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Harmonix’s Rock Band Drummer Tips
4:00AM Kotaku US Edition | Wired GameLife’s Chris Kohler sat down with some of the Harmonix folks to drag out some pro-drumming tips from them. Apparently it’s not just about playing a song over and over and over again, there are a lot of little secrets that can ease your drumming pains. For instance, the article explains the difference between heel-up and heel-down kick pedaling and when each should be used. It also talks about some of the issues inherent with using a pedal created for a game rather than a real drum’s pedal. Other tips get into hand position, strokes, finger usage and some great practice tips. Finally there’s a listing of some places on the net to find some good drum instruction and the songs in the game that are best for practicing drums on. All-in-all it’s a great read and an excellent primer for faux, and perhaps real, drumming. Rock Band Feature: Harmonix’s Top Tips For Drummers [Wired] More »
Hidden Playable Character In Mario Galaxy Revealed
11:30AM Michael McWhertor | In a rare leak for a Nintendo game, it appears scans of the Super Mario Galaxy strategy guide reveal a second, as yet unknown playable character. No, it’s not the penguin shown above, but someone familiar. The secret character won’t be available from the outset of the game and will, in fact, require a fairly high amount of item collecting to unlock. While the alternate playable character probably won’t come as a whopping surprise to longtime Nintendo fans, in the interest of helping some of our more sensitive readers spoiler-free, details on the secret are after the jump. More »
Unlocking Symphony In Dracula X
1:20AM Mike Fahey | I’d like to think I am not the only one who bought Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP last week for the sole purpose of having a portable copy of Symphony of the Night on hand at all times, only to find myself jumping through hoops to unlock my main reason for picking up the title in the first place. Well rather than have you go through the agonizing hours filled with senseless deaths that I went through, I figured I would just give you the skinny on unlocking the game up front. First off, you need to get to stage 2 in the main game. At one point a giant bull creature starts chasing Richter, and rather than jumping over the holes in the floor, you’ll want to fall into the first one. Finish the level and you’ll find yourself in an alternate stage 3. More »Getting Outside the Halo 3 Box
2:59AM Brian Crecente | This is a little How To video for getting outside the level in the Pit on Halo 3 using Forge. More »
