Guitar Hero no NYT

Virtual Rock Is Real Hit for MTV
By BILL CARTER
Published: December 19, 2006

For MTV, a new association with a video game called Guitar Hero is opening a path back to that network's roots in music. But it doesn't mean there won't soon be some kind of reality television version of the hugely popular game.
The second edition of Guitar Hero is one of the hottest-selling games this gift-giving season, with stores finding it hard to keep it in stock. Reviews have been largely ecstatic, and encomiums have been pouring in from real-life rock stars, including Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails to Jack Black of Tenacious D.
Ed Robertson, the guitarist for Barenaked Ladies, said he was "totally addicted to the game on our last tour." He played constantly, he said, by himself and in contests against crew members.
It got so bad, Mr. Robertson said, that at one concert, "I was just finishing up the expert level on a song when the band wrangler came in and said I had to go on stage right at that moment. I said, 'Wait man, I'm in the last solo of "Free Bird." ' I went right from Guitar Hero to running up on stage to perform for real."
Mr. Robertson said that the game is now all but standard equipment on the tour buses of many rock bands. And Guitar Hero even played a role in this year's baseball playoffs.

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