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Para Para Revolution Is Rhythm With Your Fingers

Guitar Hero got lame pretty damn fast and Dance Dance Revolution was never straight. Para Para Revolution however, isn’t nearly as bad. Instead of dancing on foot pads or playing a fake guitar, the player wears gloves with accelerometers that detect their hand movements. The gloves focus on both hands’ waving motions. The player has to follow the rhythm and ...

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Afternoon Linkage

Here�s a delicious helping of good reads from around the �net. Decent at Guitar Hero 3? Get paid $25 to beat this dude’s game 5 fingers or 6? Beam me up, Butterscotchy! White Phones Can’t Jump I’m getting an anticipation-boner waiting for the Phoenix Lander to dig into Mars Dell is guilty as hell (big surprise, right?) I really want ...

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“I think I found the magic chord!”

The man above is Mike Edison, the former publisher of High Times. What he’s holding is a device that’s known as the ChroniCaster, which is essentially a bong built into a guitar. His hot P-90 pickups are shielded by a special mold that helps keep marijuana resin out. Makes us wanna blast The Outlaws’ classic track “Green Grass and High ...

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Almost An Entire Band In One

An instrument called TUIST (Transformable Uber Interface for Stardom) is a combination of guitar, bass and drums all in just one handful. Created by Rui Pereira an NYU student who got too bored with the fact that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is coming out. The custom-made instrument takes up less space than Rock Band and has the ultra-cool ability of changing ...

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Blizzard Takes Pranking To A New Level, Thinks You’re An April Fool

Blizzard went all out this year for their April Fool’s day festivities, and I am loving it! Blizzard has released four April Fools’ themed pranks on their official website. Have you heard about the new face-melting Bard hero class in World of Warcraft which integrates Guitar Hero-like gameplay to the MMO? Or how about that Blizzard will be giving WoW ...

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iGTR, Therefore iPod

Forget about all of this Guitar Hero mess. What about a little fun for us real guitarists? iGTR from Wave connects your mp3 player to your guitar so you can jam out to your favorite tunes on your iPod (or a Zune, if you’re a dirty commie). iGTR also packs in 9 guitar effects, including wah, tremolo and phaser effects ...

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Because Star Power Is A Pain In The Ass

Whenever I play Guitar Hero and it’s time to use my stored Star Power, I literally have to do a cartwheel to get the guitar to sense the thrusting motion that lets the console know it’s time to kick some ass. No more of this crap. This new Guitar Hero pedal from React makes sure you can use your Star ...

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Wii Music Revealed: 40 Instruments To Chose From

� Nintendo has finally announced their contribution to the ever-growing musical game niche with Wii Music (awesome name, right?). Wii Music will feature 40 instruments to choose from, and you and up to three of your friends can control an entire band or orchestra. Players will use the Nunchucks and Wiimote to control the musicians with this possible Guitar Hero ...

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Feel the wind in your hair with the D-Box GP-100 Racing Chair

It’s a feeling that many consider to be exclusive to driving a brand new luxury convertible. That feeling is no longer exclusive because you can get it in your gaming room if you are willing to shell out $15,000. Your small fortune will buy you the D-Box GP-100 racing chair. This chair will revolutionize the way that you play racing ...

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The perfect gamers case is created

Take a good look at that picture. Let it all soak in. Mmm yeah, that’s good. This homemade rack (which you too can create with enough time) has a DVD player, a cable box, a PS3, an XBox 360, a Wii, an XBox, and a TiVo shelved down its center. It even has a custom LED computer cooling fan on ...

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