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So how many times have Guitar Hero players had to put up with people scoffing and saying "learn a real instrument, TOOL." Granted, with the drum kits released, people who have before never touched a drumstick have been able to learn the basics of drumming - some have even gone on to learn how to properly wail on a basic kit. But the guitarists have been left behind with their plastic buttons and clicking-clacking strum bar. No more. New Game Riffs on Guitar Hero, With a Real Electric Guitar (http://kotaku.com/5488698/new-game-riffs-on-guitar-hero-with-a-real-electric-guitar?skyline=true&s=i) http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_forpress_product2_rev-w800.jpg A bit of interesting detail from the article: What's unusual about the Power Gig guitar, in the context of a Guitar Hero-style game, is that players can be required to press any string in a specified region of the guitar fret, or press the exact proper string. They can be allowed to strum any string on the guitar or be required to strum a specific one. Because of that, playing Power Gig is expected to feel more like playing real electric guitar than playing other major music games. Different difficulty levels of Power Gig will require different levels of specificity and dexterity. A Chord Play mode, which will require that proper strings are pressed will essentially teach players how to play the real chord structure of the song they are playing. It won't teach notes, but, in an indirect way, you'll be learning how to play. So it sounds like the ultimate difficulty in this game would require actually playing a song's proper tablature on a real guitar. For people interested in taking the plunge, this is an amazing side effect of essentially playing a videogame. If playing a game gives you real practice playing a real guitar, how cool is that? Guitar players can be as snobby as they want about this, but it won't make a difference to the folks and the kiddos out there who may actually (properly) pursue music as a result of playing this game. I know Disney was attempting something like this too, but here's hoping the software is solid and that this is as accessible and fun a game as it needs to be to do well against Guitar Hero. It seems to me that this was an inevitability sooner or later. No word on price yet, and no screenshots or video of the actual software. But I can't wait to see how it goes. I imagine the game on easier difficulties will look essentially like Guitar Hero - since you can hit any string to "get" the note. But on harder difficulties, where you have to hit the right string, I wonder how that's going to look onscreen, and how intuitive it may be to translate into actual playing?

2010-03-10 01:41:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Very interesting. I'm actually hoping you're right, that it would be like playing on a regular guitar. At this point it would be a great aid since most people are poor self-evaluators and this could really show them if they're in time.

2010-03-10 01:48:00 Author: Foofles Posts: 2278

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I'm not sure how well this would work as a teaching tool, but I do think it's an interesting evolution for the music game genre. A friend of mine had a similar concept to this for PC, but I guess he's been beaten to the punch.

2010-03-10 02:00:00 Author: Gilgamesh Posts: 2536

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I'm not sure how well this would work as a teaching tool, but I do think it's an interesting evolution for the music game genre. A friend of mine had a similar concept to this for PC, but I guess he's been beaten to the punch. I think in addition to pushing videogames to an extreme, it could also be much more capable than Guitar Hero ever was at getting people into music in a new way. This may cause countless young people to pick up real guitars and to learn songs outside of the game. This undoubtedly happened with Guitar Hero, but because of the extent of the disconnect between the game and the real deal, you mostly get kids giving up on the real thing and going back to the game. With this thing, it could at the very least keep them occupied with a real guitar in their hands - which could be a great aid in the long run at keeping them engaged and practicing. Who knows? Depending on how robust and accessible it is, it could even prove to be a decent training tool. Like guitar lessons but with high scores. We won't really know for sure until we see it in action and get more details on it, but I'm sure such a thing is at least POSSIBLE. I'm HOPING this is a successful jumping-off point. If it works and does good business, we'll probably see games like guitar hero and rock band following suit by releasing "6-string" and "classic" versions of future installments or something like that.

2010-03-10 02:12:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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I would love to play a game with a real guitar. Maybe I could finally improve as a guitarist. Who knows! I know I hate the guitar hero and rock band guitars because it's very hard for me to switch from a real guitar to a stupid guitar with buttons. I just can't do it!

2010-03-10 02:24:00 Author: xkappax Posts: 2569

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I can do both. But playing a game and playing guitar at the same time will solve the dilema of doing both...

2010-03-10 19:07:00 Author: Unknown User

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If it could be a true pedagogic game, it would be awesome! When videogame REALLY encounter the music art! Awesome!!!! I really love RockBand and Guitar Hero games, but unfortunately, it is at thousand miles from playing a true instrument.

2010-03-10 22:29:00 Author: Takelow Posts: 1355

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