Rocksmith. The guitar is what it’s all about.
Rocksmith’s appeal is entirely up to your background. Mine follows: when Rock Band came out in Europe in January 2008, I first picked up a plastic guitar controller. (I’ve had four since.) Two years ago I picked up a real guitar, all thanks to the game. I’ve been noodling w [...]
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Rocksmith (Xbox 360)
Rocksmith. The guitar is what it’s all about.
Rocksmith’s appeal is entirely up to your background. Mine follows: when Rock Band came out in Europe in January 2008, I first picked up a plastic guitar controller. (I’ve had four since.) Two years ago I picked up a real guitar, all thanks to the game. I’ve been noodling w [...]
Power2ool: Better than paper
Dyson Airblade: better than paper, scary as hell. Why'd they have to call a thing you insert your hands into a "blade" of any sort is beyond me
I started planning the D&D game I ran over the last weekend some years ago in a Moleskine notebook while on a cruise boat to Sweden. Since then I’ve iterated on the plan and wr [...]
Sennheiser CX-300 II Precision
I guess I'm something of a fan
My previous pair of Sennheisers CX-300s lasted me almost three years of heavy daily use, mangling in pockets and travel. I think that’s pretty amazing, especially since it’s also my first pair of headphones not put aside because of snapped wires resulting in patchy output in around one year. They [...]
Migration woes
Due to the number of people having to change their Xbox 360s, I am surprised the topic of migrating to a new console hasn’t been talked about more. I’ve been through it a couple of times, but only this latest migration has really pumped up my blood pressure.
As it happens, I’ve moved to a new console on both the Xbox 360 an [...]
Summer pursuits
I’ve been busy with renovating the apartment, going for more than a week without a functioning computer, not checking my RSS feeds for over two weeks. Despite the exhaustion, gaming has been going on.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3)
I’m not sure what I was expecting from MGS4, probably because I skipped MGS3, despit [...]
Guitar Hero III vs. Rock Band, Gibson...
I’ve now played enough Rock Band and Guitar Hero III to feel like I’m up to comparing the toy guitar playing. I have not played Guitar Hero I or II very much, just some hours at parties, so that may affect my judgement.
The Rock Band experience was elevated considerably when we switched the plastic Fender Stratocasters to Xbox 3 [...]
Sennheiser CX-300
I bought a pair of Sennheiser CX 300 in-ear headphones because my Sennheiser PX 100s are a little cumbersome on the go. The PX 100 has been a good set at work – I usually hear through if someone calls out for me, and being a rigid, foldable headband set, it’s easy to just drop them around my neck if I need to talk a while. On the [...]
The Rock Band Stage Kit
So we still don’t have a Euro release date for Rock Band (I’m guessing March), but this is something that ought to add a little flavor to your band sessions, whenever they may finally come to fruition. People are saying it’s overpriced, but I don’t know, 99 USD doesn’t sound like a dealbreaker to me, if the build [...]
Piracy on the PC, the Introversion vi...
Chris from Introversion has a remarkably clear and level-headed post up on the state of piracy on the PC and what needs to be done. I basically agree with him on everything.
Sony drops backward compatibility (Pl...
Sony’s new 40GB PlayStation 3 will not have backwards compatibility only support PS1 games, not PS2. I find this confusing and strange. It was only last year they said that backwards compatibility is a a natural, core part of the PlayStation experience.
Sony’s take is that they want to spend the money elsewhere and that they feel [...]
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