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09.07.2009 11:42 am

‘The Beatles: Rock Band’: Magical, but no mystery tour

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“The Beatles: Rock Band”
Genre: Rhythm/music
Developer: Harmonix
Publisher: MTV Games
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii
ESRB rating: “T” for Teen
Price: $59.99
Release date: Wednesday, Sept. 9
Grade: A

Game Guy wanted to say “The Beatles: Rock Band” is a waste of time and money.

He longed to laugh out loud at the folly of plugging the…

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04.22.2009 9:40 am

LEGO + ‘Rock Band’ = silly

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yes, it’s true: LEGO is coming to “Rock Band.”

The question is: Why?

It’s hard for even Game Guy to understand this one, and he’s a LEGO fan from way back — way back when LEGOs were bricks and not dolls.

Nevertheless, Warner…

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03.05.2009 11:25 am

09/09/09: John, Paul, George, Ringo and Harmonix

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Meet the Beatles … on “Rock Band” in September.

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01.03.2009 10:02 pm

Lego version of ‘Rock Band’ coming?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I loved Legos as a kid. Couldn’t get enough of them. Owned boxes and boxes and cans and cans of plain Legos long before “themed” Lego sets came along to deny children their God-given right to be imaginative and build whatever…

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11.16.2008 10:39 am

Three new Killers tunes added to ‘Guitar Hero,’ ‘Rock Band’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Looks like the Killers will make another appearance on the latest “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” at the same time.

Game publishers Activision and Harmonix say they’ll offer three downloadable Killers tracks for each title on the same day, Nov. 25, though not the…

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11.11.2008 11:19 am

Gene Simmons stamps face, name on guitar controller

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The guy who redefined the term “guitar licks,” Mr. Tongue himself, is angling for a taste of the music video game pie.

Kiss guitarist Gene Simmons has put his face and name on a new ax-shaped guitar controller for PlayStation 2 and…

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10.27.2008 1:14 pm

Review: ‘Guitar Hero World Tour’ plays catch-up to ‘Rock Band’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Guitar Hero World Tour”
Availability: Sunday, Oct. 26
Genre: Music video
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: T (teen)
Price: $59.99-$49.99
Grade: B+

With “Guitar Hero World Tour,” the franchise starts outgrowing its name and starts looking like its rival.

The fourth installment in the GH music video game series includes…

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07.01.2008 11:05 pm

The hottest game this summer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

And it’s not even coming ’til September

Three words:

Rock Band 2

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05.06.2008 10:06 am

Rock Band expansion pack coming for PlayStation 2, Wii

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Above all else, two things stand out about “Rock Band,” the outrageously popular music video game by Harmonix: the whole-band experience and the game’s music inventory.

For PlayStation 2 users, however, that last part is limited; only the 58 songs bundled…

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03.25.2008 12:17 am

‘Rock Band’ coming to Wii in June

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yes, it took long enough, but the hugely popular virtual music game “Rock Band” finally will make the leap to Nintendo’s Wii this summer, developer Harmonix Music Systems has announced.

If you haven’t heard — and Game Guy guesses the list of…

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