Air Guitar Hero - Kotaku Comments

Air Guitar Hero

Alecsander_C — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:49:35 MST

this would be a cool thing if it was only the belt buckle, i like it but i don't want to carry a mini amp all day long in my pocket, that thing looks a bit uncomfortable, they should have made the belt buckle the only feature and perhaps the strap of the belt could be something cool like buttons of any song fron GH.

Alecsander_C

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fuchikoma — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:03:57 MST

I bet that looked great on paper...

fuchikoma

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PownerOfNewbs — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:10:27 MST

Much like PF Changs...I'm really embarrassed to say I want this...

PownerOfNewbs

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LuppyLuptonium — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:10:02 MST

I actually really want this.... I know it sounds strange, but I do....

LuppyLuptonium

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legacyed — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:58:49 MST

I'm going to wait until I get a got handle on how easily modded/hacked this thing is, then I might pick one up.
I'd definitely want to change the look of the buckle, and perhaps see what could be done about customizing the track list.

legacyed

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OmegaX123 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:39:13 MST

@Gunhaver: What lawsuit? It's apparently official merch.

OmegaX123

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Sober — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:51:01 MST

I think I threw up in my mouth watching that video.

Sober

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Zombie_Crunch — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:09:38 MST

I would buy this. Looks like a fun toy with which to annoy co-workers.

Zombie_Crunch

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Eagleeye — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:07:33 MST

Activision has officially gone too far. It's time to take them out.

Eagleeye

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Gunhaver — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:02:02 MST

lawsuit: when?

Gunhaver

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Delano_J — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:16:11 MST

I don't see why people are throwing a shit-fit over this thing. It actually looks more entertaining than guitar hero (which has one of least ergonomic controllers known to man). I think it'd be fun if you could get it for maybe $20, but $30? No way. Maybe if I find a discount it'd be a cool accessory for a Halloween costume.

Delano_J

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shintourismo — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:15:12 MST

Can't wait to get the achievement points for this game!

shintourismo

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Sudden Device — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:57:43 MST

Wait... so what you are tellin' me is; not only can I make my crotch play Ace of Spades, but that it's NOT the coolest thing on the planet?

I don't NEED no instructions to know how to rock!

Sudden Device

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Seroth — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:50:08 MST

I dunno what's wrong with you guys, but this looks like a fun toy...then again, I spent 30 bucks on an Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet, so I like these kinda things...

Seroth

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mydogisdexter — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:42:54 MST

Randomly flailing my hand at my junk is something I prefer to do in the privacy of my own home. Or a the bus terminal....

mydogisdexter

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HowardC — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:15:50 MST

Come on! Admit it guys, that thing is awesome! I guarantee that nearly everyone who made fun of this are the same people that'll buy it.

I'll admit it, I'm getting one, if nothing else so that I can go old school 80's music video on the world and do magical things via the power of rock!!!!
(Strums hand, causing a magical power chord to play which blows up the monitor.)

HowardC

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Hiru — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:51:12 MST

Why don't these people just learn to play REAL Guitar Hero?

Hiru

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That Girl Hates You — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:49:19 MST

YOu know I've wasted my money on some crappy stuff but this is just pure and utter crap.

That Girl Hates You

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spork — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:24:51 MST

@Glames: I was going to say I'll be brave and say I want it. It's awesome.

BUT I know the novelty of it will wear off.

And in fact I know it'll wear off in... oh 5 minutes. It might entertain me for a max of 20 minutes. After those 20 minutes (I'll want to return it or regift it).

spork

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rockett1 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:24:45 MST

banking off GH ftl haha.

rockett1

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kingme — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:20:46 MST

oh wow....that really just tripped me out...

kingme

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MURDERFACE — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:09:51 MST

@Glames: a bad person? No a person who waste their money on junk Yes.

MURDERFACE

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LA Trash — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:06:41 MST

Take away that plastic guitar and people look just plain stupid!

LA Trash

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Glames — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:56:42 MST

....I kind of want this. Does that make me a bad person?

Glames

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relax_guy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:45:27 MST

from reading this thread I can only assume theres a gaint untapped market for bill and ted merchandise.

relax_guy

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Tuntija — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:40:26 MST

I like it. This is the quintessence of the whole retarded Guitar Hero concept.

Tuntija

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Koneesha — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:26:19 MST

Wow! So this is actually real. Then i have to pick one up. I love bosten!

Koneesha

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invictus — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:21:53 MST

Women love sound coming from the nether-region.

invictus

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Reilaos: Reading Comprehension is your friend! — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:16:22 MST

I'm so going to buy one as a present if it's available.

Reilaos: Reading Comprehension is your friend!

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TheRunningboard7 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:06:13 MST

As faculty at a university, a fear the day that a frat choreographs a drunken group air-guitar-along to Smoke on the Water. Fuck rush week.
Say what you will about Activision, I feel worse for YouTube than consumers... the storm's a comin...

TheRunningboard7

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Anarchist_Gamer — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:01:25 MST

Is it hypocritical that I find this to be silly and yet play Rock Band every day?

Probably.

Anarchist_Gamer

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Dauragon C. Mikado — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:58:48 MST

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!

*widdly widdly wooooooo*

Dauragon C. Mikado

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LordChris915 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:53:15 MST

That is the coolest thin EVER, i must have one, any idea if it will be available in the UK?

LordChris915

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aslum — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:48:31 MST

@KommissarK: Actually, I kind of think the Think Geek air guitar is cooler.

aslum

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Alvarez — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:39:33 MST

Put a picture of Bill and Ted on the buckle, get rid of all those other songs and just put the 1 second sample of "generic metal thrashing" and I'm sold.

Alvarez

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Blargorg — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:38:30 MST

Man, Bill and Ted would sooooooo buy this.

WYLD STALLYNS!

Blargorg

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MURDERFACE — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:37:35 MST

@Archaotic: at least they are not buying random swag like they did when people bought Rockband shirts. but time will only tell what's going to happen next. LOL air guitar hero gear WTF?

MURDERFACE

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JarenFace — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:33:52 MST

...
At least put Judy Nails or someone else on the cover. Geez.

JarenFace

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itsgreylolol — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:32:23 MST

This is the worst idea ever.

itsgreylolol

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Slothboy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:24:59 MST

HAHAHA! I thought this was fake! Man, it should be.

Slothboy

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CyN1caL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:20:18 MST

That's actually a pretty cool idea. Price is a little steep for it, but if I ever run into money I need to burn, maybe I'll get it for poops and giggles.

CyN1caL

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dowingba — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:19:11 MST

Guitar Hero is pretty much my favourite game of all time, and it makes me sick to my stomach what Activision are doing to it. They've now sunk to the level of cheap Wii-imitation Korean companies.

I'm glad Harmonix are still making music games, but I can't for the life of me understand why Rock Band guitar charts have to be so dumbed down. HMX, here's a tip: it's expert mode, make it as hard as you can while still staying true to the song (ie: don't pull a Neversoft and add extra notes and unreasonable chords just to artificially raise the difficulty).

Anyone who has downloaded the Black Sabbath pack for RB knows what I'm talking about. Why is War Pigs so much easier than the GH2 version, which was also made by HMX?

dowingba

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Nydrin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:06:49 MST

Thats really awesome, Just need some air drums and I can act out that episode of scrubs.

Nydrin

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xtimrs — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:05:47 MST

It's got what kids crave. It's got cowbell. It's what kids crave!

xtimrs

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glowpasa — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:01:10 MST

oh by the way if u want a cooler air guitar try:
[item.rakuten.co.jp]

glowpasa

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glowpasa — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:59:48 MST

no comment on the air guitar demo video... but i do have to say this. that asian girl in the background of that doof playing the air guitar is smoking hot......... SMOKING HOT

glowpasa

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sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:51:13 MST

take it to the limit (one more time)

lol - nice reference! very subtle.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

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KommissarK — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:40:46 MST

well yeah, but is it cooler than [www.thinkgeek.com]

KommissarK

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huginn — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:40:44 MST

When we have innovation, we have people cashing in on it in the most inane manners ever.

huginn

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DasKonstruct — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:37:20 MST

You don't need instructions to know how to ROCK

DasKonstruct

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Livid — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:36:39 MST

Um, wow. I bet it would be a really good tool to annoy people with?

Livid

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PAULINK — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:31:33 MST

I don't know why but I really, really want this D:

PAULINK

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Grumpz® — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:29:38 MST

Would anyone buy a world's tiniest violin hero? I invented it just now, it has over 100 public domain violin tunes included.

Grumpz®

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Grumpz® — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:28:11 MST

@Roadkill: yeah but you can't pause between riffs easily!

Grumpz®

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GrapenutsRobot — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:27:52 MST

All I can think about is re-enacting lines from Bill and Ted now.

GrapenutsRobot

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Seiryuu — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:25:38 MST

This is great. I cant wait for the tapes of the Activision exec meeting a couple months ago when they went "I'll bet you 10 bucks we can run this franchise into the ground in a year"

"You're on!"

Seiryuu

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Roadkill — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:24:29 MST

I've got a good Air Guitar, too! It's called turning on the speakers and playing air guitar. I've got all the songs I own licensed!

Roadkill

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Cameroo — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:21:04 MST

Now I can imitate Bill and Ted *and* get an audio cue for doing it? WILD STALLIONS RULE!!!

Cameroo

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ShaggE — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:19:45 MST

Finally, my dreams of waving my hand over my crotch to the tune of Iron Man has been fulfilled.

ShaggE

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Grumpz® — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:18:21 MST

i think it's awesome. $30 for that? sign me up.

Grumpz®

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Electroqueen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:17:02 MST

The only time I found "Air Guitar" interesting was in those "Bill and Ted" movies. And only when something cool happened.
Start to look more like a dork, when you put this gadget on.

Electroqueen

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Super_Nintendo_Chalmers — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:16:12 MST

Just add in some Hit Sticks and a Mr. Microphone and we could could have a rip-off Rock Band!

Super_Nintendo_Chalmers

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Archaotic — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:16:08 MST

Let the milking begin, said Activision, and lo, it began.

Archaotic

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Lu-Tze — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:11:41 MST

What worries me most is the "expansion packs" for it. Hell, let's not just copy the phenomenon, lets copy the DLC model too!

Lu-Tze

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relax_guy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:11:39 MST

bill and ted's excellent adventure.

relax_guy

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FranUnFine — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:11:16 MST

@aphex242: But, you know, he smiled all the way to the bank.

FranUnFine

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Tonx — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:10:22 MST

For your birthday, I got you an air guitar. You can put it next to your imaginary friend and your invisible pet rock.

Honestly? Selling an air guitar? Whose soul got sold for this deal?

Tonx

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El Patricko — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:08:57 MST

So it begins...
I look forward to seeing what other ways all of these fuckwads have of milking the everloving shit out of the guitar hero craze.

El Patricko

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aphex242 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:08:36 MST

Yeah the guy 'playing' really had some pretty serious issues with his left hand lol

aphex242

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Gadgetron — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:06:29 MST

weak, super weak.
or
gay, Liberachi gay.

Gadgetron

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MURDERFACE — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:04:55 MST

Even if it is a official product or not Harmonix should still sue. cause that vid demo was just sad.

MURDERFACE

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TitillatedOcelot — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:04:45 MST

They need to take this to the next level! I forsee a peripheral that works alongside the attachment that reads brainwaves, connected to a set of speakers that hang from a pair of modified Culture Club earrings. The speakers will boom out variations of "widdly widdly widdly WEEEEEEEEE" as soon as you think about it! Virtual Air Guitar is where it's at! We can call it Brain Guitar. Or Air-Head Guitar!

TitillatedOcelot

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toneroni — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:03:22 MST

haha thats hilarious. Too bad xmas is over, woulda been funny to get that for people.

toneroni

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Benwinterman — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:58:51 MST

Seriously the guy in the video "playing" has quite possibly the worst had motions I have ever seen. The product will probably be fun for young kids (for 10 minutes) but I wouldn't buy it on principle after that video

Benwinterman

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NMC ONE WAY — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:58:03 MST

As if playing with a plastic guitar wasn't sad enough, now we have something to make us look like even bigger tools.

This is hilarious. Show me a kid that knows all the words to those songs BTW, almost all of them came out at least a generation or two before they were even an itch in their sperm donors crotch.

NMC ONE WAY

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futurebiblehero — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:56:57 MST

The marketing team behind the Oozinator must've designed that cover.

futurebiblehero

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steveythack — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:55:27 MST

HAHA, all though stupid it would be something if bought for me as a stupid gift i wouldn't return.

So after a few drinks with friends they would think i was making music from no were

steveythack

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Gray665 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:54:36 MST

@ballaboy311:

Probably the same people who buy those little Learn to Play Air Guitar books they put by the cashiers in Borders.

Randome Simpsons Quote:
Otto: "You know those guitars that are like, double guitars?"

Gray665

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TitillatedOcelot — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:53:11 MST

um...why am I Ninjaball again?

TitillatedOcelot

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TitillatedOcelot — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:52:33 MST

oh fuck right off...

TitillatedOcelot

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teh_joe — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:52:12 MST

so...is this an official product? if so then "wow"

teh_joe

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anable — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:51:23 MST

Wow, I thought this was a photoshop at first.

anable

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Ballaboy311 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:50:10 MST

Seriously is anyone going to buy this?

Ballaboy311