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Interestingly enough, a lot of the gripes you readers had with the original Rock Band were addressed by Activision in the rivaling Guitar Hero: World Tour (cymbals, anyone?), but we’re pretty sure the picky ones out there still have something to complain about. And seriously, when dropping upwards of $180 to $190 for the full-on band kit, you absolutely have a right to nitpick. Now that you’ve hopefully rocked through a few set lists, how are you enjoying things? Are the revamped / new instruments to your liking? Are the sensors accurate enough? Do you wish there was a freestyle mode in order to give real drummers free reign over what beats they play? Is your equipment holding up under the intense pressure of rockin’ it all night long? Grab a mic and spit your feelings (in rhyme or prose, whatever) below.

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How would you change Guitar Hero: World Tour? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Do you love love love Gears of War 2? Want to own the ultimate collector’s kit? Okay. Here’s what you get: Gears of War 2 Special Edition game, GOW2 hooded sweatshirt, GOW2 novel, the first issue of the GOW2 comic book, and Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War. Ready to own this extremely rare box of goodies? Here’s what’s what.

We’ll put up a gadget on the site, and you can only enter it until the next gadget lands (usually within a couple of hours). If you miss your shot, sorry, we’re moving on to the next gadget. Good luck! Oh, and don’t forget the rules. (Yeah, there are always rules.)

• Leave a comment below. That’s it! Who loves you, baby.
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) You can enter different giveaways in today’s Black Friday giveaways, but you can only enter this one once.
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you’ll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers or US contest laws if you have to be mad.
• Winners will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted until the next contest goes up. After that we’re all done. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

Last round’s winner: Michelle Alaimo! (Remember, winners are selected at random.)

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Black Friday Giveaways (part 8): Gears of War 2 Limited Edition bundle originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Those keychain flashlights and laser pointers are more annoying than they are useful. But at least Nintendo’s Wiimote projector would look kind of cool when your friends shine it in your eye. Resembling a Wiimote controller, the keychain measures 2.25 inches long, and it beams an image of Super Mario Kart characters on the wall.

Imported from Japan, the keychains are available at ThinkGeek for $6.

Product Page [ThinkGeek via Technabob]

Photo: ThinkGeek

Just hours before the Xbox 360’s newest dashboard update hits tomorrow morning (10:00 a.m. GMT), our friends at Joystiq noticed the list of movies available for Netflix Watch Instantly streaming has suddenly dropped. The culprit? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, flicking previously available titles like Superbad, Bad Boys, and We Own the Night over to “Not available on Xbox” status (curiously, SPHE movies are still available to all.) Word from the official Netflix blog cites “the ebb and flow” of what is available on license at any given time causing a few hundred titles to be “temporarily” unavailable on the console, while still open for streaming for other devices, with an eye towards licensing them for the Xbox 360 soon. There’s no way to know what movies won’t work until adding them to your queue, so when you find your Karate Kid trilogy watching time suddenly wide open for more Gears of War 2 or Left 4 Dead action, just remember you have Sony to thank.

[Via Joystiq & Multiplayer]

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Sony Pictures celebrates NXE eve by… blocking Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You likely don’t need any reminders that the likes of Gateway and Dell (and Alienware) have released some new systems based around Intel’s flagship Core i7 processor, but it’s a whole other matter to sort out the multitude of options available from some of the smaller PC manufacturers out there, and we thought we’d take this opportunity to shed a bit light on some of those slightly lower profile contenders for the desktop throne. Ready to get started? Then check your bank account and head on past the break.

Continue reading Intel Core i7 desktop roundup: the rest of what’s new

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Intel Core i7 desktop roundup: the rest of what’s new originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s barely been two days since we heard that “Dan” at Peek had opened a suggestion box for would-be customers to recommend “minor” tweaks for their email only handheld, so we assume today’s news is unrelated. Regardless, there was a pretty decent upgrade to the device last night, adding the ability to view image attachments, as well as text messaging capabilities. Texting works through an SMS email gateway, with users entering numbers in the “To:” field, but we’re not going to start nitpicking about technicalities. Seriously though, if they add a way to make calls to this thing, we’re totally sold.

[Via jkOnTheRun]

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Peek email device: now with text messaging and image viewing capabilities originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fans of the old-timey GameCube will rest easier tonight knowing that Hori is now manufacturing its variation of the classic controller, creatively named the “Classic Controller.” We’ve seen other gamepads in this style, but not many that get it as close to the original design as this — plus it has those insane autofire switches. These bad boys are available in black, white, and blue on December 4th in Japan, and you can pre-order them now for $29.90 over at Play-Asia.

[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

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Hori’s Wii Classic Controller: if you’re really into autofire originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There are plenty of reasons to return to the classics: maybe they’re better than the currents, maybe it’s an ironic move (like listening to Kajagoogoo and wearing giant eyeglasses), or maybe you’re just aged and yearning for old-timey days. Regardless, Legacy Entertainment’s classic controller looks exactly like an Atari joystick, but it’s Windows / OS X / Linux compatible, and connects via USB. The company assures us that it runs with “nearly any emulator,” so you and your friends should be 80’s-style partying in no time, if that’s what you’re into. $14.99 and it’s yours — if you have any moola left after you buy that tubular car-phone-looking Bluetooth handsfree.

[Thanks, Silver Serpent]

Legacy Entertainment’s Atari-style joystick isn’t as old as it looks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Some new details have emerged about LincVolt, Neil Young’s latest foray into green auto, and we’re more than happy to pass ‘em along to you. According to our friends at Autoblog, the LincVolt shares more than just a name with GM’s Volt, using a CNG engine to power the electric drive system so that the wheels are driven by the batteries alone. The car currently gets 50 MPG, but the LincVolt team are aiming at 100 MPG and a system that will achieve “over-unity” (generating more energy than is put in). The company has also launched a new website which will provide live data from Shakey’s very own vehicle (voltage, battery charge, speed, etc.) as well as the typical blogs and forums. If that isn’t enough, we’ve even included a video Neil driving his car, just in case you’ve never seen anybody drive a car before. Check it out after the break.

Continue reading LincVolt launches new website, more details about the conversion process emerge

LincVolt launches new website, more details about the conversion process emerge originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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