Guitars and Gaming

Mostly gaming magazines have become obsolete, as one can find both review and news the same day it comes out via gaming blogs.

However, an offshoot for Guitar World magazine focusing on rhythm games Guitars and Gaming is actually a pretty good deal.

I have to make note, it IS old, like before RB2 and GH:WT. So old that a free JamPlay trial inside has expired. $5.99 for nothing.

It also comes with 50 free songs from emusic.com, but I haven't tried to redeem it yet.

There are plenty of good articles on the history of the modern era of music games (Guitar Hero/Rock Band) and older games (pretty much PaRappa and Konami), interviews with Slash and Joe Perry, as well as the cover artists behind WaveGroup, and articles on how to play fake plastic rock better.

It's interesting that the magazine ends with guides on how to buy insteruments, strings and amps, as if now you're inspired to play try the real thing.

I reccomend picking it up if you can find it (I got it at a conveinience store in Penn Station today), not really for the quality of information, but the quintessentiality.