In addition to being likely the biggest music game of the year, The Beatles: Rock Band has become something of a cultural phenomenon—much like The Beatles themselves. From my own personal experience, I’ve seen the game bring gamers and non-gamers together like nothing else, and it’s really something extraordinary. In fact, the game will be getting a VH1 Classic special on November 27, entitled “The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band”. The television presentation will give viewers a look at the development process, as well as including interviews with Beatles producer Giles Martin and Alex Rigopulos of Harmonix.

From the press release:

Celebrating the massive development effort behind The Beatles: Rock Band, VH1 has created a special look at how the game was created, including never-before-seen footage of Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road Studios being presented with work in progress by the Harmonix creative team. “The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band” is a 30-minute special that features interviews from Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE album project and Music Supervisor for The Beatles: Rock Band, and Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO or Harmonix Music Systems, as well as additional interviews with the development team. The special reveals the origins of the game and a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the music video game that the New York Times called “the most important video game yet made.” “The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band” will premiere Friday, November 27th on VH1 Classic at 7:30 PM ET/PT.
 
"The Beatles: Rock Band is the perfect family gift this holiday, and our new TV creative, featuring the song ‘Day Tripper,’ really demonstrates how the game crosses generations to bring the whole family together,” said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music for the MTV Networks Music Group. “We are also very excited that VH1 documented the making of The Beatles: Rock Band. Whether you are a Beatles fan, music game fan, or both, this VH1 special is a fascinating behind-the-scenes at look at this exciting project.”

I think I’m going to have to check this out. Not only do I love The Beatles: Rock Band, I love The Beatles, period. Besides, what else am I going to do on Black Friday? It’s not like I’m going to brave the retail stores, or even leave my house. That would just be suicide.