Archive for the 'Music' Category

In Brief: This how Rock Band Wii should look.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Rock Band is coming to the Wii, albeit as a port from the PS2 version without any attempt at taking advantage of the Wii’s unique features or even wireless instruments. There will be no downloadable content, no online play, and, to complete the lovely bucket-of-suck package, will cost the same as the Xbox 360 and […]

ZOMG 04/01/08: Bungie to begin Dreamcast project

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Oh wow, this story is really interesting. Hot off their recent break-up with Microsoft, the guys at Bungie have just posted a new, quite revealing job listing. There has been a lot of speculation about what Bungie would do since it’s no longer bound to Xbox hardware, but would anyone expect them to begin development […]

EA announces Rock Band for Wii

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Hey, remember how nearly three months ago I said:
“Time to be the buzzkill to the buzkills in the room: yes, there is not now, nor has there ever been an official announcement regarding a Wii version of the EA/MTV/Harmonix game Rock Band outside of the nebulous “we’re exploring the possibilities.” This does not change one […]

What the: Guitar Hero for DS revealed

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Let it never be said that Activision, the publishers of Guitar Hero, hates money. Sure, every company loves money and works to get the largest amount of it possible, but who amongst us could have truly foreseen this: Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. Many would have thought that the inerrant flaws of […]

Korg, not just for keyboards anymore!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

In an attempt to cash in on the increasingly lucrative Nintendo DS music-making genre, AQ Interactive has announced that it will be producing software that emulates the sounds of popular Korg brand synthesizers. Titled Korg DS-10, the software is currently only scheduled for a Japanese release. However, with the DS being region-free, the worst case […]

Samba will be your Amigo a little later than expected

Friday, March 7th, 2008

First shown a few weeks ago, the upcoming Wii version of Samba de Amigo certainly looked promising, even if it didn’t include the signature maracas. Well, it looks like developer Gearbox will be given a bit more time to, excuse the industry terms, tighten up the graphics, as the game has inexplicably been pushed back […]

In brief: if you own an Xbox 360, you need to spend 800 points.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Hey, 360ites, Rez HD is coming to the Xbox Marketplace today. It will cost you 800 points and will blow your mind. Download it now or I swear I will stop updating this site with increasing frequency.
This version supports 720p, Dolby 5.1, and online leaderboard. They’ve also worked trance vibrator functionality into 3 accompanying controllers. […]

See that pile of money over there? No. We don’t want any of that – EA?

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Time to be the buzzkill to the buzkills in the room: yes, there is not now, nor has there ever been an official announcement regarding a Wii version of the EA/MTV/Harmonix game Rock Band outside of the nebulous “we’re exploring the possibilities.” This does not change one very important fact: EA fucking loves money.
Look, I’m […]

UC Berkeley Marching band pays tribute to classics; melts faces.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Music Video Tuesday continues with this video shot from the rafters of last weekend’s Calbears/Cougars game at UC Berkeley. Contained therein? Well, an over 6 minute long retro-gaming medley containing music from Pong, Tetris, Mortal Kombat, Pokemon, Zelda, and not one, not two, not three, but four Super Mario Bros. themes. Berkeley’s Calbears won the […]

From the maker of Alternating Current: Super Mario Bros. Theme

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Not content with just creating designs for large offshore deathray devices, Nikola Tesla created many a modern innovation. Do you like using an electrical current that maintains its strength over long distances? Well then, by god, you better like Nikola Tesla (and, to a lesser extent, George Westinghouse). Though you may not use this particular […]