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    Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS

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    Image of Sustenance Sustenance
    11/04/09

    In reply to Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
    One octave? You might as well stick with a touch-screen keyboard. As a pianist I really don't see the point in taking the time to create the hardware if it can barely fit the melody to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" on it. Maybe they're just pumping up their profit margin with the novelty factor, riding the "Hero" wave?

    I'd rather wait for Korg DS-10 Plus - but even that could use some better "acoustic" options (guitar, drums, piano, staff composing, basic stuff). I love chiptune, but not everything needs to sound like a whirlwind of microchips in a discotheque. #easypiano
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/04/09


    @Sustenance: "I love chiptune, but not everything needs to sound like a whirlwind of microchips in a discotheque."

    This guy would disagree. How can he flail to music using real instruments? XD #easypiano
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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    11/04/09

    In reply to Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
    If this has any merit as a piano teaching tool, I might just get it. It sounds silly when you look at it, but I can see the merit in the idea - there was similar software/keyboard for the NES.

    Why the DS, a portable system? I have no farkin' clue. #easypiano
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    Image of Count Hippopopolous Count Hippopopolous
    11/04/09

    @Koztah: You'd be better off at least getting some kind of a keyboard, unless you can afford a piano. For one thing, it only has one octave. Also, when it comes to a real piano, the way you touch the keys really affects the way the strings vibrate. That tiny little thing isn't going to teach you that. As for me, I'm no grand piano player, but I go to church sometimes just because they let me play the piano before and after mass. Sacrilegious, I know, but who wouldn't for a grand piano... #easypiano
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/04/09

    @Koztah: If only Simon and Schuster's software group were still around to make a new version of "The Miracle." #easypiano
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    11/04/09

    @Count Hippopopolous: I don't intend to ever own a piano. I play guitar, and I pretty much just want to train my ear and maybe learn enough to start plinking on a keyboard. #easypiano
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
    The new "must-have" accessory for anyone looking to form an 8-bit band. #easypiano
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    Image of Rampage Rampage
    11/04/09

    In reply to Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
    Before reading the article I immediately thought Piano Hero, which lead me to brainstorm more and more "hero" games. How about Xylophone Hero or Harp Hero?! I can see Mad Catz peripherals now! ;) #easypiano
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    11/04/09


    @Rampage: #easypiano
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    Image of Rampage Rampage
    11/04/09

    @Koztah: LMAO! Nice! #easypiano
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    11/04/09

    In reply to Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
    Does it come with a Forza 3 style mode where I can link multiple DS units and copies of the game to expand the keyboard? #easypiano
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Tickle Real (Fake) Ivories on the DS
    DSi Owners Can Apply! But only if they still own an older DS too. #easypiano
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    11/03/09

    In reply to My Mail Got Nerfed
    Since when have you moved to the UK?
    {/Postal Strike-RoyalMail in General snide remark mode} #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of (Starman) Cookie_Monster (Starman) Cookie_Monster
    11/03/09

    In reply to My Mail Got Nerfed
    If placed right, that picture could mirror its own image (left art and right box art) forever and ever... in NERF form! :D #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of Szin Szin
    11/03/09

    In reply to My Mail Got Nerfed
    In my world, free Nerf is never a bad thing. #nerfnstrikeelite
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    ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. promoted this comment Szin was starred Szin was unstarred
    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    11/03/09

    @Szin: Indeed. No matter how bad the game may end up... you got a free Nerf gun.

    This should be some sort of slogan for optimism.

    "My dog jumped off a bridge, my car got repossessed, I have six months to live, and the zombie uprising just started. But I got a free Nerf gun. Pew pew, bitches! Best day ever!" #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of BahamutNeo BahamutNeo
    11/03/09

    In reply to My Mail Got Nerfed
    No picture of Swag Cat playing? #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of Fluorine Fluorine
    11/03/09

    @BahamutNeo: haha. In the time it takes to lay out all the swag she's sending off in a picturesque pile, and then let swag cat mosey over and choose the cream of the crop, she could write about 10 HQ articles. #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of PlatinumR PlatinumR
    11/03/09

    In reply to My Mail Got Nerfed
    Anybody else seeing Duke Nukem Jr.?
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    BahamutNeo promoted this comment Edited by PlatinumR at 11/03/09 1:41 AM PlatinumR was starred PlatinumR was unstarred
    Image of BahamutNeo BahamutNeo
    11/03/09

    @PlatinumR: I actually saw a young Duke at first too. #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of Whizkid103 Whizkid103
    11/03/09

    @PlatinumR: Ah crap. You said it before I did. #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of Koda89 Koda89
    11/03/09

    In reply to My Mail Got Nerfed
    So basically EA sent you a NERF gun and there was a game packed it? #nerfnstrikeelite
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    Image of Narsil Narsil
    11/01/09

    In reply to Latest Wiimote Attachment: Baby
    You shove the wii remote....in a baby.

    Was there a thought process to this? A board meeting? Focus groups? How did they arrive at the conclusion that penetrating a plastic infant with a remote was the first step on one's way to fun? #wii
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    Image of Raven Raven
    11/01/09

    In reply to Latest Wiimote Attachment: Baby
    If I didn't already poop twice today, Kotaku would owe me a new set of underwear, some pants, a computer chair, a rug and some floorboards. #wii
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    Image of Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.
    11/02/09

    @Raven: ...you may need to see a doctor. #wii
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    Image of Cass Cass
    11/01/09

    In reply to Latest Wiimote Attachment: Baby
    If you don't like it, don't buy it. No one's holding a gun to your head to make you pretend to be a mommy. I would have loved this when I was a little girl and many little girls will. I don't see the big deal. You'd probably think it was really cool if you were 4 or 5. #wii
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