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blog.wired.com - 11/22/2008

Guitar Hero Robot Belts Out a Neat Tune

— blog.wired.com — Say hello to the latest rock star on the block: the Cythbot The Cythbot combines a camera... with a vision processing system and pneumatic fingers to create a robot that can play the popular Guitar Hero video game by itself. The Cythbot ... (more) Guitar Hero Robot Belts Out a Neat Tune

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gamingtarget.com - 12/1/2008

Michael Phelps game in development @ Gaming Target

— gamingtarget.com — News: Are Guitar Hero: World Tour commercials just the beginning? In a profile on 60 Minutes of... Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps last night, it was revealed that a Michael Phelps video game is in the works. No other details about the game were ... (more) Michael Phelps game in development @ Gaming Target

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Call of Duty: World at War

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technology.timesonline.co.uk - 12/1/2008

Guitar Hero leads children to pick up real instruments

— technology.timesonline.co.uk — Video games have led many anxious parents to fear that their children could turn into addicted, uncultured... sloths. But research by one of Britain's largest music charities suggests that the popularity of active music titles such as Guitar Hero and ... (more) Guitar Hero leads children to pick up real instruments

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Rock Band

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You Can't Hum a Video Game [Feature]
Kotaku — [image] In 1982 the president of Arista records, Clive Davis, wrote an editorial in Billboard magazine entitled "You can't hum a video game." His point was that, although the then newly-popular pastime of gaming was giving record companies the heebie-jeebies by threatening to eat into the spending power of the youth market, music would always have the upper hand compared to this newfangled bleepy nonsense. Irony, she is a cruel mistress. Thirty years later, Gamasutra reported that Aerosmith have earned more from their Guitar Hero spin-off Guitar Hero:Aerosmith than from any ...

Musicians 'Tap Tap' iPhone
Forbes.com: Technology News — ... Tapulous plans to release new packs of songs and special editions every month in 2009. Artists are clamoring to be involved with "Tap Tap" in the hopes of benefiting from a "Guitar Hero" boost that has been known to double album sales. Neilsen SoundScan documented a 136% increase in sales of the Aerosmith single "Same Old Song and Dance" the week after it was released in "Guitar Hero III," prompting the band to create a special "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" edition. Sales of Weezer's song "My Name is Jonas" increased 10 times after appearing in the game. Other bands have even ...