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The Onion Settles Gibson Vs. Guitar Hero

onionPicture%2022.png It's difficult to see Gibson and Harmonix/MTV fight over patents—like watching your once ice-cream-loving parents argue about the financial merits of eating in—the fun has been sucked from dessert and nothing that Bryers can say will fix it.

So does Gibson's 1990's filing entitle them to a a piece of the Guitar Hero pie? No clue. Luckily we have the Onion who ran some "man on the street" responses to the difficult situation. Our favorite was from Bruce LaSaard, Elevator Installer. "Excuse me, but after last week's championship game at Ray's Creekside Tavern, I believe it is I who owns Guitar Hero."

Well said, fictitious man-on-the-street. Well said, indeed.

Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero [The Onion] Thanks MrPants!

12:40 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Mark Wilson
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Struct09 at 01:02 PM on 03/26/08
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haha, nice
Unknown-User at 01:03 PM on 03/26/08
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Just another reason to love the Onion.
evslin at 01:03 PM on 03/26/08
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Tim Bradley,
Janitor
"Now that I think of it, Capcom never paid me a dime for the patent I hold for virtual street fighting."

Hahahaha
Zaos at 01:07 PM on 03/26/08
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TheOnion, the most reliable news network in existence of humans.

They are the first news organization to crack the george bush story about him wanting a giant air condition to run from canada to cool off the southern states =p

Classy news reporting, classy /clap!
Livid at 01:08 PM on 03/26/08
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LOL, the janitor/street fighter comment is great too.
ShaggE at 01:10 PM on 03/26/08
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Connectedness Index: 188

I've spent way too much on compilations of past issues of the Onion. I love those guys...
Garo at 01:13 PM on 03/26/08
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@evslin:
Great one!!!
Karlott at 01:28 PM on 03/26/08
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<3 The Onion. So much.
NPC at 01:32 PM on 03/26/08
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@evslin: yea I thought that was much funnier too.
BigDanG at 01:45 PM on 03/26/08
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Somebody needs to compile a listing of all of The Onion's video game related stories, because they are all hilarious and incredibly insightful.
nkoan at 01:47 PM on 03/26/08
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Yes, that definitely made me snorttle a little when I read it this morning. The Onion keeps edging closer and closer to the top of my "websites to check daily" list.
JRock at 02:35 PM on 03/26/08
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@BigDanG: This works well in a pinch: Google search "site:theonion.com video game"
excel_excel at 03:33 PM on 03/26/08
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I wish I owned Guitar Hero, sadly it owns me everytime I play it....so I hate it...*sniff* I want to love it but it kicks my ass every fucking time.
So I want to sue Tramua Centre for this whole virtual hospital thing! I totally invented that btw
djgeki at 03:38 PM on 03/26/08
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Gah! I read "So does Gibson's 1990's filing entitle them to a a piece of the Guitar Hero pie?" as "So does Gibson's 1990's FILLING entitle them to a a piece of the Guitar Hero pie?"

Stupid eyes...reading ahead to the word 'pie'.
Shoot2thrill at 10:21 PM on 03/26/08
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The Onion rocks on so many levels