Rocksmith 2014
The original Rocksmith had a lot going for it, but was made frustrating by a number of bad design decisions and technical issues. This new version, if it lives up to the description, looks nearly perfect. Just the fact that you can jump directly into the riff repeater from the middle of a song to […]
RockSmith for Bass Coming This Fall
It’s a total coincidence that this is the second bass story in a row. But as I mentioned, I’m practicing my bass a lot more lately so this is exciting news. Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re happy to officially announce that BASS is coming to Rocksmith this fall! It will initially be offered as a DLC […]
Rocksmith Review
Guitar Hero and Rockband are the reason I got serious about playing the guitar again after 15 years of just occasional noodling. Playing those games with my kids was close enough to the real experience of being in a band, to remind me how much I had loved it. But the plastic button approach was different enough […]
Rocksmith
Videogame company Ubisoft has just announced an interesting new title called “Rocksmith”. It’s basically what all the critics of games like Guitar Hero have been asking for, a game where you learn to play an actual instrument instead of a plastic ‘toy’. You don’t need any kind of ‘special’ guitar controller either. Any electric guitar […]