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Guitar Hero, the Series?
Activision Blizzard is looking at the possibility of creating a concert tour and reality television show based on their popular video game Guitar Hero. Admittedly, I'm not a video game fanatic and have never played the game, but I don't get how such a program would work.Would it be a competition to see which gamer could pretend to play the guitar the best, or would it simply be following a bunch of Guitar Hero enthusiasts in their day-to-day lives? My guess is the former. I know a few people that actually play guitar that don't like the game, mostly because it doesn't really teach you how to play the guitar. The controls involve pressing buttons rather than strumming the strings. Even the creators of South Park had a go at the franchise.
However, all this is speculation at this stage. If there were a television show based on Guitar Hero, would you watch it?
Play Heroin Hero from South Park
Just in time for those of us dealing with the holiday blues comes "the ultimate first-person shooter": Heroin Hero. For those of you not familiar with the "Guitar Queer-o" episode of South Park, Heroin Hero is the game that Stan plays to get his mind off the pressure that he faces as one of the new rising stars of the game Guitar Hero. Your goal in the game is to catch the dragon, but the thing is... you can never catch the dragon.I've played the game and I have to say, it's fun. It's something to do on the weekends when you're just chilling out with your friends, not addictive at all. I mean, sure, sometimes I'll play it before work (or sometimes during work) just to mellow out, but like, I can stop any time I want. In fact, I'm so sure I can stop, I'm going to stop writing this article right now so I can go play some more...
MTV may be eyeing a Rock Band TV show
Harmonix brought us Guitar Hero and it was good. MTV bought Harmonix and promised more musical delights in the near future and now there is Rock Band. Where GH allowed you to rock the axe, RB expands to allow the entire "band." Peripherals are available to allow a guitarist, bassist, drummer and vocalist to all perform together. And major record labels are promising unprecedented cooperation, including making new music available weekly for the game.
Now, Rocky Mountain News is reporting that a Rock Band TV show may be under consideration at MTV. While nothing official can be reported, MTV senior VP of home entertainment Paul DeGooyer says of it, "we need the right concept, one that looks at how gamers engage with the game." Implications may be, though, that they are trying to find a way to do it without diluting or damaging the Rock Band name.
South Park: Guitar Queer-o

(S11E13) After seeing the title of this episode, I'm more embarrassed than I already was to admit that I'm a fan of Guitar Hero. In fact, I own all four versions of the game. There. I said it.
Thankfully, I will say that I never have, nor will I ever, play in my underwear. As far as you know.
This was a strange episode given what we've been seeing the past few weeks. We barely got anyone other than Stan and Kyle this time, but what we got was, as always, pure gold. Oh and by the way, one of our sister sites, Joystiq, liveblogged the episode tonight.
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