If you live in a cave, you might not have heard of the juggernaut music video game franchise, Rock Band. Or course, you also might have trouble adjusting to sunlight, so you clearly have bigger things to worry about. Harmonix on the other hand only has to worry about getting paper cuts from all the money they've been counting.

It only took 15 months for Harmonix to turn their collaboration with MTV into a billion dollar franchise. Now, I'm not necessarily good with them number things, but by my estimates, that means Rock Band is on pace to make one octillion dollars by next Tuesday. I myself have given the company about sixty hojillion dollars between the two disc-based games, and the subsequent DLC they released. You might be asking yourself how a person like me came into sixty hojillion dollars, but if I told you, the great economy god might smite me.

While the franchise hasn't been around as long as the storied Guitar Hero brand (which Harmonix helped build), it's good to see that it's selling nearly as well. I enjoy the hell out the game, and will continue to fork over as much cash as they ask for as long as they keep giving me quality music like Pearl Jam's Ten album and more Journey. One has to wonder just how much more money they'll be sleeping on after the Beatles edition of Rock Band comes out, but I'm guessing it's going to be a lot.

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