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offworld.com - 2/2/2009
UUDDLRLRBA-Rock: 8-bit Guitar Hero comes to the NES
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Right, we're only a few hours in and it's going to be hard to top this for best new development of the week: following remakes on the Commodore 64 and text adventures , Kent 'SnowBro' Hansen and Andreas Pedersen have created D+Pad Hero -- rhythm action for the NES -- and it's entirely excellent. ...
Rock Band May Have 5,000 Songs This Year, says MTV
gamedaily.com - 1/28/2009
Rock Band May Have 5,000 Songs This Year, says MTV
— gamedaily.com — 5,000! MTV apparently will be adding thousands more songs to the Rock Band platform this year. We... suggest you start sending in your requests to Harmonix now. (more) Rock Band May Have 5,000 Songs This Year, says MTV

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Champion of Guitars: text adventure Guitar Hero gets real
offworld.com - 1/26/2009
Champion of Guitars: text adventure Guitar Hero gets real
— offworld.com — asciirockband.jpg The current management of this rather seedy venue doesn't much care about appearances, apparently. Nonetheless, it's... become one of the hottest spots in the area, attracting surly alcoholics from all around. A variety of local acts, ... (more) Champion of Guitars: text adventure Guitar Hero gets real

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14-year-old Breaks 80 Plastic Guitars To Set Guitar Hero Record [Guitar Hero]
i.gizmodo.com - 2/6/2009
14-year-old Breaks 80 Plastic Guitars To Set Guitar Hero Record [Guitar Hero]
— i.gizmodo.com — This amazing story of a 14-year-old kid setting the 973,954 point record in Guitar Hero would be... an example of man triumphing over technology—if only that technology could actually keep up. Turns out that Danny Johnson 's record 973k score ... (more) 14-year-old Breaks 80 Plastic Guitars To Set Guitar Hero ...

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8-Bit Guitar Hero for the NES
Boing Boing — Over at Boing Boing Offworld, Brandon has details on Guitar Hero for the NES! Guns N' Roses and Michael Jackson chiptunes? Indeed. 8-Bit Guitar Hero for the NES

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Boing Boing Gadgets — Recently on Offworld, apart from the earlier mentioned D+Pad Hero, we saw someone playing Top Gear with WETA's real world Halo Warthog, more new limited edition toys for Earthbound fans, Olly Moss's latest classic Penguin-books inspired take on Silent Hill, and bullet hell shooters on Japan's Wonderfl Flash coding/preview site. We also saw new Left 4 Dead Valentines Day cards, an imagined take on what A Clockwork Orange would be like as a Lego game, and ...

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