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Rock Star Avatars: Video Game Versions of Real-Life Music Heroes

The uproar over Kurt Cobain’s Guitar Hero 5 avatar doing some uncharacteristic things (like, oh, singing Bon Jovi), took over the Web last month, and in the past few weeks playable characters for Iggy Pop and David Bowie (from LEGO Rock Band) have emerged. So whose avatar is most life-like? Metallica or Aerosmith? Ozzy or [...]

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19:03 on October 9 2009

Rock Star Avatars: Video Game Versions of Real-Life Music Heroes

Rolling Stone — The uproar over Kurt Cobain’s Guitar Hero 5 avatar doing some uncharacteristic things (like, oh, singing Bon Jovi), took over the Web last month, and in the past few we... more info
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