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• Power Gig: it's a rhythm game... with a real guitar (Ars Technica) 10 March 2010
  There is a point when playing rhythm games such as Rock Band or Guitar Hero where you hit a kind of wall; there is only so much to learn hitting buttons as notes flow down the screen. Power Gig: Rise of the Six String —in addition to having a terrible title—wants to break that wall by teaching you actual guitar skills if you choose to move past what the […]
• On latest guitar game, players strum real strings (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) 11 March 2010
  NEW YORK -- An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
• New Guitar Game Features Real Guitar (PC World via Yahoo! News) 9 March 2010
  A new twist to the popular music game genre will bring players one step closer to the rock icons they seek to emulate -- Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring features a guitar controller with real strings (instead of buttons).
• Brewer High School eyes rock 'n' roll guitar course (Bangor Daily News) 10 March 2010
  BREWER, Maine -- There are a number of budding guitar heroes in the city, and school officials want to tap into their talents and will soon offer an after-school rock 'n' roll guitar …
• Guitar star Isbin teams with violinist O'Connor (Albany Times Union) 10 March 2010
  Perhaps there's something about the humble guitar that brings people together. Take the case of Sharon Isbin.
• 'Guitar Hero' Picks TBWACD (AdWeek) 10 March 2010
  Activision Blizzard is shifting U.S. creative duties on its Guitar Hero franchise to TBWA\Chiat\Day from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the client has confirmed.