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I am so getting this.

Oh man, I can't wait for Harmonica Hero III to come out. I'm gonna kick some ass and rock to some Neil Young and Bob Dylan in that game.

I wonder who will be the first to make use of garage band and the Guitar Hero Guitar controller.

Oh this has got to be the most wonderful game EVER!

Rated for TEEN, right up my 50 year old avenue.

Yes I'm suffering a extensive mid-life crisses, BUT SO WHAT! It's a game for the Mac!!

Hows that for fluff? A bit too much MDN? I guess i'll find out when I get IP banned again...

I agree, Jimbo. That and Pan Flute Hero. Zamfir rul3z!1!!!

When's the release of bagpipes hero?

wow, GH3 for mac! that's seriously cool. i hope PS2 guitar controllers (via usb adapters) will work with it. if so, well, complete awesomeness.

then i suppose i hope it will work with my 700mhz emac... otherwise i'll have to get it for windows. bleh.

Bagpipes Hero? It'll be auld lang syne.

although accordian hero (soundtrack by weird al yankovic) would be cooler still... =)

Theres nothing on the aspyr site about the GH3 announcement ?

I wonder who will be the first to make use of garage band and the Guitar Hero Guitar controller.

Yes, but I'll be underwhelmed, considering you can connect a real guitar and compose with much more finesse than that toy will ever allow.

My grandson will be interested in this. He's a teen who's guitar skills have already exceeded his dad's - and his dad earned pocket-change with his skills for years. Well ... backing his own vocals ... and the younger may write well but won't sing loud enough to be heard.
Yes, he uses GarageBand on occasion.

Dave

I am SO all over this.

Please let it work on my mini!
Please let it work on my mini!
Please let it work on my mini!

Man, buy a cheap guitar and a cheap amp and learn how to play, maybe even start an actual band; I guarantee you'll learn a whole lot more and experience a much greater feeling of accomplishment than wasting your time with this junk.

You don't need no stinkin' Guitar Hero III.

I'm waiting for GH IV - Cowbell Hero.

Cowbell hero - full of explosive new content and features including a multiplayer action-inspired dance cowbell mode, grueling drumstic battles, a host of exclusive unlockable content including 40 different and bigger cowbells and visually stunning cowbell rock arenas. With more than 70 songs in the set list including Mississippi Queen, Don't Fear The Reaper, Working For The Weekend, the entire Steppenwolf catalog, and many more!

Players will be able to really explore the space in the studio or onstage with the classic rock guitarists of yesteryear, annoying the hell out of the band members while seeking the elusive praise of the producer.

Because guess what? He's got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!

Make it work on the AppleTV!!!

I agree with Grigori.
As a somewhat accomplished guitarist, the one time I tried guitar hero, I was mildy ammused.
But, WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!

Nice, blucaso!
Gene Frenkle lives on.

Guitar Hero is to playing the guitar what Colin McRae is to real driving, or what Call of Duty is to real combat - completely different, but fun none the less

This is the best news I've heard in a long time. This way you can play online without having to buy new guitars if you already have it for PS2. Way to go Aspyr.

I'm not buying another thing from Aspyr until they stop forcing you to keep the DVD in the drive in order to play their games. They treat their customers like theives.

Grigori,

I'm with you dude. This doesn't compare to being in a band. There's the sex, the drugs and the rock n' roll. And then there's the Tinnitus and general deafness. But it beats the hell (heck for some Americans) out of a pseudo rock game. Still, if it gives people a taste for the industry what harm can it do?

if it gives people a taste for the industry what harm can it do?

I've no doubt it will be good for the industry; I'm less convinced that it will be good for music. And I still just don't get it: lots of modern games give you the oppurtunity to do things you could never do in the real word - say, blasting away at a horde of zombies or creating a city or planet (where is Spore, anyway?). But you CAN learn to play guitar; with varying degrees of success, nearly anybody can do it. It's substituing something that can have a real, profound effect on you (and others) for a shoddy imitation. It's all part of the American Idol-ization of music culture. When I see my teenage nephew jamming with a toy like Guitar Hero while the real guitar he got for Christmas a few years ago is gathering dust... it just pains me. And I'm sure that's not an uncommon scenario.

When did air guitar become insufficient? But hey, I'm a grump, don't listen to me.