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WCG: Other Australians in Cologne for GH3, PGR4

Seamus Byrne — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:25:40 +0000

Here’s a shout out to the rest of the Australian contingent who made it to Cologne for the world finals.

Guitar Hero 3 rep TwilightDawn, aka Joel Brooks (pictured enjoying some Rock Band on a side stage in Cologne), had a tough draw and failed to escape the group stage. Considering the two qualifiers from his group later met again in the Grand Final, this was one of many examples of a WCG system that needs a seeding system to ensure all players, particularly the best, get a fair chance to advance and face off at the appropriate stage in the tournament. In Project Gotham 4 we had cam_, aka James Davey, in the hot seat, but he failed to get into top gear in his qualifiers. Hopefully they made the most of their reward for winning the Australian titles — a trip to Europe!

Auto Guitar Hero Confirms Humanity’s Worthlessness

Mark Wilson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:00:00 +0000

We’ve seen various Guitar Hero mods to help interested parties artificially enhance their game, but the systems are imperfect and lack that 100% flawless automation that can confirm, yes, we’re wasting away our lives by mastering properly timed button presses. But this Auto Guitar Hero mod subverts our work ethic with ease. Streaming the Wii’s composite output directly into the guitar, software can detect precise timing on each button press, guaranteeing perfect accuracy every time. Oh, and you know there’s gonna be video:

In the future, robotic slaves will play all of our video games for us. And it will be awesome.

Project Page [Air Guitar Hero via DCEmu]

Guitar Hero III, Halo 3 Make Wikipedia’s Most-Searched List

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:00:00 +0000

I use Wikipedia. You use Wikipedia. We all use Wikipedia. But just what are we looking for, exactly? Nerd crap, it seems, with a list of November’s most-searched items turning up a ton of game titles. Guitar Hero III came it at #5, while Halo 3 also did OK, coming in at #11. OK, not OK, impressive, because they’ve been searched for more times than “Sex”, “World War II”, “Europe” and…”Penis”. Impressive or sad. Either/or. Making the list further down were WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (#32), Wii (36), PlayStation 3 (39), Xbox 360 (41), Rock Band (60), BioShock (62), PokÃ©mon (65), List of Wii games (83) and at #89, right after “Mexico”, is Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
WikiCharts — Top 100 — 11/2007 [WikiCharts]

Guitar Hero III – Will It Blend?

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:07:07 +0000

How does the Guitar Hero III X-plorer guitar controller fare when faced with the whirring blades of the BlendTec Total Blender? I won’t spoil it, but know that it doesn’t hold up too well to a Pete Townshending. For a blender that costs as much as a PlayStation 3 it had better fuck this thing up.