Guitar Hero Archive
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Viacom To Sell Harmonix: What Now?
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsThe big news today was the announcement that Viacom, who owns MTV and MTV Games, is planning to get out of the Rock Band business by selling off developer Harmonix. […] -
Guitar Hero 6: Too Much, Too Late?
Posted on October 25, 2010 | No CommentsThere are some great ideas in the latest Guitar Hero game, Warriors of Rock. It’s a shame they weren’t introduced a few years ago, because they might have helped stem […] -
GH5 Update #2: Expert Guitar Completed
Posted on September 2, 2009 | No CommentsI’m not entirely sure what triggered it, but I have now “completed” Guitar Hero 5 on Expert Guitar, which means I’ve: seen a end cutscene; played through a final song […] -
GH5 Update #1: Guitar Expert 50% Complete
Posted on September 2, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s a little easy to get sidetracked when you’re playing a Guitar Hero game and forget you also want to post impressions. That’s exactly what I did with GH5 today, […] -
Guitar Hero 5: It Begins
Posted on September 2, 2009 | No CommentsThis morning, I finally started up Guitar Hero 5, and over the next two or three days, I’ll be chronicling my playthrough along with various impressions of the game. So […] -
Guitar Hero Smash Hits: 10 Random Song Notes
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsTen notes from the Expert guitar campaign of GH: Smash Hits: 1.     “I Wanna Rock,” which appeared in GH80s as a master track — but the lower-pitched album version — […] -
Bytica 360°: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsYou could hardly blame anyone for pigeonholing Guitar Hero: Smash Hits as a lame attempt by Activision to cash in on the popular rhythm-game franchise. 48 songs that have already […] -
New Feature: Bytica 360°
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsThis is the first of what I’m planning as a regular feature here: not quite a review, but impressions based off my first few hours with a game. As a […] -
E3 09: Guitar Hero Van Halen, You Really Got Me
Posted on June 4, 2009 | No CommentsI was at a Guitar Hero 5 demo at the Activision booth Wednesday, and when asked if we had any final questions, I joked, “where’s the secret demo of Guitar […] -
Why The World Cyber Games Suck
Posted on May 14, 2009 | No CommentsI enjoy playing in Guitar Hero and Rock Band competitions. Not because I think I’ll win, especially when it’s some kind of nationwide tourney, although I do generally expect to […]