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Dubious Quality
Dubious Quality (dubiousquality.blogspot.com) has great Rock Band news, photos, videos and more
Tuesday, Nov 3
The Beatles: Rock Band, LEGO Rock Band, And Band Hero
I don't know how anyone has time to play more than one instrument, let alone more than one game. Once I started playing the drums, it's taken almost 100% of my time, just because of the sheer amount of learning required to get better. So even without LRB, there are oceans of content I'm not even t...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Ümloud
Just like last year’s San Francisco edition of Fünde Razor, which raised over $2,300 for Child’s Play, we’ll be playing Rock Band. But this time we’ll be up on a massive stage. And this time, Harmonix will be bringing the gear, meaning that we won’t just have a few songs — we’ll have almost 1000...
Monday, Oct 19
Dan Rosensweig Takes The Swim That Needs No Towel
Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division at Activision, told the Financial Times it had seen no impact from the heavily-marketed Beatles game. “It did not affect our sales”. He added that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets.
Monday, Jul 27
Marketing
I've always felt that in the past, Guitar Hero was far more aggressively and effectively marketed than Rock Band. Guitar Hero had the additional advantage in that it already had an established reputation (ironically enough, largely due to Harmonix, who makes Rock Band).
Monday, Jun 8
Post E3 Notes
Everyone loved this game. I have no idea how anyone could not love this game. It's clear from the trailers that Harmonix has lavished an enormous amount of attention on the details, and it looks letter-perfect. Here's a trailer to show you what I mean: The Beatles: Rock Band trailer.
Thursday, Apr 23
Gaming Links And Notes
First off, Harmonix announced Lego Rock Band this week, and after an initial WTF moment, I think the idea of making a more kid-friendly and kid-specialized version of Rock Band is a terrific idea. Since they're much smarter than I am, I would have given them the benefit of the doubt, anyway.
Tuesday, Mar 31
Gaming Links And Notes
First off, that AFI song in Rock Band 2 is a bitch on Expert drums.
Wednesday, May 7
Tommy DeCarlo Owns the World (part two)
If you're thinking that games are like that, too, you're right. That's why I thought Guitar Hero was in serious trouble when the developers changed from Harmonix to Neversoft--it was like John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney leaving the Beatles, but letting Ringo Starr keep...
