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AC/DC Comes to Rock Band

Activision’s press release has all the info. In short:

“The AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack allows players to experience this amazing set list with Rock Band, Rock Band 2 or other compatible music game peripherals.”
This is a stand alone game.
“All tracks from the AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack will also be available for play [...]

Rock Band database

As mentioned in my previous post, I am working on a database and Web GUI for tracking Rock Band scores. Yes, this seems like an undertaking for a game, but the wife has asked for something easier than an Excel spreadsheet. It’s also a challenge for me to shake off some rust (though I am [...]

Rock Band DLC

For tracking and ease of coordinating online play, I have posted a page with all of our songs, including DLC. Eventually I will create a database to track progress and average score but this will do for now.
Edit: Dumped the songs into a database and trying to remember PHP and MySQL syntax. Moved the page [...]

Rock Band DLC for January ‘08

Week of 10 Jan:
Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots
Die, All right! by The Hives’
Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden
Week of 17 Jan:
Action made famous by Sweet (cover)
Last Train to Clarksville made famous by the Monkees (cover)
All the Small Things by Blink 182
Week of 24 Jan: Oasis Pack
Don’t Look Back in Anger
Live Forever
Wonderwall

Week of [...]

Rock Band

My wife was never a fan of Metallica but between the DLC and unlocking the songs inRock Band, she has been cranking it out on guitar. I am still playing at medium with occasional excursions into hard difficulty. I am not too successful at the latter. Timing is more critical on the [...]

Rock Band “compatibility” patch RSN

Looks like a patch to use Guitar Hero 3 guitars with Rock Band is coming real soon now. This will make my wife incredibly happy, and remove the one concern we had about buying the Playstation 3 version over the XBox 360 version.

Another midnight trip

It looks like my local Best Buy will be open at midnight for the launch of Rock Band. This means my wife will have me standing in line with her at midnight again. I can’t complain - some of the tracks are really good (Gimme Shelter!).
The Guitar Hero III wireless guitar will be compatible with [...]