One of the biggest complaints adults have had regarding the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises is that they teach kids to mash a few buttons instead of actually learning an instrument. That will all be a thing of the past in the near future however, with Fender’s new Squier Stratocaster Rock Band 3 controller.
The Squier is the “controller” musician-gamers have been waiting for, seeing as how it is a 102-button beast that perfectly mimics a real guitar. both a real guitar and game controller. The official release date is marked down as March 1st 2011, though you can get in on the fun early by pre-ordering the guitar come December 1st.
Unfortunately, all of that high-end, music-teaching fun comes at a price — a $279 price that is. For a gaming accessory, that’s insane. For an instrument that can play games and in stand alone situations as well as actually teach you how to play along, well a price can’t really be put on that.
Anyone looking to pick up the latest Rock Band solely for it’s unique guitar and re-worded Pro modes?
Want to see a real modern genius in action? Guitar Hero may be on the back side of the popularity mountain, but one thing is for sure — Ric Turner, former Disney Imagineer, is a genius. The reason for his ingeniousness is for his creation, “Christmas Light Hero”. Obviously based off of Guitar Hero, Ric recorded a perfect run of Eric Johnson’s “Cliffs of Dover” for the base video material. The 21,268 lights and LEDs display the recorded video on the garage door while the audio is actual gameplay audio from a Wii. Essentially it’s a jumbo geek fest with lights and sounds. The icing on the cake is the fact that the audio is broadcast on local 99.1 FM so anyone in the area can tune in and listen to you play your heart out.
Ways to improve for next year: Bump up the displayed difficulty level from “Easy” to something a tad more difficult. Though the fact that Ric even attempted such an undertaking is impressive enough. Feast your eyes on the video below and be prepared to be amazed…
When you buy something, especially something you really want and/or have saved for, you don’t usually think to yourself, “Yay, I can’t wait to pay for this twice”. Yet Activision seems to think you think that very same thought everyday as the bittersweet announcement of transferable songs from Guitar Hero:World Tour and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits will be able to be transfered to Guitar Hero 5. While the added benefit of importing older purchased songs is a huge plus as it allows you to play one game and not have to constantly switch discs in and out, charging to essentially buy a song twice is hardly the way to go about it. Honestly, even if I had a couple songs I wanted to transfer, I would keep switching discs as opposed to dollars. Know what I mean? I’m just not the type that gravitates towards these sorts of gimmicks. Your turn. Are you going to bite the bullet and re-buy your songs or are you can keep doin’ it old school and switch discs?
Like music? Like rockin’ out on your shiny plastic guitar to synced colored images on a tv screen? Sweet, Guitar is your game. The game that swept the nation just a couple short years ago while slightly cooled off now in popularity still has quite a loyal following. Naturally, those of you who love music and can’t get enough of the Guitar Hero action love knowing up the song list before the game actually gets released as to spend many a night awake in bed dreaming about how you’re going to be a rockstar when the new game launches. You can see yourself bouncing all around the room thrashing your guitar in violent motions. For you determined rockers, the a list with 22 new tracks awaits you right inside.
Show the upper class folk that you are a different breed of human, one who is classy and wild. Show them that you can rock out while wearing a suit. “How on earth do you accomplish this monumental task?” you ask. Simple: Guitar Hero cuff links. You can see from the picture above that these aren’t cheapo cuff links. The GH cuff links are available from Cuff Links and feature a meticulously detailed guitar for each wrist. Even the colors on the fret board were transposed over to these mini relics. If you are that rocker in silent type of person and have $50 burning a hole in your pocket (I’ve got a few pockets to spare for ya…) head on over to Cuff Links and pick up a pair of these social stunners.
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One of the biggest complaints adults have had regarding the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises is that they teach kids to mash a few buttons instead of actually learning an instrument. That will all be a thing of the past in the near future however, with Fender’s new Squier Stratocaster Rock Band 3 controller. 
