Oh sweet Zombie Jesus. Rock of the Dead, a new game being developed by Epicenter looks like a glorious mash-up between Typing of the Dead, the beloved Dreamcast typing/zombie shooter and Rock Band. Throw Neil Patrick Harris into the mix and it’s a perfect game already. No, I don’t even need to play it. In my head, right now, it is perfect. *sniff*
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IGN has the scoop on this one. More after the jump.
Join Pixel Verdict’s Canadian contingency as they waste about an hour of your time. Jon’s been playing Brutal Legend, and throws the gauntlet down for one Tim Schafer of Doublefine Studios (Dear Tim, Jon’s coming, and Hell’s comin’ with him). Adam has been spending quality time with his wife and Rock Band. Steve’s wife, meanwhile, is cheating on him with his copy of Brutal Legend, so Steve drowns his loneliness with Demon’s Souls, and the amazing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Borderlands. The boys discuss the news of the week (or lack thereof) with their typically Canadian lack of zeal, including Steve’s dissatisfaction with Natal support for Fable II and Fable III; Grand Theft Auto thrusting beyond the borders of good taste (yet again); a new game from the Timeshift guys; and Street Fighter IV‘s Seth gets tougher (read: cheaper). Adam waxes philosophical about a particular 90′s cinematic masterpiece featuring a pre-Party of Five Scott Wolfe and short shorts-wearin’ Alyssa Milano. You’ll have to listen to find out what it is. It all ends in a climactic discussion about brawlers good and bad.
To reiterate: TIM SCHAFER! Jon Mercer (PSN ID: Kidinthehelmet) WANTS YOUR BLOOD! Meet him on the virtual battlefield of Brutal Legend if you DARE!
Bonus: listen carefully for Mrs. Adam’s brief cameo…
Music credits:
Intro – Stingray Pt. II by Sheavy
Outro – The Logdriver’s Waltz by Jon Weldon
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In this week’s episode, Erich joins the ranks of disgruntled Xbox 360 owners, Tim contemplates a return to Halo, Adam rekindles his love affair with the PSP, and Symposium Ad Nauseum takes a vacation so the boys can pay tribute to a very special console.
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It’s two-player co-op this week. Erich talks to Dave about his Man-Bat crush on Arkham Asylum, whether the game should get a sequel, why online Rock Band 2 isn’t necessarily plug ‘n’ play, guitar injuries, poor sports in Street Fighter IV, bad British accents, Renaissance “Faires,” the Xbox 360 price cut, repackaged games, and this week’s Symposium Ad Nauseum: Superheroes in Dire Need of a Great Game.
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Metal and Rock Band. It’s a combination much akin to Chocolate and Peanut Butter, or Nascar and Beer, or Canada and Communisim…
Fans rejoice, as The latest Rock Band track pack, the METAL pack, drops on (R)Oc(k)tober 13th. The same day as another certain metal-centric title that just finished whooping Activision’s ass. Kicking corporate butt is TRU-METAL!
Tracklisting is after the break – but pardon me if i flip out a little at the fact that I Mother Earth‘s seminal anthem, ‘Levitate’ is included as an exclusive track! Precursor to greater things, every elitist alterna-metal fan with a eye to the Great White North will tell you that I Mother Earth’s first album, Dig was a metal classic, and their sophmore effort, Scenery and Fish, is one of the finest Canadian rock albums of all time.
So… Harmonix… how about some Tea Party? Tragically Hip? Sam Roberts? Matt Mays??
See the list after the break… And watch the video…
Last week it was Sub Pop throwing their support behind the newly announced Rock Band Network. This week, internet songsmith extraordinaire Jonathan Coulton (best known to gamers for writing Portal‘s “Still Alive” even though he should really be known for everything else he’s done) says he’s in, too, posting a poll on his blog asking fans which of his songs they’d like to see translated for Rock Band. (I voted for the obvious choices—”Re: Your Brains,” “Code Monkey,” “Creepy Doll,” and “Shop Vac,” with a write-in for “Someone is Crazy”; what about you?)
Whether you think Coulton’s music is amazing or just phenomenal, this kind of artist interest in the Rock Band Network is exactly the shot in the arm the music game genre needs to avoid going to way of the dodo. Coupled with The Beatles game, people who don’t care about metal and hard rock might actually buy Rock Band—people like, say, me.
Between last night and this morning, Harmonix revealed 15 more tracks from the upcoming game The Beatles: Rock Band (in stores September 9). The visual style of the game, authentic replica instruments, and three-part harmonies impressed at this year’s E3, and took away some of the sting of having to shell out $250 for the game’s premium bundle. But with only 45 songs in the core game (compared to the 84 songs in Rock Band 2), every chosen track has to count. With approximately a hundred billion Beatles songs to choose from, you’ve gotta figure Harmonix is going to pick the best of the best, right? Right?
Maybe not.
Continue reading I’m A Loser: Does Anyone Else Think The Beatles Rock Band Track List Kinda Sucks?
The picture says it all!
UP THE IRONS!!!
Coming to ROCK BAND on JUNE 9th!
Runnnnnnnn…. liiiiivveee toooooo fllllyyyyyyyy… flyyyyy toooo livvvvveeee ACES!!! HIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!