Comments on: The Most Important Game Ever Made #2: Oh Boy http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/09/the-most-important-game-2/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 29 May 2012 02:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/09/the-most-important-game-2/#comment-649004 Tom Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:33:57 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=15282#comment-649004 Sure, but have you SEEN the foaming (& somewhat hilarious) rage at the "Kurt Plays Stadium Rock" stuff that Guitar Hero has pulled? Sure, but have you SEEN the foaming (& somewhat hilarious) rage at the “Kurt Plays Stadium Rock” stuff that Guitar Hero has pulled?

]]> By: Vic Fluro http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/09/the-most-important-game-2/#comment-649003 Vic Fluro Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:51 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=15282#comment-649003 One really annoying part of Beatle Exceptionalism is that you can't have Beatles songs on the regular Rock Band, or vice versa - another reason why the michinima approach becomes redundant. (It would have been SO SWEET to have the Beatles perform 'Eye Of The Tiger' at the Cavern Club.) One really annoying part of Beatle Exceptionalism is that you can’t have Beatles songs on the regular Rock Band, or vice versa – another reason why the michinima approach becomes redundant. (It would have been SO SWEET to have the Beatles perform ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ at the Cavern Club.)

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/09/the-most-important-game-2/#comment-649001 Tom Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:26:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=15282#comment-649001 That is a bloody gorgeous cartoon elephant god mind you. That is a bloody gorgeous cartoon elephant god mind you.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/09/the-most-important-game-2/#comment-649000 Tom Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:26:24 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=15282#comment-649000 So what you're saying is it's the Dragon's Lair of music games? :) (Chris Dahlen's Pitchfork review made this point as well - it's another example of Beatle Exceptionalism, which I find really fascinating: thou shalt not sample, thou shalt not download, thou shalt not tamper. The amazing thing is the extent to which it's worked as a marketing move - a common reaction to Pitchfork reviewing the Beatles records, aside from those naive fools who actually READ the pieces, was "YOU JUST CAN'T." My personal view is that this is sad, since the band were so much a product of their times, and their music was so much a product of inspiration and competition and responding to the response to them, and pretending the Beatles sit on Cloud Revolution Nine outside the network does them and us no favours.) So what you’re saying is it’s the Dragon’s Lair of music games? :)

(Chris Dahlen’s Pitchfork review made this point as well – it’s another example of Beatle Exceptionalism, which I find really fascinating: thou shalt not sample, thou shalt not download, thou shalt not tamper. The amazing thing is the extent to which it’s worked as a marketing move – a common reaction to Pitchfork reviewing the Beatles records, aside from those naive fools who actually READ the pieces, was “YOU JUST CAN’T.”

My personal view is that this is sad, since the band were so much a product of their times, and their music was so much a product of inspiration and competition and responding to the response to them, and pretending the Beatles sit on Cloud Revolution Nine outside the network does them and us no favours.)

]]>