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The "Guitar Hero" Answers Your Questions
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/13/2009
The "Guitar Hero" Answers Your Questions
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Last month we solicited your questions for Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix, the video-game development company best known for its Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. Alex Rigopulos One of the most-asked questions was whether his games discourage players from learning to play real ...
gamestop.com - 1/14/2009
Buy Guitar Hero: Metallica - Xbox 360
— gamestop.com — Over 20 Superstar Guest Acts - Featuring acts chosen by Metallica ranging from Queen, to Alice in... Chains, Lynrd Skynrd and the Foo Fighters, jam to a wide variety of high-energy rock for Guitar Hero. Go beyond the music of Metallica to bands they ... (more) Buy Guitar Hero: Metallica - Xbox 360

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crispygamer.com - 1/8/2009
Video Game News, Rumors and Updates » Blog Archive » Harmonix’ ...
— crispygamer.com — During a keynote interview at Billboard’s “Digital Music Live,” conference session at the Consumer Electronics Show today,... Harmonix co-founder and CEO Alex Rigopolous let slip a potentially interesting tidbit about his company’s timing plans for the ... (more) Video Game News, Rumors and Updates » Blog ...

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metallica.com - 1/15/2009
Guitar Hero . . . Worst Kept Secret, Part II
— metallica.com — All Metallica Game Streets March 29 in N. America... (more) Guitar Hero . . . Worst Kept Secret, Part II

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Kotaku:  Future Rock Bands May Steer Closer To "Real Musicianship" [Rock Band]

Joystiq [Xbox]:  Rock Band's goal is to continue on the path of musical authenticity

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Future Rock Bands May Steer Closer To "Real Musicianship" [Rock Band]
Kotaku — ... that the Cambridge-based developer was focusing its creative efforts on the Beatles game it has planned for 2009 and not a proper Rock Band 3 . The “Guitar Hero” Answers Your Questions [NYT]

What Rock Band Can Help You Do Musically [Rock Band]
Kotaku — ... they can directly apply to real drumming. I am continually seeing people migrate from Rock Band onto real drums naturally. And the guitar? Well, that's "a far more abstracted version of the real thing," Rigopulos says. It does teach players about rhythm, or rather, give them a sense of rhythm, but it doesn't mean an expert Rock Band guitarist can shred a real guitar. According to Rigopulos, "We don’t see Rock Band as an educational tool for guitar so much as an inspirational tool." The Guitar Hero Answers Your Questions [NY Times via ...

Rock Band's goal is to continue on the path of musical authenticity
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... Authentic. One of those words that gives a person warm fuzzies inside and a sense of security and pride. That authenticity is Rock Band developer Harmonix's goal with their current music games and in future titles. "Authenticity of ...

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