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- Rock Band to Get Smoke and Lights!
- Posted 10 months, 1 weeks ago by Sean
(found on engadget)
If you haven't had a chance to play Rock Band yet, what the hell are you waiting for? (I can say "hell" because rock music is the music of the damned...)
Friends can play against friends, you can rock out a tournament, or you can play all alone. But until now, if you've wanted to rock like a tight-pants wearing, whiskey swilling rock god, you've either had to invest thousands of dollars in a lighting rig or pay your little brother to flick the lights on and off.
Well, Gamestop may have let the cat out of the bag a bit on this one: according to an image captured by Evan Blass over at engadget (since taken down by Gamestop), June 23rd will bring an update to Rock Band that will include lights and smoke effects.
As you can see if you look closely at the box, the "Stage Kit" includes "Interactive Light And Smoke Stage Show".
I for one know that this must be in my possession, and I have a feeling that others may agree. In fact, my two predictions are:
1. Many, many people will be rocking out to lights and smoke come July.
and
2. By Christmas, Rock Band players will be pre-ordering a "Trash Your Own Hotel Room" upgrade.
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I have to agree with the Invader guy. Cuz, being the lead vocal and Guitarist of a band myself, I know how hard it is and how different reality is different from The ROCKBAND game. Games like these may be fun, but can rip off a whole chunk of your confidence when what you thought you could do was actually just a dream played out on a Video Game
Does it come with a roadee....
Let me start off by saying this game is great and alot of fun to play. I do wonder however how many dillusional kids are going to grow up thinking they are naturally talented because they can play all the rock band parts on expert? These games can definitely give you a false sense of talent. With this new development, I can only imagine how the grip on reality becomes looser and looser. Now that I've got that off my chest, let's ignore reality and tear shit up with lights and smoke!
What? Hotel room and loosey goosey women included? What a deal!
$100? I think I'll just stick to smoking a bunch of cess and having my mom turn the lights on and off.
Got to see this in action at the GS managers conference this past September. All I kept thinking about was different ways to incorporate the smoke machine into daily tasks, like getting out of bed or after handling some intense business in the office. And by office, I mean bathroom.