Game Developer Harmonix changed the video game industry last year by releasing Rock Band, a popular game that uses not only a guitar, but drums and a microphone as well. The game has prompted other games to step their game up by including additional instruments, including Activision’s

Gaming is a hobby for most people, but a select few have enough talent and dedication to make it a career. Tournaments for popular games like Halo 3, Guitar Hero, Madden and NBA 2k8 are held all around the world, with huge prizes at stake. In ...

There’s no doubt Rock Band and Guitar Hero have changed the way videogames are played. The casual and hardcore gamer are paying big bucks for plastic guitars, drums, mics and downloadable content and both games have been hugely successful at retail since they were released late last ...

Loren Feldman wanted to know what was in a random black box he saw at the BlogHaus. AMD’s Arun Sabnis showed him the fastest graphics card on the planet - the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 - but it’s an even more special, limited version of ...

Know one of those guys who is always acting like he’s strumming the air guitar while listening to music? Well then this $29.99 toy is the perfect gift, the Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker.

Not only is George a sales guy working the CES floor, he’s also an accomplished ...

Rumors were circulating that Microsoft’s Bill Gates would unveil a new version of the Xbox 360 during his final keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, Gates and Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, announced a

The Frag Dolls are showing off their gaming skills at CES 2008 and paid a visit to The Reboot. In this episode, host Rio Pesino has a Q-and-A session with Frag Dolls member Roulette at the PodTech Bloghaus. She gives her thoughts on ...

Looking for the perfect video game to buy for Christmas? The Reboot’s got you covered. Last year, the big question was which video game console to buy, and gamers had to choose between the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This holiday season, it’s all ...

About 18,000 people attended the inaugural Entertainment for All Expo video game event in Los Angeles, CA. Attendees were able to play hundreds of games at the event, including Metal Gear Solid 4, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, NFL Tour and Guitar Hero III: ...

Amanda and Abby are from California. They started their band four years ago. Abby plays guitar and Amanda plays mandolin. They sing in harmony and are joined by their band of boys who play violin, upright bass, lap steel and piano.

It’s no secret in the valley that venture capitalist Roger McNamee is a rocker at heart. By day, he does deals from his Elevation Partners office on Sand Hill Road. But in his spare time, he writes songs and plays guitar for Moonalice (his “old” band was called ...

Mark Vickroid makes his own guitars from cigar boxes. Some of them have little amps built in. I first came across him playing in the street when I was shooting the RFT St. Louis Music Showcase in June. His guitars and his music are the embodiment of the Punk DIY ...

I got a chance to catch this amazing group from Detroit at the Atomic Cowboy in St. Louis a couple of weeks ago. This blurb from their official press release does a good job of describing what they are all about:

“Gore Gore Girls are a musical meeting of ...

Originally from Texas, this modder goes by the handle “Envador.” He graduated from the University of Texas in 2000, and he’s been living in Southern California for the past 4 years, where he and his wife were married in the fall of 2005. He works at an A/V electronics company ...

Thousands of people in the videogame industry are expected to meet in San Francisco this week for the Game Developers Conference. The five-day event will feature keynote speeches, workshop sessions and panel discussions. Companies including Sony, Intel and Microsoft are attending this year’s show. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Conference Manager Jane Pinckard about the event and whether its trying to be the new E3, which used to be gaming’s biggest expo.

Here at the NextGear we normally don’t cover auto racing, but when two legends met at the Chicago Auto Show, we couldn’t let the opportunity pass by.

Ron Fellows is a racing legend, having begun his professioanl racing career in 1986, chalking up wins at Watkins Glen and in ...

This show features Craig Daddy and the Carbombs playing some smokin’ Psychobilly. What is Psychobilly? Well you take one part Rock-a-Billy and two parts punk rock and mix ‘em up with a whole lot of energy and you have… Psychobilly (Wikipedia). Craig Daddy (the guitarist here) is one ...

This is part two of a podcast where I interview the Carolina Chocolate Drops, (part 1 can be found here) an old-time string band from Durham, NC. They play early African-American folk music that was popular before there was even a record industry. The three members of this ...

This is the first of a two-part podcast where I interview the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time string band from Durham, NC. They play early African-American folk music that was popular before there was even a record industry. The three members of this group, Justin Robinson, Dom Flemons, and ...

Video game company Activision unveiled a playable version of Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 at CES 2007. The popular guitar rhythm game is only available in a version released a few months ago for the Sony Playstation 2, but the soon-to-be-released 360 version will have a new guitar ...

From DEMO2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. A sampling of the companies which, “disrupt markets, challenge conventional thinking, or threaten existing business structures.” Part 1 of 2