Tag archive: Van Halen

Back in the Days of Yore, before netbooks and mobile phones and even (shudder) Walkmans, there was the 9-inch vinyl 45 rpm single. On sale in record stores everywhere, 45s were designed by the industry to be a cheaper alternative to buying entire albums, offering consumers a chance to buy just the songs they liked from a particular artist—45s were also huge for jukebox systems, enabling players to pop in a dime (or, later, a quarter!)… Read More

News dribblets about Activision's Guitar Hero franchise are falling with the regularity of a broken faucet: first the company announces three new games—including DJ Hero—then casually mentions it's looking into developing a Guitar Hero reality television series or concert tour package. Now, Activision has more-or-less confirmed what most people in the gaming industry knew already: following on the heels of Guitar… Read More

According to Gamespot, Activision has secured what might be the ultimate Guitar Hero score – it’s secured the right to a number of Hendrix master tracks for the forthcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour. The first two cuts – “Purple Haze” and “Wind Cries Mary” will be made available for download after the game’s launch. The only time Hendrix has appeared in the game before was an… Read More

Bill was and is unique in this industry and changed a lot over the course of time he ran Microsoft. He started out as one of the barbarians challenging the hated status quo and eventually became a part of the new hated status quo for the following generation. He, and Microsoft, provide a cautionary tale for Google in that just as Google has positioned itself with its “do no evil” model as the anti-Microsoft, Microsoft… Read More

After months of fan speculation that the next iteration in the Guitar Hero franchise would offer a full band experience (ala Rock Band), Activision finally made it official on Thursday. Guitar Hero World Tour, to be released this fall, will add drums and voice to the musical experience, along with a slew of other new features. All the new controllers, including a reworked guitar that Activision claims has been made even more responsive,… Read More