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Posted November 08, 10:40 PM

Striiiiiike four! Day four, that is! Again, we have no show tonight. Sorry everybody.

However, today I had a life changing experience... And it will come as no surprise to most of you who regularly read this blog that the life changing experience occurred because of a VIDEO GAME. Oh yes, sinners. I have seen the future of awecellent video games, and its name is... ROCK BAND.

As many of you know, we here at Late Night are huge fans of the Guitar Hero video game. We all play it, Conan included. And we all love it. It is... How do you say... THE REASON I GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. Well, that and the nest of roaches that live under my mattress. Don't ask.

Anyway, so being a big GHer, you can imagine how excited I was when I first heard that the inventors of Guitar Hero, a company called Harmonix, were hard at work on a multi-instrument game called ROCK BAND!!! I was super excited. I was nearly comatose with anticipation. I was... How do you say... FROTHING AT LE MOUTH. However, there was one drawback - ROCK BAND was (and is) scheduled to be released on November 20th!! I was hurt. I was disappointed . I was bummed. And when the tough get bummed, the tough get... Um... Videogames? Okay, I'm not that tough. But I AM that nerdy. And us nerds are determined!!!

Look; There's a strike on. These are desperate times, people. And desperate times call for desperate measures. Specifically, desperate times call for new and awecellent videgaming measures. The pressure was on, and I realized that, if we were left to our own devices, the Late Night offices would quickly devolve into some kind of a post apocalyptic "Lord of the Flies" situation... And earlier in the week I could've sworn that I saw some people looking at me like they thought my head was a giant hamburger, so I knew that I had to get people distracted quickly lest I get shived in the bathroom and thrown in a makeshift Xerox machine crockpot!

With that disturbing image in my head and my back firmly up against the wall, I made the call (or rather, the email) to the ROCK BAND folks, and the NEXT DAY Harmonix had people setting up the game at our offices! AMAZING. THESE PEOPLE ARE PROFESSIONALS.

And then what did we do? We rocked out, of course:

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That's Jason Chillemi on guitar, Roey Hershkovitz on drums, Grace Parra on vox, and Tracy King on bass!!! AWESOME, BABY!!! AWESOME FOUR TIMES!!!

ROCK BAND (you have to always write it in caps because lowercase letters just can't contain how much rock this game has) is freaking incredible!!! First of all, you've got four instruments going simultaneously (please see awesome rock photo above). Second of all, I am a total music nerd, and the song selection is DOPE FRESH. There's something for everyone - Weezer, Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Metallica, Rush, OK Go, The Rolling Stones... The list goes on and on (and we haven't unlocked all the songs yet, so there's that to look forward to as well). It was a constant stream of people in and out of Tracy's office today while everyone took turns rocking out! It was great, and really boosted all of our morale!! I think that a bunch of us are actually GETTING TO WORK EARLY TOMORROW so that we can have more time ROCKING OUT!!!! Yessssssss!

Thanks, Harmonix!! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER KNOWN IN MY WHOLE LIFE AND THAT INCLUDES MY PARENTS WHO GAVE ME THE GIFT OF LIFE. Sorry, Mom and Dad. But seriously... Can you guys handle "Foreplay/Longtime" on Expert?! I didn't think so.

See you all tomorrow!! ROCK!

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dude thats pretty sweet what are the drums like?


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Aaron Responds: They're pretty good - a four pad set, with a pedal! They seem pretty solid; the base and legs and everything are metal, and they seem like they could take a beating! However, I gotta say that I think the drums are definitely the hardest part of the game!! I don't know if our sync is off or what, but MAN. The drums are NO JOKE.

I'm addicted to guitar hero too.. but i'm not that good! (i can only do the "medium" level)hehehe... I can't wait for that ROCK BAND! Sounds so cool!!! AND IT FEATURES MY FAVE BAND METALLICA! WOW! Can't wait to play the drums! LONG LIVE ROCK!!! ^^

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Aaron Responds: Hey Bea!! We actually played "Enter Sandman" today, and CHILL KEPT FAILING OUT. It was tough, but not THAT tough!! Come on, man!!! (Meanwhile, my Hetfield was IMPECCABLE)

You're right, I am jealous.

I'm not much of a "gamer" as it were (my favourite games include RBI Baseball for the NES, NHL '95 for Genesis, and Madden 2005 for the PS2) but I can't think of much more in life that I've looked more forward to than ROCK BAND.

First of all, Guitar Hero is awesome, so that covers the guitar and bass portions. Second of all, that drumming game in arcades is hella cool. Finally (and most importantly), the only crappy thing about Karaoke Revolution was the song selection, and ROCK BAND rips it to shreds. Combine them all together and I have no doubt my friends and I will have so much fun our heads will explode.

Can't wait for the end of the month. You lucky bastard! :P

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Aaron Responds: Sorry, Paul!! I almost didn't want to post about it initially, because I know how frustrating it is to have to wait for such kickassery to be unleashed!!! But then I thought that if there was anyone out there who was actually into the game and wanted to know if it was sweet or not, I thought I'd let em know!!!

Dude,

I'm glad to see you're weathering the strike well. I also hope that Conan and his family are relieved by the arrest of his stalker. I guess you must be legally (or corporately) unable to comment on it, but I had no idea that the guy was serious about his obsession.

Oh well, I definitely enjoy The Late Night Underground. Keep it coming.

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Aaron Responds: Yessir!! We are weathering the strike VERY well... So far! Monday's another day, though!

The Underground has hit a few behind the scenes snags this week (there's a lot going on here at the show, strike or not), but I'm really hoping to try and ramp it up next week!!!

Wow, I heard about this before you posted your blog! I'm jealous. I'm WAITING to play that during Thanksgiving with the bros. Guiter Hero 3 kind of let me down with song choices. Plus, on PS3 and Xbox you can download entire albums of The Who, Metallica and a couple others! How awesome is that!

New Jersey is.....well, let's just say we get the Rock Band shaft out here.

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Aaron Responds: Agreed with the GH3 Song choices... ROCK BAND hit the mark, though. Much like GH1 did!!

My wife plays guitar hero and i am affraid to pick up the guitar. I have seen people's lives pass before them while playing Guitar Hero (sort of like time lapse photography). Also, i am no good at video games that are timed or require you to work at the video game's pace. I am an easy going guy. So the levels of super mario bros. that scroll automatically are not for me. I like to stop and smell the roses in my video games (sometimes i stop and punch the hookers).

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Aaron Responds: Dudebro, you are missing out. GET ON THE AWESOME TRAIN ALREADY.

Oh man that game looks like...words cannot describe it. Epic perhaps??

Here is a question about the strike, does the rest of the crew (cameramen, researchers, etc...) have to report for work and just stand around and waste time playing awesome video games? There is nothing wrong with this, I was just curious :)

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Aaron Responds: You're right, Steve 2 - words cannot do it justice. However, if ROCK BAND were a picture, it would be a lightning bolt that was on FIRE.

We've all been in the office this week - hence the massive videogame playing!

How is Conan (being a former writer) feel about the strike.


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Aaron Responds: Great question, Summer!

i think that conan should do a Dick Cavett type of show. No writing, just Interviews with celebrities. It would be your time to shine.

also, i dont think i can pick up the Guitar. i am not cut out to be a hero

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Aaron Responds: I LOOOOOVED the Dick Cavett show! They've got a lot of them out on DVD these days, and they're just SO GREAT. Highly recommended!!

nice, if i could afford it id get it, guess ill just have to mooch off my friends some more. ha, well im glad to see your managing the strike well


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Aaron Responds: Ha ha ha! Thanks for the comment, Ryan! If there's one thing that I know how to do well, it's WASTE TIME! Awesome!

I love the german disco light show, Yah!


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Aaron Responds: Yah! Is good, yah?

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