Rock Band Updates (Lee is David Bowie)

Here are some updates on a game we reviewed in Episode 4  (when we were still “Geek Talk”).

According to a Wired blog post, Activision is blocking a patch for the PS3 that would allow their Guitar Hero III guitar controller to be used with Rock Band, developed by Harmonix. | via Wired

As we mentioned in our review, the Xbox 360 version of the Guitar Hero III controller is already compatible with Rock Band.

If you’re on a Mac and you use GarageBand, though, it seems that the PS3 drums have one over the Xbox 360 version: with the addition of a cheap shareware program, you can use the drumkit as a midi input. | via Gizmodo

I just picked up the David Bowie pack for 440 Microsoft points ($5.50). For that you get “Queen Bitch”, “Moonage Daydream” and “Heroes”. If you’re not a huge Bowie fan (what‽), then you can get each individually for 160 points.

“Moonage Daydream” is the only one of the bunch that’s not a cover, but if one of your mates is the singer, this won’t matter much. Even though there’s no solo, “Queen Bitch” is the best of this pack for guitar.  All three seemed pretty whammy bar heavy to me, but I’m a little obsessive about hitting all of those.

Here are a couple photos of my rocker (named, wait for it, “lee”) in his official Angry Puppy t-shirt after playing some of the new tracks. The second pic shows the reason I’m saving all the money I earn from gigs - The Goat Head guitar for only $66,666.

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