1UP writes: "In the past, interviewing Neversoft developers has invariably resulted in hearing a lot of Tony Hawk lingo such as "inward heelflip" or "noseblunt slide." But now that Neversoft's fully embraced the task of crafting more Guitar Heroes, we recently took the chance to chat with project director Brian Bright and Activison/RedOctane PR manager Aaron Grant about Guitar Hero: World Tour's development -- and learned a whole lot of new developer jargon like "tempo maps" and "note tracking" in the process. Read on to add those new phrases to your gaming lexicon -- and to find out just how many songs Neversoft had to cut.
1UP: We all know about the feature set, the song list, the new instruments, and so on. What I'd like to know about is the process of developing the game. This is obviously a very different process from Gun or Tony Hawk; I'd think there's less hassle without doing a 3D engine and level design. Is it a lot more fun making a Guitar Hero game?
Brian Bright: In my experience, it's a lot more fun. [There are] issues with a Tony Hawk game, like corner glitching -- getting a guy in a corner and getting out to the outside of the world -- and having to deal with all the other bugs.... "
Sometimes, gaming soundtracks can introduce players to bands and artists they've never heard of. This article is all about Matt's five favorites, thanks for gaming.
Accompanied by Heidi Klum, Mr T, Robin Williams, and Jerry (who's suddenly a chicken), Dan takes a look at his favourite video gaming adverts of all time.
Unreality Mag writes: "It’s always fun to see something out of the ordinary when you’re playing a video game. Most times it comes in the forms of funny songs or a game glitch you didn’t expect. And sometimes the game will toss in a celebrity which might throw you off (meaning a good thing).
But here I wanted to focus on celebrities who appeared in games that weren’t so obvious. Games that didn’t really have a celebrity focus yet a celebrity appeared in that seemed almost random.
Here are 10 that I enjoyed the most."
This lt fails for not having Burt F*cken Reynolds from Saints Row the Third
Unless I am blind and didn't see him
