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Speak N’ Spellbinder: Circuit Bending Goodness

Part Speak and Spell, part Guitar Hero controller, this device is the ultimate in circuit-bending. Riddled with knobs, switches and a 1/4″ output, the Speak N’ Spellbinder will no doubt crank out some of the craziest glitch your precious ears have ever heard. Don’t believe me? Hit the jump for a video of the madness.

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Afternoon Linkage for March 25th, 2009

Hey man, take a walk on the wild side. Make sure you have health insurance, though. Give your iPod the power of tubes Guitar Hero: World Tour is coming to your PC and Mac this summer Everyone loves a good Rube Goldberg machine “Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg!” A Hyundai you’d actually buy A Lamborghini-inspired motorcycle ...

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The Beatles: Rock Band Gets A Release Date

“The British are coming! The British are coming!” Those words are running through every Best Buy employee’s mind right now as they prepare both mentally and physically for the upcoming release of The Beatles: Rock Band. Thank goodness their label, Apple Corps, decided to go with the Rock Band series and not Guitar Hero. Better interface, better equipment and better ...

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Afternoon Linkage for February 11th, 2009

We’re trying our best to pump it up here at Gearfuse. Say it with me now! PUMP. IT. UP! And now back to our regularly scheduled links. This LEGO phone looks too fun Is that a surfboard…guitar? Using plants to clean your air That a cellphone in your shoe or are you just happy to see me? The Scratch (Guitar ...

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Rock Band To Get Nearly 5000 Tracks This Year

According to Billboard, the ever-popular Rock Band is due to get “as many as 5000” new tracks this year via downloadable content. The report comes as I completed “…And Justice For All” on Expert at 100% last night. Harmonix has already released over 500 songs for the Rock Band series, putting it way above the number of tracks Guitar Hero: ...

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Afternoon Linkage for November 19th, 2008

All you need to know is that there’s a new Johnnie Walker on the block and it goes great with links. An awesome miniature camera The Hermes ForTwo A new thermometer concept Walmart will be selling a $128 Blu-ray player come Black Friday Um, Guitar Hero and bikes? MSI brings netbook power to the desktop Solid Sneaker Shoelaces NYC has ...

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Shout At Your Monitor To Control The Cursor

When you can’t use a mouse because of too much Guitar Hero, don’t fret; alternative means of controlling your computer’s cursor are just over the horizon. The University of Washington is developing a vocally controlled mouse interface that’s completely hands free! Similar to speech recognition that aids in typing, the vocal joystick makes using a mouse as simple as humming ...

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Pixelate Those Pretty Graphics

The Pixelation forum came up with a neat contest for it’s users. They poked at the question, “what would modern games look like on an original Gameboy?” They ask their users to re-create screenshots of their favorite modern games in pixelated Gameboy-form. You’ll find games like Guitar Hero, BioShock, ICO, Okami, Sam & Max, Flashback (not so modern but very ...

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6 Video Game Series That Are Better Off Dead

Today, we point out the obvious: a series that tries so desperately to make money that it ruins the artistic vision of the game. These are the franchises that I admire for their enjoyable originals and also loathe for what they’ve become. Let’s face it, The Godfather: Part III sucked. That’s where these games are going.

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Watch Nas Destroy A Rush Song In Rock Band

Rush and Nas were on the Colbert Report playing Tom Sawyer on Rock Band for the Xbox 360. Kotaku says Nas outperformed Rush on their own song, and for the most part he did. In Rush’s defense, playing guitar solo on Rock Band is way easier than having an entire band set up with vocals and drums in addition to ...

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