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"Why Activision "Knows Not What It Means".
There is a big hub bub on the net right now over the use of Kurt Cobain's likeness as an unlockable character in Guitar Hero 5. This means Cobain can be the front man of your band while you perform the hits of Flava Flav and Bon Jovi...
Activision could have easily avoided this mini controversy if it took a little bit of time and evaluated how it utilizes the likenesses of rock icons in Guitar Hero...
The most interesting part of the whole situation is the timing. This comes out at the same time when Guitar Hero's rival, Rock Band, released an entire rhythm game based on The Beatles to critical acclaim.
Harmonix understood that they would be taking liberties with one of the world's most cherished bands and went to deep lengths to make sure they paid sufficient reverence to the band. They ensured that the game was more than a quick money grabber by focusing on the Beatles, their music and their message."
PlayStation Universe takes a look back at some of the games and moments where David Bowie's music struck a chord in videogames.
Ended up doing quite well with ziggy stardust on GH; was only on medium but I still consider it an achievement 😃
Wasn't David Bowie in a Quantic Dreams game during the PS2 era?
These tracks wouldn’t be half as big if it wasn’t for Activision’s button-shredding megafranchise.
The writer of this article is obviously musically incompetent. Free Bird, nor Lynyrd Skynyrd, owes debt to anyone concerning their music and especially concerning Free Bird. It is one of the greatest and most highly ranked songs in the history of rock music, not to mention it contains one of the top ten guitar solos in rock history. I realize that in order to be considered great in the music industry these days all you have to do is copy something that someone else did years ago, but you should do a little research before making totally ridiculous and inaccurate statements.
"The rhythm action game is probably the best example of a genre which killed itself through market saturation. "
The Marb looks back on The Beatles: Rock Band and assess whether the rhythym action game did the legnedary band justice.
That was a good way to show why the Cobain/ Neversoft thing went wrong- comparing it to how the Rock Band Beatles game did it!
Awesome article.
Its bobby kuntek at it again.
Gabe EatsWell > Bobby Kotick
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Poor old Kurt, never getting any peace.
RB > GH.
always and forever.