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The day the music died?

Sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint the instant in time when something’s suddenly not as cool as it was a moment before. Other times it’s easy. Remember this ad from two years ago? For music games as the Current Big Thing, this was the killer meteor entering the atmosphere.

I’m one of the faithful who still believes in music games; I can’t wait for RB3 this Tuesday. But I know that this fictional family won’t be on board. They’re too busy watching Glee.

Don’t ya love how this pretend mom thinks her three kids are teens?

After struggling through a period of shrinking audiences and product glut, the two major music game franchises have chosen very different roads.

2010 will be remembered as the year Rock Band got real and Guitar Hero went Looney Tunes. And that’s a good thing for both: They need to be as different from each another as possible for both to survive. (more…)

Netflix is the best Non-Nintendo software to hit Wii. British comedy is the best thing to hit Netflix. When Wii, Netflix and British Comedy combine, you get The IT Crowd.

Roy plays Wii. Just another day in the I.T. department. WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE.

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