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May 19, 2008 in Video Games
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From: Wired’s GameLife
It’s a pretty cool idea in terms of promotion, reminds me of a similar idea I once had for In The Groove. This flash game is damn tough! Cannot even get through one of the songs.
Tags: activision, guitar hero, redoctane, rhythm, widgetMay 07, 2008 in Video Games
Yes, of course I will be getting this. Of course, Henry still has my Rock Band, and I didn’t play it that much in the months since I’ve been in Vietnam….and this track list isn’t that great….and 20 songs for $30 is a bit much…….
Oh I’m still getting it, I don’t care about the logic!
PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii owners will get a chance to snag some new songs for Rock Band.
Harmonix, EA and MTV Games are releasing a disc with 20 rather disparate songs for both platforms culled from the list already available via the Xbox 360 and PS3.
The Wii and PS2 lack the ability to download titles from servers - hence the disc - but it appears more songs will eventually be on the way, given the title of this release: Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1.
It will be released on July 15 for $30.
The disc’s contents are:
- 30 Seconds to Mars “The Kill”
- All American Rejects “Move Along”
- Blink - 182 “All the Small Things”
- Boston “More Than a Feeling”
- David Bowie “Moonage Daydream”
- Faith No More “We Care A Lot”
- Grateful Dead “Truckin’”
- The Hives “Die, All Right!”
- KISS “Calling Dr. Love”
- Lynyrd Skynyrd “Gimme’ Three Steps”
- Nine Inch Nails “March of the Pigs”
- Oasis “Live Forever”
- Paramore “Crushcrushcrush”
- The Police “Synchronicity II”
- Queens of the Stone Age “Little Sister”
- Ramones “Teenage Lobotomy”
- Smashing Pumpkins “Siva”
- Stone Temple Pilots “Interstate Love Song”
- Weezer “Buddy Holly”
- Wolfmother “Joker & the Thief”
Source: Ars Technica
The Escapist : News : Rock Band Pack Coming for Wii and PS2
Tags: guitar hero, playstation, rhythm, rock band, sonyApr 28, 2008 in Music, Reviews, Video Games
I like to sing. As with most people, however, you would not want to hear me sing live. In Vietnam, singing is a huge phenomenon, well, more precisely, Karaoke is. You can find a place to sing karaoke in nearly every neighborhood, and keep in mind that a neighborhood in Vietnam is much smaller than what we consider one to be in the US. There are also hugely popular websites dedicated to people singing and uploading for others to listen to and rate.
I like to sing, but I don’t do karaoke, even in Vietnam. Partly because of embarrassment, partly because it’s not always so easy to find the songs I want to sing (I definitely don’t want to sing Vietnamese pop). Karaoke Revolution, though, is perfect for me. Singing in seclusion with a lot of English-language pop (I love 80’s, but who doesn’t?), hoorah!
Karaoke Revolution presents American Idol has a very simple concept: imagine karaoke on an American Idol stage, getting feedback from the judges (this game replaces Paula, but has Randy and Simon) while you sing an assortment of pop songs that, most of them I assume, have actually been sung by contestants in years past. I’m not a huge fan of American Idol, but I do watch it if I happen to run across it on TV (it’s shown a lot on Star World, so SE Asia must like it too)
Simply, no need to read the rest of this review, if you like Karaoke, and you like American Idol, you will like this game.
Karaoke Revolution is basically Karaoke on your Playstation 2, but instead of free form singing, the game will grade you on how correctly you match pitch with the real version of the song (the songs are covered, but essentially you’re being graded compared to the real interpretation of the song, not your own). Grading is constant on every part of the song, but it isn’t truly grading you on how well you sing the song, just the pitch- this means you can hum the music of the song rather than sing it and still get a good grade.
I’m a little interested in what would I sound like if I recorded my singing because I think my singing isn’t perfect in the lyrical sense. Because the mic doesn’t pick up quite exactly when you sing, you have to start singing slightly earlier to compensate. Also, because of the game structure and knowing you have to match the song meter, you change the way you sing to make sure you’re on score. The end result, I believe, is sometimes you might not say all the words or you might change your interpretation of the song to make sure it fits within the scoring requirements.
Regarding the American Idol tie in, you can play without the American Idol career mode or you can even sing Karaoke without scoring, pure karaoke. There are a number of multiplayer modes as well, but the gameplay for everything is the same, pick a song, start singing.
In the Idol mode, you start from early tryouts, and move along the various stages you see in the show. The judges are there for it all, and are their normal selves (mean) when it comes to feedback. If you can get to the end, you’ll see the familiar final stage as your backdrop. Overall, it’s a fairly simple tie-in, and you won’t see anything particularly creative or interesting (Mariah Carey does not drop by, for example).
I had a lot of fun, though to me, the tracklist is not so much weak, but not enough 80’s! There’s probably no coincidence that the songs I like most are the ones I sing the best. Playing KR:AI definitely is motivating me to find other KR mixes; I think this would definitely favor a Rock Band-like model (and Harmonix developed both games) where you buy the game disc/starter pack and buy new songs online.
The Tracklist: (my favorites in bold, many have to be unlocked)
1. “All My Life” - K-Ci and JoJo
2. “Alone” - Heart
3. “Always Something There to Remind Me” - Naked Eyes
4. “Be Without You” - Mary J. Blige
5. “Breakaway” - Kelly Clarkson
6. “Build Me Up Buttercup” - The Foundations
7. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” - Elvis Presley
8. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” - Queen
9. “Dilemma” - Nelly & Kelly Rowland
10. “Do I Make You Proud” - Taylor Hicks
11. “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” - Elton John
12. “Don’t You Want Me” - The Human League
13. “Easy” - Commodores
14. “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” - Poison
15. “Flying Without Wings” - Ruben Studdard
16. “Heartbreaker” - Pat Benatar
17. “Heaven” - Los Lonely Boys
18. “Hungry Like the Wolf” - Duran Duran
19. “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” - Simply Red
20. “It’s Not Unusual” - Tom Jones
21. “Just the Way You Are” - Billy Joel
22. “Let’s Stay Together” - Al Green
23. “Love Will Keep Us Together” - Captain & Tennille
24. “More Than Words” - Extreme
25. “Photograph” - Nickelback
26. “Piano Man” - Billy Joel
27. “Proud Mary” - Creedence Clearwater Revival
28. “Rock with You” - Michael Jackson
29. “Saving All My Love For You” - Whitney Houston
30. “She Bangs” - Ricky Martin
31. “Stand By Me” - Ben E. King
32. “Stickwitu” - The Pussycat Dolls
33. “Straight Up” - Paula Abdul
34. “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” - Fall Out Boy
35. “The Real Thing” - Bo Bice
36. “Total Eclipse of the Heart” - Bonnie Tyler
37. “Unwritten” - Natasha Bedingfield
38. “What a Girl Wants” - Christina Aguilera
39. “You and Me” - Lifehouse
40. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” - The Righteous Brothers
Jan 22, 2008 in Music, Video Games
This is a custom version of GUITAR HERO 2... The song list!: 1. Blink 182 First Date Dammit The Party Song Rock Show What's My Age Again 2. Foo Fighters My Hero Pretender Time Like These Everlong All My Life 3. Rage Against The Machine Testify Freedom Bomb Track Calm Like A Bomb Gorrila Radio 4. Sum 41 No Difference Underclass Hero Over My Head The Hell Song We're All To Blame 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers Can't Stop Charlie Give It Away Hump De Bump Snow (Hey Oh) 6. Tenacious D ! BezzleBoss Break In City (Storm The Gates) The Pick of Destiny Kikapoo 7. Green Day American Idiot Nice Guys Finish Last Holiday Good Riddance Basket Case 8. Dragonforce ! Revolution Deathsquad Fury Of The Storm Operation Ground and Pound Through Fire and Flames Holy Bonus Tracks, Batman! Brainstorm What's This (FOB VERSION) School of Rock Detroit Rock City The middle Master of Puppets Ultimate Showdown Separation Between Church and Skate Misery Business Anna Molly Out of Control Paradise City Rock Lobster Cannon Rock Cute Without The E Here It Goes Again The Immigrant Song Pinball Wizard Joker and The Theif Purple Haze Rock n' Roll High School Eruption Walkie Talkie Man Halo 2 (Mjolnir Mix)
This is about the coolest thing ever- I saw the song list and was….(jaw dropping), EVERLONG!!!!
(Most favorite song ever, along with so many other cool songs I’d want to play)
So I downloaded it and put it in to play and THEN….noticed that most songs are Expert only. And I can barely play hard. Why, lord why?!
And I have the PS2 Rock Band, so it’s not like I can download (buy) these songs and play either.
I honestly don’t think I will ever be good enough to play Expert. If I can pass all the songs for all the GH + RB games on Hard, I’d be plenty happy.
I won’t link to where you can get this, but search for the title (of this blog) and maybe it’ll come up 
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