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The Campaign for Real Rock versus plastic instruments.

David Gerard — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:04:41 +0000

Cry moar, n00b. Activision has cancelled the whole Guitar Hero franchise. Harmonix, creator of its main competitor Rock Band, was sold off, and MTV Games closed entirely, a few months ago.

Rock video.

David Gerard — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:53:29 +0000

From Cracked: The 5 Most Absurd Video Games Starring Rock Stars. It starts with the Frankie Goes To Hollywood game and actually gets worse.

It’s not downloading, it’s games. Here’s the numbers.

David Gerard — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:57:44 +0000

Charles Arthur from the Guardian nails music industry bollocks to a wall. The article is worth reading (the data was quite interesting to gather), but this chart shows the smoking gun:

Now, that’s journalism.

Oh dear.

David Gerard — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:42:08 +0000

Today’s Penny Arcade.

Wow, games really are the new rock’n'roll.

David Gerard — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:35:46 +0000

It must be INTARWEB PIRATES, not games being set to outsell CDs and DVDs put together by next year. Not that I plan to start covering games in any way at all. Except maybe collecting versions of “Still Alive.”

Spore: unintelligent design.

David Gerard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:02:04 +0000

Music is too fragmented for anti-DRM campaigns to do much. Games are much more hit-oriented. So Spore is having the crap beaten out of it on Amazon over DRM. Online activation required, after three activations you phone EA and wait on hold. That’s only if you actually pay for it rather than downloading a cracked copy. Piracy: The Better Choice™.

It’s not surprising we’re misunderstood, with this Somerset accent.

David Gerard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:00:50 +0000

Cliff Harris from small game company Positech asked why people pirate his games. In what could be a shining example to anyone in music with a clue, he’s acted on the results — no DRM, better demos, lower price, slicker content. And no DRM. Also, no DRM. Who’da thunk?

If it’s too tinny, you’re too old.

David Gerard — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:42:23 +0000

I must have grown up in an era of instruments. When did music from ’80s home computers become a genre? With its own wikis and radio stations and pseudo-CDs? GIVE ME SOME BASS.