While My Guitar Gently Beeps 140
theodp writes "As the world prepares to meet the Beatles all over again on 9-9-9, the NY Times Magazine takes a look at the making of The Beatles: Rock Band, and asks a Fab Four tribute band to take the game for a test drive. (Not surprisingly, they fare well.) 'As huge as Guitar Hero and Rock Band have been over the past few years,' says Harmonix Music Systems co-founder Alex Rigopulos, 'I still think we're on the shy side of the chasm because the Beatles have a reach and power that transcends any other band.' The Beatles: Rock Band follows the group's career from Liverpool to the concert on the roof of Apple Corps in London in 1969 (trailer). The first half of the game recreates famous live performances; the second half weaves psychedelic dreamscapes around animations of the Beatles recording in Studio Two. 45 songs deemed the most fun to play, rather than the band's most iconic numbers, come with the game."
Kudos on the title... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Beatles and their drug use (Score:1, Funny)
The game in fact comes with a nine-bar of hash, large sheet of acid tabs and a milkshake [wikipedia.org] recipe for the kids.
Seriously, a rake of drugs and a guitar is more fun (for all the family) and cheaper than the console, controllers and game.
Re:Paranoid about control (Score:3, Funny)
Copyright is intended to encourage creative works. I'm sure that if the Beatles knew that someone was just going to remix their music 40 years later, they never would have bothered to record it. And who would have bought it when they could just wait 40 years for some DJ to remix it?
Re:Big news... (Score:3, Funny)
It's that the New York TImes, the old grey lady, published a *nine page* video game review.
Well, "nine page" in a newspaper is only
I'm sick of these articles needlessly spread over multiple pages to generate ad revenue. Anyone have a link to the print version?