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more about #beaterator -MasterDex-: Has anyone got Beaterator for the PSP? How is it? Passing joy or must have? more » natetehgreat: Considering how easy it is to make or attain an iTunes Store link, it'd be nice if Kotaku would include them when possible. It follows a very simple ... more » Courteous_Gentleman Is Reaching for a Star: How do I kill hookers? more » Camo Zombie is coining the vernacular: Be right back i have to "drop a beat" more » dd528: I don't know all that much about Beaterator. As far as I can tell it's a stripped-down DAW and sequencer for the PSP, which also incorporates various... more » searanox: I think it'd be nice to realise that what's really going on here is that the school can't afford to support its regular band program, and so has to se... more » Toad: I was quite the beaterator at that age. more » dowingba: It would be cheaper to buy instruments than to equip each kid with a PSP and a copy of Beaterator, though. more » ph15h: I remember the Beaterator thing online a while back... like around the GTA3 era. I couldn't make music at all with it . Fruityloops was easier but mor... more » FP_slomo788: "Perhaps I just don't have it in me, or perhaps my bathroom simply isn't conducive to creating works of musical genius." Or perhaps you should listen... more » ProperBritish: is it me or is all Timbaland ever do is get a song by another artist and go 'ay, ay, ay' in the background and claim it as his own? #beaterator more » TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy: My bathroom wasn't conducive to creating works of magical genius until I ate a bunch of beans. Great, I've reduced myself to toilet humor. #beaterator more » d_r_e: No mention of Electroplankton, Korg DS-10, or the Music series by Jester? I'm shocked AJ! SHOCKED!!! more » LaneWinree: Okay, let me put in my two cents as a musician and a part-time music educator... I used to be dead-set against music games like Rock Band and Guitar ... more » idDobie: I don't see any mario paint references... I'll just leave this here... more » Showmeyomoves!: This article reminds me of the Beatnes stage in Electroplankton. Somehow it's impossible to make a bad tune. Perfect for people like me! more » Shiryu: Great article, AJ, I can surely admit that [shiryumusic.no.sapo.pt] may have never existed today and for the past 10 years if it wasnt for a miste... more » dd528: I feel someone should mention the Music series of games/programmes made by Jester. The first one came out in 1998 and attempted to offer Playstation ... more » Patient: I always found that fine line in game design very interesting in terms of games that revolved around actually making music comparted to those that use... more » eboku: I had a kid come into work the other day when I was playing the Sonic the Hedgehog 1 soundtrack on the speakers. The kid, around 13, exclaimed how str... more » -
#rockstar
Rockstar Makes Its iPhone Debut With Beaterator
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is on the way, but Timbaland's music-generation program Beaterator leads the way as Rockstar's first "game" on for the iPhone. More » -
#psp
Rockstar Presents: Music Lessons For Schoolkids
Music students at New York City's East Side Community High School are throwing out their guitars, pianos and cowbells, with one program at the school instead teaching kids with PSPs and copies of Rockstar's Beaterator. More » -
#rockstar
Timbaland Is Completely Serious About Beaterator
With his likeness plastered all over Beaterator, rapper and producer Timbaland is definitely serious about the PSP title - serious enough to use it on tracks from his upcoming album Shock Value 2. More » -
#editorial
The Role of Music Games
I got kicked out of choir in middle school and ever since, I've limited my study of music to whatever Guitar Hero and Rock Band have bothered to teach me. More » -
#rockstar
Rockstar Challenges MySpace Music Artists To A Beaterator-Off
Rockstar wants to see what MySpace Music artists can do with Beaterator, and they're providing the PSPs, the games, and a $5,000 prize for the best track. More » -
#clips
It's A Beaterator Musical Artist Montage
Sure, 12-year-olds can use it, but what about recording artist turned Law and Order actior Ice-T? See T and other members of the musical community get their Beaterator on. More » -
#impressions
Visualization: A Weird Experience With Beaterator
How do you get a feel for a music game when there's no sound? Answer: Learn to visualize music. More » -
#clips
Beaterator: So Simple A 12-Year-Old Can Do It
Sure, we've got the official trailer for Rockstar's music-creator Beaterator for the PSP, but it's got nothing on these adorable little scamps showing us how its done. More » -
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#impressions
Beaterator Impressions: Can Rockstar Make You A Music Star?
The music games designed to make you feel like a guitar hero or a Beatle get the biggest headlines. But game developers have also repeatedly tried to harness gaming technology to help you be a musician. Now it's Rockstar's turn. More » -
#rockstar
Chinatown Wars And Beaterator Coming To iPhone
Rockstar makes a move onto the iPhone in a big way, announcing both music-maker Beaterator and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Apple's handheld this fall.
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#thehouserwearsprada
Fashion Model Says Beaterator's Coming to iPhone
We break rumor without prejudice to the source, and this one comes from Vogue. Model Jacquetta Wheeler is friends with Sam Houser's wife, Anouchka, and during a visit, she says Sam showed Beaterator to her - on an iPhone.
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#clips
Rockstar Finally Shows Beaterator Played In Timbaland's Hands
For years Rockstar Games has been developing a PSP successor to Beaterator, its 2005 web-based beat-producing application. Beaterator finally emerges in September. But you can see it in action here on a PSPgo, with music producer Timbaland at the helm. More » -
#psp
Rockstar's PSP Music Game Is Real, Coming Next Month
Don't look now, but Rockstar's borderline mythical music title Beaterator is coming, it's coming this year, and it's coming to the PlayStation Portable. More » -
#taketwo
Take-Two Q2 News: $10 Million Loss, Beaterator Hype, More
In an earnings call today, Take Two executives worked revenue drops, the word "Beaterator," a denial of a digital distribution sea-change and praise for Rockstar into one conversation. This is how they did it: More »
