Just when I almost got Lady Gaga’s Poker face out of my head I open my email box this AM to this Press Release from MTV and Harmonix! Well crap I thought now I will never get Poker Face out of my head! Of course I am the Rockband junkie for cutegeek and will have to get this plus I love that they will have Eric Cartman’s version from South Park! Classic!  Check out the Full Press Release here! The songs will be “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Monster” and “Poker Face.”

Cambridge, Mass. – March 9, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a four pack of songs from pop sensation Lady Gaga, as well as a special Lady Gaga cover byCOMEDY CENTRAL’s South Park’s own Eric Cartman will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

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The great people at Harmonix and MTV games recently sent me the Beatles Rockband game (instruments sold separately) to test out (THANKS GUYS!!) for my CES/Holidays round up of products to review.  When I first found out that they were sending me Beatles Rockband I was overjoyed and jumping around my condo like a kid in a candy store.  

 I played it twice at E3 but frankly I wanted to play all the songs and see how I would progress in the game as I became better. I kept wondering what cool things could I unlock with my mad Rockband skills.  I also recently hooked up my microphone stand next to my drums (Phil Colins style) so I could sing and play.  One would think I am taking Beatles Rockband to another level by doing this but actually I saw on the Beatles Rockband Stage at E3 and have been dying to get to a level where I could sing and play at the same time. 

This game is truly for all ages especially those who love the Beatles (which I do) and believe it can be a great bonding experience between grandparents, parents and kids. If your into Rockband like I obviously am it’s the perfect gift. I actually have visions of parents waiting till their kids are asleep to play the game themselves; like my parents did.

The introduction to the game was phenomenal and quite a visual trip! At first we did a couple rounds of the quick play as our typical Rockband band. The neat thing about this game is that you can harmonize with up to 3 singers, play 2 different guitars (bass and electric), and of course the drums. This gave this game a whole new aspect; more challenging and engaging more people to participate in the game all at once. See the screen shot below of what it would look like if you played the game.

We had some friends over fo my pal Mel’s birthday and we all had a chance to play Beatles Rockband as a real band (instead of the puny band of just my husband and I).  First we got all the girls together to see how well we could do and show the boys whats up! I have to admit Mel, Lauren, Colleen and I rocked it and all had a chance to try different instruments. Check us out!

We then let the boys join; I guess that is fair right? Everyone had a blast; I have to be honest Rockband can get old at parties but not the Beatles! One of my guy pals, Jeff, decided to really play the game instead of quick play and went through the “story” portion. What was neat about that portion is if you do well you win video clips and photo’s of the Beatles. That made me a tad fanatical and had to play all the chapters of the story which sadly meant I had completed the game. For those that make it to the end of the game there is a nice surprise that I will not spoil; just realize you have to go through all the ending credits (and there is allot)!

So gather up all your gift cards from the holidays and get Beatles Rockband. This by far is one of my favorite games currently and believe its definately a 5 star experience…if only I had the special drum set.  Stay tuned for a seperate post of all our youtubes of playing Beatles Rockband (be warned there is hours and hours of videos).

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One of my first CD’s when I was a kid was Nirvana and my first mosh pit experience was at a Foo Fighters concert.  Lets face it I just love Dave Grohl; nothing is more attractive to me then a man who can play any instrument and also sing (or belt out some great rock jams)!

Imagine my excitement this AM when I got this news from MTV and Harmonix Games about more Rockband DLC content for Nirvana and Foo Fighters.  If it wasn’t Halloween weekend (also Day light savings) I would be playing Rockband all weekend!  Fortunately it doesn’t come out till November 5th and I have next Sunday all day free and you can bet your sweet bippy I will be playing Rockband!

Cambridge, Mass. – Oct. 30, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of tracks from Nirvana, a four pack of tracks from Foo Fighters and a single from Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store…To see the full press release click here!

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Its that time again folks! I opened my cutegeek email to find out that as of Oct 22 I will be able to download Abbey Road for PS3! We all know that I am a Rockband junkie so needless to say this made my day!  Check out the below press release and video trailer.

Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix are pleased to introduce Abbey Road (1969) as the first Beatles album available for purchase as downloadable content in The Beatles™: Rock Band™ Music Store beginning today!
 
With “Come Together,” “Something,” “Octopus’s Garden,” “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” “Here Comes The Sun” and “The End” already included on The Beatles: Rock Band game disc, players will now be able to play songs from and complete the entire Abbey Road album. 

Check out and feel free to post the brand new Abbey Road video trailer and screenshots from the links below:
Video trailer: https://rcpt.yousendit.com/757631241/aee092acda3bc84e6d9d1a4cfee016b9

Specific details below:
Available for Xbox 360 (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 System (Oct. 22):

Individual Abbey Road  singles: “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” “Oh! Darling,” and “Because”
Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per each individual track

The “Complete The Album Pack” features:
· Abbey Road singles: “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” “Oh! Darling,” and “Because”
· The entire Abbey Road B-side 16 minute medley that includes: “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “Sun King,” “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Polythene Pam,” “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End”

· Additionally, the following songs from Abbey Road can also be played as 1-to-3-song sets, based on how they were recorded / composed:
o “You Never Give Me Your Money”
o “Sun King”/ “Mean Mr. Mustard”
o “Polythene Pam”/ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”
o “Golden Slumbers”/ “Carry That Weight”/ “The End”*
o “Her Majesty”

Price: $16.99 USD, £10.46 UK, €11.37 EU (1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Complete The Album Pack”
Available for Wii (Oct. 20):

Individual Abbey Road singles: “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, ” “Oh! Darling,” “Because,” and “You Never Give Me Your Money,” *“Her Majesty

Price: $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per each individual track
*$1.00 USD (100 Wii Points) for “Her Majesty”

Multi-track sets:
· “Sun King”/ “Mean Mr. Mustard”
· “Polythene Pam”/ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”
· “Golden Slumbers”/ “Carry That Weight”/ “The End”*

Price: $3.50 USD (350 Wii Points) per 2-Pack /
* No additional cost for 3rd song “The End” as it is already included on game disc

Enjoy fellow Rockbanders!

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I finally got a PSP (our friend gave us one) and Rockband Unplugged for it courtesy of the friendly folks at Harmonix and MTV. After E3 playing Rockband Unplugged on PSP I realized it was a must have for me!  For several reasons, first I hate flying with a passion and I believe this is a great distraction for anyone like me or those who travel allot and are bored on a plane.

I am the type that needs to have a few glasses of wine and take 2 Dramamine just to get through security, board the plane and prepare for take off.  Once my husband put me on the smallest plane (2 propeller plane) known to man in a thunderstorm from Seattle to Utah…I was convinced he was trying to kill me by a plane crash (not to mention ironically my life insurance was up’d).  Something to be said when even the flight attendants were white as a ghost and no drink service. ”CRAP,” I thought…I don’t even get a glass of wine before I die!

 

Since I will be traveling more via plane to visit my gal pal moving to LA; I believe a PSP may distract me enough to where I don’t have to medicate myself to a zombie like state!  Or freak out the passenger next to me by saying “God please don’t let me die today!” (out loud!)

Second reason I think PSP is great not just for kids(of course its perfect for kids but my angle is towards adults) but also for any city people like myself that use public transportation…Especially if you have a long commute on the train! You can play Rockband Unplugged for an hour on PSP and not realize where the time went and you’re at your destination…SWEET! I will probably be the dork on the Muni dancing to my PSP while everyone thinks I am “oh one those wackos.” Plus it was so easy to figure out, Sony may hate me for saying this but I didn’t look at the owners manual, its pretty straight forward!

Third, I just love playing Rockband especially when we bust it out in parties!  So when I got the Rock Band Unplugged game in the mail I jumped up and down with joy!  I immediately started playing with it.  I created my band just like I did on my PS3, named my characters (my game name is “Ninja”), and started the tour.  Here is what was odd about the game;  the game automatically started with San Francisco (where I live now) and then I unlocked the Austin (I am from ATX).  I was miffed; how did this little contraption know this information…I have think this is a coincidence…O-O-O-R-R is it?

The game itself for me was a challenge at first b/c you have to flip inbetween each instrument and hit all the notes within phrase. Then you pop to the next instrument and hit every single note and so forth in order to get those magical little stars that up’s your score and fan base (because we all need fans). The game helps you figure out which instrument to go to next; I figured this out much later into my tour (unfortunately)!  Once you have hit every note in a certain number for phrases on each instrument you get a notification that says “BAND GROVE!” That’s when you know your starting to do well; unfortunately it distracts me each time and I miss a note!

So far (since I also have a life and can’t play 24/7) I have only unlocked Austin, Seattle, LA, Chicago, New York, Boston, Montreal, Street Promoters, a Merch girl, and 2 Deluxuliner Bus (because you need a second bus for your entourage! Hello I am a ROCK STAR on PS3).  Below is the list of songs I have so far on my PSP.

•  ABC, Jackson’s 5,
• Miss Murder, AFI
• Buddy Holly, Weezer
• More Then a Feeling, Boston
• Float On, Modest Mouse (my favorite)
• Alive, Pearl Jam
• I Was Wrong, Social Distortion
• Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
• My Own Worst Enemy, Lit
• White Wedding, Billy Idol
• Message in a Bottle, The Police
• Today, Smashing Pumpkins.
• Our Truth, Lacuna Coil
• The Killing Jar, Siouxsie and the Banschees
• Carry On Wayword Son, Kansas
• Mr. Brightside, The Killers (another fav, saw them back stage at ACL)
• Drain You, Nirvana (Nirvana was my first CD ever!)
• Show Me the Way, Black Tide
• Where’d you go, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
•  Aqualung, Jethro Tull
• The Middle, Jimmy Eat World

I had to share this new toy with some of my greatest pals in San Francisco on the way to Fremont (which I believe is on another planet but its not…though sure does seem like it from the city!)  My BFF Mel and I also geeked out and played at our weekly girls lunch a couple minutes.  She really got into it and she isn’t a gamer like me at all! Then my two guy friends in the car tested it out; one got annoyed pretty quickly…guess it’s not his cup of tea (maybe he just was not good though a lovely person…gamer not so much!) and my other guy pal did decent.  Then my husband was the one that got all 100% on Buddy Holly (grrr!)…not when he was driving of course.

This is probably my favorite product I have received so far, I can’t stop playing it and loosing sleep trying to unlock cities!  If you don’t have it go get it, its going for about $39.99.

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Yippee skippy!  I cannot wait till September to get the Beatles Rockband!!!  Always been a huge fan even though I am an 80′s baby, my parents played music from the 50′s and on since I was a child!  Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is clearly one of my favorite Beatles albums (it helped my parents had the CD)! I recall I use to listen to that CD nightly in high school (unlike everyone else in HS listening to pop rock, no offense I am just an old schooler)!  Till this day I swear I sometimes I start my morning with…

“Woke up, fell out of bed, Dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, And looking up I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat. Made the bus in seconds flat.” (Beatles Song: A Day In The Life)…and yes I literally sing this with a lil’ dance! I should have a reality show since I am such a dork! I swear I have been meaning to do a youtube of this reenactment! BUT I am hoping one day this song will be available for Rockband!

 So yesterday I got a list of more songs for Beatles Rockband! 

Per the press release, see below…and I believe the list will grow…to see full press release go here!

“Following the world premiere of The Beatles: Rock Band at the Microsoft press briefing at the 2009 E3 Media & Business Summit last month, the newly announced 15 songs represent a cross-section of hits and favorites that span The Beatles’ storied career from Can’t Buy Me Love and Paperback Writer to With A Little Help From My Friends and Yellow Submarine, bringing the total number of announced songs to 25.”
 
The 15 new songs for The Beatles: Rock Band and the venues they are featured in are:
 
·         Twist And Shout / Cavern Club
·         Do You Want To Know A Secret / Cavern Club
·         Can’t Buy Me Love / Ed Sullivan Theater
·         I Wanna Be Your Man / Ed Sullivan Theater
·         Eight Days A Week / Shea Stadium
·         Paperback Writer / Budokan
·         And Your Bird Can Sing / Budokan
·         Yellow Submarine / Abbey Road Dreamscape
·         Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band* / Abbey Road Dreamscape
·         With a Little Help from My Friends* / Abbey Road Dreamscape
·         Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows / Abbey Road Dreamscape
·         Revolution / Abbey Road Dreamscape
·         Birthday / Abbey Road Dreamscape
·         Dig A Pony / Rooftop Concert
·         I’ve Got A Feeling / Rooftop Concert
 
Additional on-disc songs will be announced at a later date.  Stay tuned kids; I think this can only get better!!!!

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While at E3 I had the chance to play with a PSPat the MTV booth.  It was really cool b/c they set up pods for each person to play the game; no one told me that this was so no one else can hear you playing the game.  So my geeky self goes to one of the pods hell bent on playing Rockband on PSP(I think I have an unhealthy addiction to Rockband, but that’s another topic).  I put on Modest Mouse b/c on drumming its easier then say QOTSA or Foo Fighters plus I never played a PSP before…Before you know “Float on” comes on and I start dancing along with the PSP in hand enjoying myself and having a good old time, so I started dancing along even more! 

This is when Michael from Hardwaregeeks.com comes to me in the booth, “Uh Nina,” he says.  Annoyed I say “yeah?” (hello I was in the middle of float on and throwing down some mad dance moves) “You do realize that no one else can hear you.”  First off thanks Michael for making me look like a dork for at least 2 minutes BEFORE telling me this.  I have to wonder if he was recording it with his camera or just standing there laughing at me. Michael if you have this on video post it dude! 

SO my face turned all shades of red from embarrassment and then I thought well I already made a huge dork of myself, mine as well keep dancing! After trying this PSP for the first time I realized I needed a PSP and ASAP!

So today I open my cutegeek inbox to this press release below.  I got EXCITED and sang excited (again sing with me world!)

Optical technology developer sets sights on Q4 launch of V-Screen for PSP.

My initial thought was man it must be soooo cool to be a kid now a days!  Then a light bulb went off in my head!  I don’t h-a-v-e to be a kid to play with the PSP; we all know I am big kid at heart anyhow!  So I am hopeful to score a PSP before Q4 so I can try out this new technology!

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This release below just in from Rockband and Harmonix, I am EXCITED!

CAMBRIDGE, MA and NEW YORK, NY – July 17, 2009 – Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced the Rock Band Network, a ground-breaking initiative that gives musicians and record labels the ability to author their own original recordings into gameplay files and sell their music as playable Rock Band tracks through the newly-created Rock Band Network Music Store. The introduction of the Rock Band Network marks a fundamental shift in the exposure music games can give emerging and established artists through innovative technologies that will open new revenue streams and promotional avenues. To see the full Rockband press release on their webiste go here!

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This past weekend was my birthday and we celebrated!  One crazy day I got download crazy and with Rockband DLC of QOTSA and Black Sabath. Admitedly I have been in a few mosh pits (Foo Fighters, FuManchu, Weezer, QOTSA) and saw QOTSA back stage at ACL in 2007 (I love you Josh);  so new songs for Rockband make me HAPPY! Plus I love to ROCK! or DANCE!

So I lost my voice on Black Sabath’s “War Pigs”, I love that song! In fact I use to belt that song out in our music room back in Texas! 

The drums were a challenge…I…of course had to play medium and… man o man it was tough!  I LOVED THE CHALLENGE THOUGH!  We had to literally restart several times before we finally got the grove…not like we picked an easy DLC!  Plus, QOTSA and Black Sabath drumming is a challenge, again I loved it!  A couple times I sang and I am sure this was the demise of my voice lose. Again though I enjoyed the drums more…I always do…its too much fun!

Signed the Queen of Rockband for cutegeek.

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I was pleasantly and shockingly surprised by my Madballs Babo Invasion demo experience here in San Francisco. Remember the Madballs craze in the 80’s…if you don’t I feel dang old!

I recall all the boys had them, though till this day I don’t understand the purpose…yet thanks to the Demo I have my own little Madball to figure out and it’s an old school one too…

Screamin’ Meenie!!!  Do I throw it?? Step on it? WHAT?! So lost on this toy! But hell bent on figuring it out!

Everyone knows I am the queen of Rockband for cutegeek.com. In fact my arms were sore that day after 2 hours of Rockband drumming the night before including a jam session of Run to the Hills (that is one tough song).

So I wake up and think…will I enjoy this game? Will I be good at the game? Typically I play music games and car games (b/c who doesn’t want to crash into things, right?). Out of curiosity I went to the Madballs Babo Invasion website to check out what I just got myself into…

To be honest I was starting to think I wouldn’t be good at it…beads of sweat were starting to think about accumulating (mostly nerves but also b/c the cab was stuffy). What if I can’t cut it and oh crap I am videotaping…this could be bad! Demise of Nina in literally 30mins!

THAT ALL CHANGED…once I had the control in my hands  I was rocking…and I had F-U-N (sorry Scott from playbrains, I stole your expression!) HA! Scott also really helped me grasp the game; this game truly is for those that want to invest their time in a game.

Once I was in combat I was laughing and also being challenged at the same time, see the first time I played here!  My character the first time around was Magmor which as a dork I said his name in the deep voice the game did, yeah I geeked out!

I am not great at shoot em’ up games or anything that requires a target; my aim is awful and I get trigger shy once I am ambushed! Strangely I had no problems shooting and rolling around in this game!  I mean did you see the youtube where one of the guys said “she is doing better then me“, I was killing it on this game!  The rolling at first took some getting used to I am not going to lie to you all! Luckily the game has a rolling boot camp…I didn’t do it b/c well I am just that good and a geek…so if you are having problems figuring it out…do the boot camp…don’t be a punk!

Nina get to what features you liked about the game already…I know…I know…SORRY! First off I think this little character “Eidolon” for us ladies is HOT and I love her powers!  She can go invisible with her “Ghost” ability or temporarily blind her enemies with her powerful “whiteout”.  Man I wish I had those powers; not sure the male population would have a chance though sooooo maybe not! Especially since my favorite weapon is the beamer, which seemed to be very effective in my demo!

Then you get to create your own little avatar profile and instead of the Madballs faces its avatar profile pix of your friends.  Here is the demo of what playing with your avatar would look like…

I couldn’t help laughing about that! Imagine playing with your friends and having the chance to shoot each other! I could see this possibly getting messy if there is some Freudian anger between pals …maybe…but it was sure funny!

I also had the opportunity of making a map even though there are 21 maps to the game so you don’t need to but you have the option(hello women love options, I pack like Costanza). Building it was super duper fun! I could see myself spending more time building maps…it’s fun to build it and then play on your map…it’s like your new little creation that no one else made! NICE!

What I want to express to our audience is that this game though at first glance may be overwhelming for a girl like me who cannot shoot; but it was not hard to grasp in the least bit! Ladies I suck at this stuff; I have tried others back in the day like Battlefield or at E3 I couldn’t even shoot the dang chickens at the city interactive booth. Chickens people, not like that they are a small target!

I think I want this game…and now gasp…I need a dang XBox! Though you can play it online…still want an XBox though…

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So I open my inbox and my jaw just drops…How the did I get up to 171 emails in my inbox?  The shock later turned to joy as I see MTV and Harmonix have been busy on new releases for Rockband!   Foreigner, Vans warped tour, Offspring, Pearl Jam and many more all released or being released by end of month.  Check out all  the press releases here.  Enjoy!

Signed the queen of Rockband for cutegeek.com:-)

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On day 2 I woke up sore, I forgot to let you all know I am pretty sure I sprained my foot.  I was limping all through E3 and like a dummy I walked around on it. So day two was a late start (my nick name was gimpay)  but we headed off to the convention center for our first meeting.  Check out one of the displays in front of the convention center, this year truly had some creative outdoor displays and games.

Our first meeting was with Logitech and the first thing I tried was the Logitech® Wireless Guitar Controller and though I am not a Guitar Hero pro and never play the guitar I loved how this instrument played.  It seemed more authentic especially since the neck is real wood. It has a wireless range of up to 30 feet and virtually silent controls, NICE!

My most favorite thing I first tested out on day 2 is not yet released  from Logitech and I cannot give any information on it YET. What I can tell you is it MADE my E3 experience; I fell in love with it and didn’t want to leave after seeing this! I had a perma grin for hours and Radiris had to literally drag me out of the room!! Keep on reading my blog b/c I am hell bent on testing this out and telling you how AMAZING Logitech is! Love love love it! It may have resolved so many gaming issues I had in the past regarding my neighbors!

 HOWEVER I am able to discuss the Logitech G940 Flight System which is AMAZING! Here is the live DEMO from E3! One of my dearest friends flew in the war and also is a pilot now for a major airline so I have so much more interest in this! And yes she is a female pilot; did I just get cool points by association?

So the force feedback effects allow you to feel its movement as well as its reaction to wind shear, buffeting, turbulence, and g-forces. It controls multi-engine aircraft using the two 8-way hat switches or you can lock the levers when you need to operate your engines in sync. It also has true-to-life rudder control, which is needed when performing defensive maneuvers and crosswind landings, or piloting helicopters.The interactive buttons help control and illuminate red, green, amber, or off to indicate the status of critical aircraft systems—gear up, flaps down, and etc.

We also checked out at some Logitech mice.  One model was the V220 which is in a variety of limited-edition patterns and colors; priced at $29.99.

Next we went to City Interactive to test out some new games and my first one to demo was Chronicles Of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple on DS and I have to be frank this game on a plane is Perfect!  We next tested out Chronicles of Mystery: The Three of Life on the PC and Redneck Chicken Riot on Wii; both very cool interactive games.  The ghosts in Redneck Chicken Riot were funny and spooky all at once!

Next we went to the MTV booth again; being a child of the 80′s I honestly cannot get enough MTV! But one of the most thrilling of my E3 experience is PLAYING THE DRUMS FOR THE BEATLES ROCKBAND!! Check out the all chic Beatles Rockband youtube video, I am rockin the drums!  At home I have the standard 4 pod rockband drums but I was up for the challenge and even played on medium first time around. Self hug b/c I rocked it and it was cool to have all chicks the first time! This game is a perfect party game, I should know…I love to throw parties! Nina jammin on Rockband Beatles Drums!

I then ventured over to the PSP Rockband demo…not only do I now need to get rockband Beatles…now it’s a PSP! Michael told me I looked like a huge dork jamming under the PSP Demo pods b/c noone can hear what you are playing! I imagine this is what I will look like once I get this device and you see me on the streets nodding my head with maybe bust out a little dance move…movin’ here and there…who knows! I loved hearing my Rockband songs and being able to play portable was amazing. I want this toy! My birthday is coming up…any takers?! ANYONE?! Its the first of many big 29′s!  (I can’t believe I am admiting this to you all, I was told no women should reveil their age but I think 29 is a big deal or party…ok back to E3)

One thing that made me curious was Xfire.com. Myself being new to gaming besides PS3 the entire explosion of this really cool website/ software Xfire is astonishing. Basically its similiar to facebook’s social media but gaming ONLY instead and also you can create “clans (ie: communities)”. The site has 13.5 million members all over the country! WOW!  We met with the VP of Marketing who was ultra cool (plus uber cute) and he was completely in tune with his audience; he gave us the entire back story. Ideally this site is for those who do online interactive gaming. It has so many short cut tools to continue gaming without even leaving the game! Including and not limited to Chat rooms, voice recording, video broadcasting, web browsing and etc. Also this whole creating clans is a fantastic creation!! Kuddos to you guys! In fact us cutgeek girls will be creating a xfire clan for all you gamers to follow us super cute geeks…I feel like I just became cool even though I am a GEEK! In fact we may even do a demo on building our own little clan and xfire profile.

Overall I had a blast at E3!  I feel like I saw some of the coolest shazza (yeah I said it…shazza) on day 2 and cannot wait to test out some of these amazing products!

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Its only just begun everyone see us Cutegeek girls at E3 on youtube. See some more new post of Ms. Radiris and I at E3 playing games. Radiris on Guitar and Nina on Drums!

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Today MTV Games’ Harmonix Music Systems announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Records and Green Day  to bring the music of Green Day, exclusively to Rock Band ®.  See Press Release Here! 

The first songs that you can download are a three-pack of songs of their Album; 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th including:  21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere.  Additional Green Day songs and projects will be announced at a later date.

If it is not obvious I am the Rockbander of the cutegeek.com and I am excited about this new release of Green Day coming to Rockband.  I wanted to be a rocker or punk rocker since I was a child of the 80s.  Unfortunately I lack the talent to play the real drums (sad face) therefore…do-to-do-dooooo Rockband drums!  Everyone saw how I killed it at E3 on the drums  right? (not so much on the singing, I use to be able to no idea what happened…opps!)

So MTV and Harmonix are just going crazy on these new releases of Rockband games and everyday I hope when I open my inbox there is a new release of something fun and I get…well…gitty like I was 7 years old again…what will I get?  Another Rockband alert…oh boy…oh boy!

This actually comes at the perfect time so thank you MTV/ Harmonix/ Warner Brothers and Green Day! I have a very important birthday coming up that I may repeat for several years to come and nothing makes my heart a flutter more then new Rockband songs!  BTW I celebrate my b-day for a month so…July 7th isn’t too far off.  THOUGH shout out to my pals at MTV/ Harmonix that if they want me to preview it, I would be the happiest birthday girl! :-) hehe

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This year was my first experience actually attending E3. I had planned it for others before but never attended until now! As I walked into the LA convention center I was blown away immediately with a HUGE Pepsi Rockband stage with fellow rockbander rocking away, check out the video here!  I then walked into the south hall with my cutegeek partner in crime Radiris and I was AMAZED as you can see in my video here you can listen to my excitement plus see my girl!

My first observation, this was not like CES at all. There were so many women gamers and women executives at E3; I loved it! I believe women gamers truly showed themselves at E3 especially with Rockband, Guitar Hero, Wii Fit, Dance Revolution and Disney.  Of course we had some booth babes in gamer costumes; but I frankly thought they looked GREAT!

Our first stop was Disney Interactive Studios and I had a feeling Radiris would be in heaven! The Toy Story Mania game was fun check out Michael from Hardwaregeeks and I playing one of 25 games on this video. The Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show (PSP), G-Force (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) and Disney Sing It: Pop Hits (Wii, PS3)was fun as well! Oh and yes Radiris and I sang along with Sing it which also has vocal lessons as part of the game as well…How Cool!  Gforce was also a fun game to watch; check out Radiris in her GForce Demo…I think she rocked it!  See more toy story demo here!

My next stop and I was so excited Riiflex for Wii , check it out the awesome demo of Riiflex! Basically its 2 and 4 pound actual weights for your Wii wand and nun-chucks plus an interactive work out video which is intense as you see in the demo.

What I found amazing is that you cannot slack on this game, you have to work out and hard. Apparently the reason this product was developed was due to an executive whose wife loved WiiFit but needed a new challenge and a change to her workout routine! And Taaa Daaa…I think the husband majorly delivered. This product rocks and hope to test it out once its released.

Next and one of my favorite’s was the Beatles Demo! First off well done Harmonix and MTV the Abby Road House replica as the booth was amazing! We then walked into a theatre where we had a live demo of Rockband using all instruments. I have to be honest Harmonix, your employees love their job after seeing this demo!!

So what’s so cool? First off you get to vocally harmonize with other players. Second the new Beatle’s drums rock! Third they created the game so that if you are a beginner you will not fail out. How many times do you have a party, bust out rockband and you have to restart b/c apparently your friends aren’t gamers like you. Which is cool but I want to get through a song dang it!

This is the fun part to read so listen up! I got to DEMO it! OH yeah baby! First on day one all I did was I sing. I am a former singer but I hate singing, however to the Beatles, I loved it! It brought me back to a simple time in life!!!

So I missed the Alienware demo due to schedule conflicts (us cutegeeks cannot be everywhere all at once) BUT kudos Alienware, your booth rocked! Being a former Dell employee and into convention/event planning I loved what they did; two story booth, amazing gamer lights, modern/ sexy looking and a live DJ. Plus they had super official secret service Alienware agents! I also had the lovely opportunity to run into some old Dell friends from my past; always great!

Our next stop was Gamersfirst which is range of multi player online games as well as rich community features. I must be honest the dude who first gave me the demo bored the crap out of me, seriously I don’t care how to create a profile b/c guess what I already can figure that out dude (um not that hard).  I wanted to play and after this demo I was already looking around for new things to look at. Finally!  We meet a young marketing women of Gamersfirst (love it) who enlightened us on their products and how cool their games are.  She truly made me want to look more into their products and she was interested in social media! She related more to the female aspect of gaming and I admire their booth for that.

On a personal level I met up with a new friend at Rivera Restaurant in DT La which was an amazing hot spot. I had no idea DT LA was revamping itself!  After such I met one of my greatest pals from high school ten years later (I didn’t make it to my HS reunion) also in DT LA.  After drinks at a Whiskey bar…we had breakfast for dinner (love it) at Pantry Cafe where I swear to gawd the waiter was George Costanza’s dad.

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I learned the value of being in good company this week. From the moment I arrived in LA, I thought, wow – it’s been a year since I’ve been here, and things felt so different. I blame it on the humidity, but I had a great feeling about E3 from the moment I got off the plane.

A third of our group was already at the hotel, aka Mike, and Nina was joining us in the AM, so it was fun going over our schedule and wondering how it would all play out. Nina and I had never been to an E3 before so I don’t even know if our foreshadowing into the event was on the same page, but I was impressed from it all.

First off, E3 is freaking cool. We walked into the convention center and were welcomed by a mini rockband concert going on. I can tell Nina was inching towards the stage, the closer we got to the escalators, but she saved her rock star skills for the goodies in the hall.

The crowd at E3 was so attractive, and so full of life that I automatically told Nina I liked it more than CES. CES is great, don’t get me wrong, I had tons of fun, but the people at E3 made me want to network a little more than I did at CES. The energy was different – I loved it and I’m sure those that attended agreed. It’s something about being in a place full of people who are all passionate about the same thing. You can feel it. There were also tons of women at the event. Both as exhibitors and also as attendees. There were many women behind the games that we played and that in itself was motivating to me. I’m like always oozing super girl power though, so maybe I was the only one that noticed that.

I saw Barry Bonds…

Nina and I, as many of you already saw, looked super cute and coordinated on our first day. We didn’t necessarily plan it, but once I saw the colors she was wearing on Tuesday, I decided to match the same color scarf to show our – unitedness or something, I dunno, or cute geek-ness…whatever…we looked good. That was the point.

The games we played were tons of fun, and Nina convinced me to try Rockband w/ her (the Beatles one of course). I can already tell she’s going to be a great mom, because I definitely communicated my fear of trying something new, especially on a stage, in front of strangers, but she said all the right things to get me on it. Even when it was over, and I received a 50% accuracy percentage, she still told me I rocked and forget it – now I want to rock out! Thanks Nina, for encouraging a disaster to continue to perform. Just kidding!

The goodies I can’t mention are worth the wait – trust me.

I won’t lie and say E3 was the best thing since sliced bread (because I think the New Super Mario Bros for the Wii wins that title) but it was a cool event. We didn’t always get to play though – as you can see from the picture below, we sometimes had to listen to really long techie talks regarding the game’s specs…Nina and I are more hands on kind of women. We wanted to see how all the games worked, we weren’t necessarily trying to become game developers by the end of the event…

By the end of the 1st day, I realized if I ever lost Nina, to look towards a stage, because she would most likely be on it:

I grew a greater appreciation for the gaming world and everyone involved in it. It was a really cool event and I’m already looking forward to next year!

(Mike & Nina had camcorders and I had the digital camera – hence why I have so many pics of them. They will most likely upload the most videos from E3 in the upcoming days, I’ll be sure to link them to the site, once they’re all up)

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Slowly but surely we are posting our video’s from E3. Check them out and let me know what you thought of the games! Make sure and watch them in HD!

Cutegeek youtube videos from E3

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Original band members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, came together today to kick off the 2009 E3 Media & Business Summit with the world premiere of The Beatles: Rock Band.

See Presss Release Here!

Tomorrow will be a huge day for me as I will be testing out the New Beatles Rockband with my fellow cutegeeker Radiris!  I hope to video tape or have our unboss video tape us testing it out!  Follow my tweets and facebook as I embark on my first E3.

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Summer Promotion to Offer Music Fans Thousands of Rock Band Tracks and Games!

First-Ever MTV Video Music Awards Moonman for Best Rock Band Music Video to be Awarded to Contest Winner!

Check out Press Release

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E3 is fast approaching and we are starting to plan our booth visits.  Here is a chance to live vicariously through us at E3; tell us what you want us to check out!  What do you want us to check out?  Here is the exhibitor list

We plan to take photos and test out as many toys as we can.  Of course I will be at the Rockband booth (did you doubt me?!).  So let me know what you want to see!!!

Here is a goofy pic of me at CES; I am not affraid to try out unusual looking toys.

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If its not obvious I love Rockband so check it out fellow rockers,  MTV and Harmonix just released the Rockband Track pack Classic Rock nationwide!  The new game is only 29.99 and has 20 songs from artists such as The Who, Rush, Boston, Police, Steve Miller Band, George Thorogood and more!

I am always excited about new songs, how many times do you do a mystery set list and then there it is…your heart drops.  The same song you have been playing since you started the game and in your mind you think “Oh no, not again…I can’t do it…I can’t play this song…crap I can’t abort the game then I will loose fans!”  Then you feel guilt, I use to love this band and if I hear this song again I may jump out my window.  Unhappily you play that song while attempting to figure out how remove the song forever…well maybe I am a bit over dramatic…

So bring on more songs for the rockers who need to be constantly stimulated Rockband! 

See Press Release

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So like most rockbanders eventually you need to leave your home.  I mean you can not just walk out your house with the full drum set and guitar…though it would be amusing to witness one would have to think your one french fry short of a happy meal walking around with a fake guitar. Today I was thrilled and I mean jumping up and down excited about the new Rockband Unplugged to be released on June 9,2009 for PSP!  Yes!  A new challenge! 

The fun doesn’t stop there check this out; for 199.00 you get: the game, a “Piano Black” PSP system, a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo™, and, in the United States only, a voucher to download Paramount Pictures’ School of Rock from PlayStation®Store.  I do not have a PSP but now I am interested and with my birthday coming up I am hoping Sony will send me something to try?!   If not hint hint…this would be a fun toy for the Nina!  Check out the press release and setlist!

See Press Release

Rock Band Unplugged Full Track List:

2000s
AFI – “Miss Murder” *
All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
Audioslave – “Gasoline” *
Black Tide – “Show Me the Way” *
Freezepop – “Less Talk More Rokk” *
Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”
Lacuna Coil – “Our Truth”
Lamb of God – “Laid to Rest”
Modest Mouse – “Float On”
Queens of the Stone Age – “3′s and 7′s”
System of a Down – “Chop Suey!”
Tenacious D – “Rock Your Socks”

1990s
3 Doors Down – “Kryptonite” *
Alice in Chains – “Would?” *
Blink 182 – “What’s My Age Again” *
Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
Judas Priest – “Painkiller”
Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”
Lush – “De-Luxe”
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “Where’d You Go?”
Nine Inch Nails – “The Perfect Drug”
Nirvana – “Drain You”
The Offspring – “Come Out and Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”
Pearl Jam – “Alive”
Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”
Social Distortion – “I Was Wrong”
Soundgarden – “Spoonman”
Weezer – “Buddy Holly”

1980s
Billy Idol – “White Wedding Part 1”
Bon Jovi – “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Dead Kennedys – “Holiday in Cambodia”
Motörhead – “Ace of Spades”
The Police – “Message in a Bottle”
Siouxsie & the Banshees – “The Killing Jar”

1970s
Boston – “More Than a Feeling”
Jackson 5 – “ABC” *
Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
Kansas – “Carry on Wayward Son”
Rush – “The Trees”

1960s
The Who – “Pinball Wizard”

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Today Harmonix Music Systems, MTV Games, and Electronic Arts Inc. announced that replica Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet guitars will be made available for The Beatles: Rockband. It will be available on XBox 360, Wii, and Playstation 3. This is awesome news and I am looking forward to checking this out at E3!  Now I just need to learn how to play guitar instead of drums.

Also today The Beatles: Rock Band Pre-Order Club also went live in the U.S. and Canada; which will give fans news and access to exclusive game elements till its launch on 09/09/09.  I suggest anyone to become a member of the club who is interested. 

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