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Added by Brad on Oct. 27, 2008 15 comments
As of yesterday, there's another gigantic box full of plastic musical instruments crowding the shelves of your local games retailer. That's right, Guitar Hero: World Tour is upon us, and Kentucky Fried Chicken is stoked about this launch.

Do not handle instruments directly after eating.




















According to the web site, this box "brings all your favorites together for an over-the-top concert of flavor." Also: "Man, that’s a lot of food!"

I know there have been plenty of video game-related fast-food tie-ins in the past--Pokemon, Halo 3, etc.--but this one especially seems to be tapping into the World Tour release as some sort of cultural event or touchstone, no different from the latest Indiana Jones or Spider-Man kids' meal. That box of food is kind of weirding me out, actually.

While we're on the Guitar Hero tip, MTV Multiplayer has the most important bit of day-one information for World Tour.

Are you tired of bringing home a new music game, inviting friends to rock and discovering most of the good songs have to be unlocked?

In order to gain access to every “Guitar Hero” song on the disc, head to the “Cheats” section in the “Options” menu. Choose the prompt to enter a new cheat and toss in and press Blue, Blue, Red, Green, Green, Blue, Blue, Yellow.

Good to know! Lastly, Joystiq finagled a confirmation of Activision's DJ Hero game out of Neversoft's Brian Bright.

Didn't you say you're already working on another music game?

Activision's doing a DJ Hero game, and I can't comment on what we're doing. But... we're working on the future and next gen. If I wasn't excited about it I wouldn't be there.

Does the idea of plastic turntables on your coffee table do anything for you? I wanted to be all "Uh, remember Beatmania?" about this, but Jeff asserts that was just a standard rhythm game with DJ trappings, so maybe there's still room for this idea. I don't think there's room in my living room for it, though.
34 Comments

TooWalrus
on Oct. 27, 2008
Who Isn't stoked? After playing both this and Rock Band 2, I can safely say, this game makes Rock Band look like a steaming dump! Thank you Colonel Sanders.

Terrell
on Oct. 27, 2008
Jeff is right, Beatmania was just a standard rhythm game that happened to use a turntable like controller. But what they HOPEFULLY do with DJ Hero is make a rhythm game that makes you feel like you are a DJ or in the Hip-Hop lifestyle, much like Guitar Hero does with feeling like a guitar player, or whatever. All I know is that I'm excited for DJ Hero and very interested in what they do with it...

Affect656
on Oct. 27, 2008
I'm more excited about the KFC.

TheWolf619
on Oct. 27, 2008
If chicken didn't give me the worst case of indigestion ever, I'd be all over that. lol


lordofultima is online
on Oct. 27, 2008
I whole-hearty disagree. This game still has the trappings of all the other Guitar Hero's.

RHCPfan24
on Oct. 27, 2008
Umm...KFC. There isn't one of those around where I live so that looks mighty tasty.

Milkman
on Oct. 27, 2008
I'm not all that excited about Guitar Hero but I am VERY excited about that KFC meal. Yum.

ahoodedfigure
on Oct. 27, 2008
Sadness in a bowl becomes sadness in a two-handed box?

Carlos
on Oct. 27, 2008
I WANT it all please!

Pibo47
on Oct. 27, 2008
Only in America...only in America.....wow.....we are all fat asses now.

SpecialBuddy
on Oct. 27, 2008
Im want the box full of meat more than the game itself...

Shadowsquire
on Oct. 27, 2008
Bah I dont wanna have to walk 5 city blocks to get to a KFC. At least if i do it will burn off maybe a quarter of the fat I'll gain from eating that :P

DukeTogo
on Oct. 27, 2008
Col. Sanders is an unlockable character, you heard it here first.

"Man, that's a lot of food."  Is that really a PepsiCo tagline?  That's fucking surreal.

It is a lot of food too, I can put food away like nobody's business, but that can't be for one person.

Guitar Hero has slowly started to suck ever since the lack of an 80's edition for the 360, and it's gotten worse every release.  The editing tools are broken, the song list is questionable for anyone over the age of 19, and the instruments are reportedly so fucked up that you're better off just buying the disc and using whatever ones you've still got.  The number of songs shared between Rock Band and GH are getting stupid as well.  A solid 1/4 of the songs are in both (counting RB1 via import), so unless you just like the difficulty of GH, you're paying for songs you already have.

Media_Master
on Oct. 27, 2008

yummy


F1
on Oct. 27, 2008
KFC AND GUITAR HERO!!! OMFG!

Shak_0
on Oct. 27, 2008
Can I get some Game Fuel (or whatever that Halo 3 drink was called) with that? Seriously, why has gaming gotten so commercial over the past few years? Also, that pic is like pornography for your appetite.

kingmasters
on Oct. 27, 2008
fuck the guitar hero look at all that food

Blissett
on Oct. 27, 2008
Man I'm looking forward to this game more than any in a long time. None of my friends plays video games but I'm hoping this will be the bait that draws them in. Also, as a UK based member, I'm pleased to see a lot more tracks that I'm familiar with than in Rock Band 2. 
However, KFC sucks in every possible way. If the food came with an expansion disc containing the entire Beatles back catalogue, I still wouldn't buy it.

JohnDeadly
on Oct. 27, 2008
I don't even like KFC yet now I want that dam box of food. I wonder how much it costs?

systech
on Oct. 27, 2008
This is just about the most disgusting use of advertisement for a game that I have ever seen. I like KFC, but this is just stupid as hell.



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