Tony Hawk games, those games have happened sporadically throughout the series. They try something new, it fails, they learn from it. It’s what made Project 8 such a great title despite being shit sandwiched between American Wasteland and Proving Ground. And let’s not forget, they’ve been responsible for some other great games too (Spider-Man and Gun both come to mind). Think Harmonix is infallible? Guess what — they were responsible for Rock the 80’s and AntiGrav. Just sayin’ is all.

Here’s the line, which side will you stand on? Will you join me in cutting Activision/Neversoft a break and give Guitar Hero another chance? Or is it just another case of too little too late?

Well, finally some Guitar Hero news I can get behind! It’s hard to find pro GH news round here, what with them killing the franchise and all.

But in an effort to make Activision do something cool, Blizzard has stepped in. Well, actually Blizzard house band Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain (best band name ever) has to contribute their song, “I am Murloc!”

Here it is in action (whoever played this isn’t all that great, but it gets the job done)

We here for the most part have been tripping all over each other trying to out-diss Guitar Hero, then just shrugging our shoulders and getting back to fun games. You know, the kind Neversoft seem intent on NOT making.

Well the raping of the Guitar Hero franchise is not in full swing, this week is the abortion of a game for the DS and next week is the Aerosmith-centric one. The final setlist has been revealed for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and is after the break. Any of the songs on there gonna get you to purchase it? Maybe you’re just content to wait for “Friends of the Internet” Metallica’s GH game.

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