Still Alive for Rock Band Free Tommorrow - Kotaku Comments

Still Alive for Rock Band Free Tommorrow

Spoony Bard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:28:35 MDT

Sorry, I should clarify that.

Yes, you're the only one.

Spoony Bard

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Spoony Bard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:28:05 MDT

@bgeorget: No.

Spoony Bard

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bgeorget — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:15:23 MDT

Am I the only one who thinks that this song is the geekiest, most cheesy and boring song in all videogame history? I am not excited about this at all.

bgeorget

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thecactusman17 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:47:53 MDT

Just looked at the Rock Band site: they are citing issues on Sony's end (apparently, the RB store has to run off the PS store and Sony can't update the PS store right now for whatever reason). They say that 360 users should have no problems, any of them care to comment?

Also, PS3 owners will get the song free soon.

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thecactusman17 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:40:58 MDT

Well, it loks like they were right.

Still Alive is free for Rock band owners.

With the small issue of not being able to find it on the store.

Clever, Harmonix, clever :P

thecactusman17

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bistromathics — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:55:37 MDT

@AnEternalEnigma: yeah seriously kotaku. this made my day, until i booted up my ps3 and couldnt find it anywhere...think you might want to update the post and mention that PS3 users DONT get 'still alive' on april fools day...

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TheOtherBarber — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:28:45 MDT

i downloaded this song for free before i went to bed last night, so it might have helped to tell you this before now, but uh. yeah. thought i should let you know it was free before today.

TheOtherBarber

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FarmboyinJapan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:45:48 MDT

@inanimaterod:

Amen brother

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inanimaterod — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:54:03 MDT

Goddamn this song is annoying; the vocals are like nails on a chalkboard. Internet, why do you love terrible things?

inanimaterod

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DanAmrich — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:36:36 MDT

And we got an extra M in the headline for free, all day long. Bonus!

DanAmrich

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Xiatter — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:14:30 MDT

Wait... so the cake isn't a lie?

Xiatter

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kylo4 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:39:39 MDT

"Wow, this sucks and Harmonix are evil and Rock Band won't sell anymore copies because of this song being in the game!"

Seriously, it's free, how can people complain. That Timmy song is already in the game.

kylo4

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ShineyBlueShoes — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:19:22 MDT

Agh, I read this on my phone at work today while I was eating lunch and almost went out onto the floor and bought Rock Band then and there just for this. Still might tomorrow.

ShineyBlueShoes

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TK423 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:11:21 MDT

Perfection:
[www.fileden.com]

TK423

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Zero_Beat — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:09:13 MDT

If this were an April Fools' Day joke, they'd be the people GLaDOS refers to as "the ones who are dead."

Just a bit of dark comedy for you.

Zero_Beat

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wanderthirst — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:30 MDT

What's the effing point of releasing it 16 days later on PSN?? Why not just release it for everyone all at the same time? Christ. Sony is so STUPID sometimes. I just wasted 10 minutes looking through their endlessly confusing Store. "user-friendly"

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edb87 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:46:38 MDT

@ everyone who replied to me: Glad to see I'm not alone. X-P

@zgnoud: I believe that's correct. Sony music claimed the copyright and had YouTube remove it. Gah.

EDIT: Just found one. I think its just ones titled misleading things like "Cheerleader Gangbang Vol 4!" and such.

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saigumi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:39:57 MDT

Not an april fools. Go to the Rock Band ingame Store and look under all releases, is is there, sung by GladOS. It wasn't in the new release sections.

My son and I just played through it twice.

saigumi

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DY357LX — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:37:30 MDT

@excel_excel:

How long have we been waiting now? 9.. maybe 10 months?

DY357LX

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PenitentPenguin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:57:00 MDT

lol- thats awesome.

PenitentPenguin

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excel_excel — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:25:02 MDT

STILL ALIVE...STILL FUCKING WAITING FOR A EUROPEAN RELEASE DATE
@otimus: True. This man is a god.

excel_excel

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MonkeyBiz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:15:13 MDT

April fools for Xbox?

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:08:05 MDT

@Seiven: Me too dude, me too. Downloading it before I even have Rockband.

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:39:59 MDT

Surprisingly I hit every note on guitar and bass on expert

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Blackjack1353 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:38:50 MDT

Just cleared on both expert guitar and hard drums.

Blackjack1353

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Tomahawk214 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:38:47 MDT

@edb87:

That'd be funny if tommorow we download it and when we select to play it the Never Gonna Give You Up video plays.

Tomahawk214

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ZenGaijin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:31:32 MDT

ITS OUT NOW!!!

Run to XboxLIVE!!!

ZenGaijin

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Ghede — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:26:16 MDT

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Quick! We need to get in touch with Harmonix! STAT! Get a "Misplaced" audio track instead. Notes the same as Still Alive, but rickroll music! Public apology by dinner tomorrow, correct patch available.

Ghede

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jello44 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:24:54 MDT

@manocheese:

You mean North America, because Rock Band was released in Canada.

I honestly wasn't going to DL this if you had to pay, because I'd rather spend the points on better songs. The song is alright, nothing spectacular. But Free sounds alright to me.

jello44

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:20:05 MDT

@edb87:

"Oh nice, download just finished.
Let me see here... ok, here I go - STILL ALIVE!!"

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH"

That would be the most epic moment of this year.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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Dudemeister — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:15:44 MDT

Oh gawd. YES!

Dudemeister

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Pornosaur — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:14:18 MDT

So is this why I can't get on live?

Pornosaur

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RemyDuvalle — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:11:56 MDT

Yeah, I was thinking an updated that made every song in your game RickRoll would be awesome.

But yeah... I hate all the people complaining that RB is offering a free song, but no additional packs. I don't care if you don't like the song or the fact that it's only 1 song...

Guess what, guys! There'll be more DLC next week...

RemyDuvalle

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Starsmore — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:58:14 MDT

Confirmed. Checked it on an XBOX360 here... but of course my XBOX360 is at home...

Gotta call the wife and give her instructions!

Starsmore

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Zinc666 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:46:15 MDT

It's out now guys!

Zinc666

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yanya — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:44:24 MDT

Check the Music Store if you have the 360 version, already up for download. =D

yanya

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Jonax — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:37:31 MDT

As if Harmonix & MTV need to provide more of a reason for the Europeans to wield pitchforks.

Anyone got a lighter to set this torch alight?

Jonax

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Doshu — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:35:09 MDT

@manocheese: I totally agree.

Still waiting....

Doshu

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otimus — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:31:25 MDT

@Fireblast:
Jonathan Coulton IS a real musician, wtf?

otimus

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Fireblast — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:25:27 MDT

I can't decide to get this because it's free or because it's not performed by an actual musician. Probably won't get it because I prefer to play actual music on ROck Band.

Fireblast

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ca$h — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:24:27 MDT

16 days? Are you fucking kidding me?! How hard is it to put it up before the April 3rd final update Sony?! Good lord the horrible timing hurts so bad! Anything but Still Alive!!

ca$h

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Sandbox_Emperor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:21:22 MDT

@tk.: Chemical Bomb would be amazing. I wouldn't mind some songs from Charge!! either :D

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Sandbox_Emperor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:20:11 MDT

Kick. Ass.

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tk. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:16:15 MDT

@EggmaniMN: I'd love to play some Aquabats... "Pizza Day" and "Chemical Bomb" come immediately to mind...

tk.

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henhowc — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:13:08 MDT

Can someone explain to me why gamers all seem to pop boners over this song? I'm not trying to stir the pot...just curious. :)

henhowc

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Bernard McGraw — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:10:27 MDT

Sure would like this game to be out in England right about now.

Bernard McGraw

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Koztah — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:06:25 MDT

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Koztah

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Toprem — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:18 MDT

@edb87: That would be the funniest shit ever, almost to the level of topping EGM's various Street Fighter related April Fools' jokes.

Side note, is this going to be free for like, forever? Or is there a time limit? I don't have Rock Band yet, but sure as hell want to grab this song as soon as I get it.

Toprem

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Americo — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:44:41 MDT

I expect quite a few Xbox Live and PSN servers crashing tomorrow.

Americo

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awesomerobot — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:42:13 MDT

@edb87: My god if that's not true I hope someone at Microsoft and Harmonix takes your idea and..rolls with it. That would be the most epic April fools joke ever.

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Atsumi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:41:51 MDT

That drummer has serious skillz.

>.>

Also. I'm excited like you wouldn't believe.

Atsumi

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Hermith — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:34:36 MDT

This makes me sad that Rock Band isn't out in Europe yet. I'm sitting here with a complete Rock Band set (that cost ALOT to get into Norway), but I can't download any songs, which really, really sucks. Especially when we get free songs like this.

Hermith

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JerrD74: ..drawing a blank — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:31:47 MDT

ha, even better than being Rick Rolled with the music video, what if it loads up is the actual Rick Astley song to be played and sang...

You know what? I'd actually take that DLC!

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JN64Lover — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:57 MDT

GTFO!!!!!!!!! This is unbelieveable!

JN64Lover

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Moridin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:20:49 MDT

Boo at it not being released on the PSN until the 17th, but hey - it's free. Can't complain there.

Moridin

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SmilingPolitely — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:40 MDT

@edb87: That'd be so win. ^^;;

SmilingPolitely

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liquid_kore — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:07 MDT

@edb87: Dude I would love to play that song!

liquid_kore

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liquid_kore — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:15:52 MDT

Although I haven't been able to get myself back into Rockband for a while (too many other games to play!) this will definitely do it.

liquid_kore

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AnEternalEnigma — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:15:35 MDT

Nice job not mentioning the fact that PS3 users won't get the content until the PlayStation Store upgrade.

AnEternalEnigma

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quentinr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:15:28 MDT

If this comes true, I will buy the disc only version of this game. (Already have a GIII axe and EA doesn't need any more of my money from me).

quentinr

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Brutalitarian — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:13:41 MDT

@DugDawg: the real trick is not to have your cake and eat it... Its to eat your cake and still have it ;)

Brutalitarian

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clank-o-tron — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:07:11 MDT

@EvilBadman: Wow, the hasty conclusions and hate were abundant in the Rock Band announcement thread. I actually winced several times while reading that.

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Tetelestia — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:05:26 MDT

Awesome news, timing is strange. PR nightmare if not true and/or free.

Tetelestia

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JerrD74: ..drawing a blank — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:49 MDT

I would absolutely shit if it was a legitimate download and everything and when you selected the song to play it on solo or multiplayer, it went through the regular loading screens and all n then loaded up Rick Roll...

It truly would be the most epic April Fool's joke ever...other than my birth of course! HAR HAR!

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ViewtifulJason — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:58:17 MDT

Is it only free on those dates, or even available after those dates?

ViewtifulJason

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Slothboy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:53:32 MDT

@Twoflower:

Yeah, the rage over there is confusing and horrifying, even for the internet. Most of the kids over there won't be happy until they get more Freezepop. Or maybe The Wiggles.

Slothboy

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vhd244 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:53:04 MDT

@edb87: please let this happen! On another note i hope its not only for tomorrow since i have no xbox for now.

vhd244

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Jayenkai — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:50:52 MDT

\me's starting to get sick of this song...

Jayenkai

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zgnoud — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:50:49 MDT

@edb87:
Speaking about rick rolls... i heard that Google or youtube censored the rickroll cip in America? its been fine in other countries, but in america, you get the "this video is not avaliable for your country". haha ironic.

zgnoud

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Tako Attack — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:49:33 MDT

My hopes, they are up.
I'll cry if this is a joke...that or I'll just buy some more Microsoft points.

Tako Attack

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jasoncourt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:49:26 MDT

over.. rated (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap) ...but hey, I'll take a free song : ) , maybe. Really liked portal but can't stand 'cake is a lie' jokes or references.

jasoncourt

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yashichi8bit — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:49:12 MDT

@edb87: @t0yrobo: Indeed.

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Twoflower — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:49:10 MDT

The funniest aspect of this? Going to the official Rock Band forums and reading all the INTERNET HATE for Still Alive, from people who never heard of Portal and don't get why anybody wants to play "that annoying song that sounds like a robot singing it". And how Harmonix is stupid and evil and they're threatening to throw away their game disc and etc etc etc.

As far as I'm concerned... it's April Fools on THEM for thinking of Rock Band as Serious Business.

Twoflower

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EggmaniMN — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:49:00 MDT

@The Cat With Two Heads: They redid the song a bit so it has all of the correct instruments. It's very cool.

The song you are named after would also be very cool. Aquabats for Rock Band plz

EggmaniMN

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DigiMish — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:48:54 MDT

I hoped Harmonix would do this, and they did! Awesome news, about time they released a freebie, considering the millions they made from DLC.

DigiMish

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t0yrobo — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:42:19 MDT

@edb87: That would be a epic april fools

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gwangi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:38:40 MDT

The DLC is a lie!

gwangi

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Chimaera — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:38:30 MDT

Well, it's about time. That was the longest 6 weeks ever. Thanks to Valve and Harmonix! Now bring on the JoCo pack!

@Spoony Bard: Failure to complete the song will result in a negative mark on your permanent record...followed by death.

Chimaera

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Mr. Mastodon Farm — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:38:12 MDT

Wait... Does that song even have percussion in it?

Mr. Mastodon Farm

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EvilBadman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:37:57 MDT

Best Harmonix April Fool's Gag since last year: [kotaku.com]

EvilBadman

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el.sand.bag — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:36:15 MDT

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

el.sand.bag

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Zangetsu89 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:34:05 MDT

This is awesome! I was really hoping it would be free.

Zangetsu89

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CaptLtrl — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:33:54 MDT

Neat, I guess..

I wanted real music though...

CaptLtrl

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Zinc666 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:33:27 MDT

Yes! I was hoping this would be free.

Now I can spend my points on other songs.

Zinc666

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Kaemon — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:32:50 MDT

Yay! I was all prepared to pay for this, but free? Thats much better. Much much better.

Kaemon

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panfriedcharlie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:31:55 MDT

Sweet -- this is what XBLM is good for.

panfriedcharlie

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Br00klyn-Grenade — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:31:40 MDT

Excellent!

Br00klyn-Grenade

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phrequency — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:30:22 MDT

what a perfect time to be updating the PSN... gosh... =P

oh well... at least it's free =)

phrequency

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Garcian_Smith — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:28:54 MDT

@manocheese: Absolutely. It's hard being without Rock Band and Brawl. Bah humbug [/outofseason]

Garcian_Smith

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Kanik — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:28:39 MDT

Is it weird that the announcement of this song was the sole reason as to why I bought Rockband?

Kanik

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xbulletholes — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:27:22 MDT

i bet this won't arrive on the european marketplace when the game eventually gets here.
why must you be so cruel! ):

xbulletholes

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DugDawg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:27:14 MDT

I want to have my cake and eat it too.

DugDawg

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manocheese — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:26:36 MDT

Excuse me for not being excited. I'll save my excitment for the distant future when the game actually gets released outside the US. How long has it been out 5 months?

manocheese

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XWonka — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:24:53 MDT

Awesome Awesome Awesome. With all the BS we have to endure from some people in the industry (example: EA Microtransactions), it's days like these where it's good to be a gamer.

XWonka