There are strings on the newly-unveiled Power Gig guitar, which is coming, with a brand-new music game to video game systems this fall. But you won't have to be Jimi Hendrix to play it.

Irvine’s Inspired Instruments is now shipping the You Rock Guitar, a $200 guitar designed to bridge the gap between the tapping of a video game controller and the playing of a real guitar. It ...

How "Guitar Hero" saved guitar music Contrary to some purists' claims, the popular video game is inspiring kids to rock out for real.

Peggy Turbett/PD Plain Dealer reporter John Petkovic found it a lot easier to play his real guitars than the plastic guitar-shaped controller that comes with "Guitar Hero III." Something to do ...

Nothing ruins a Guitar Hero or Rock Band party faster than that one guy who's constantly asking why everyone doesn't just learn to play a real instrument, but a company called Music Wizard Group ...

LAS VEGAS — As popular as Guitar Hero and Rock Band are, the games elicit winces from some musicians who’ve taken the time to learn to play instruments rather than their plastic imitations.

The game, developed by Seven45 Studios, was announced on Tuesday at the beginning of the Game Developers Conference. Power Gig is similar to other music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band ...

The cool thing about Guitar Rising is that it isn’t a simple videogame, but combines the fun of playing and beating scores to actually teach you how to play the real thing.

With Guitar Hero Live, ... I didn’t want to fail her — or the fans — and suddenly, Guitar Hero Live became more than a silly rhythm game. It became…real. Kind of. ...

Guitar Hero and Real Guitar… a real guitar is completely different than guitar hero. I, myself, can play on Expert (the hardest mode on guitar hero, for those who don’t know), easily, but can ...

"Guitar Hero" doesn't require any real music skills, just some hand-eye coordination. Would-be rock stars tap color-coded buttons on fake guitars in time with chords that appear on the screen.

A new gadget is making learning guitar as fun, easy, and addicting as playing the video game Guitar Hero.Simply strap this ...