{"id":6175,"date":"2010-05-27T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"rock-band-3-to-debut-a-keytar-peripheral-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/6175-rock-band-3-to-debut-a-keytar-peripheral-seriously","title":{"rendered":"Rock Band 3 to debut a keytar peripheral. Seriously."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>That Rock Band 3 is getting some sort of keyboard type thing is already official, of course. &nbsp;The Rock Band: Green Day demo dropped the other day, showing off a splash screen teaser for the sequel that featured a keys icon in the lineup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, this is still officially a rumour, but <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2010\/05\/exclusive-rock-band-3-brings-keytar-new-pro-mode.ars\" target=\"_blank\">Ars Technica <\/a>vouches for their corporate mole, and the corporate mole says it&rsquo;s happening &ndash; Rock Band 3 is getting not a boring keyboard, but a keyTAR peripheral. It&rsquo;s like I died and went to wherever it is that my secret electro superstar dreams come true.<\/p>\n<p>For those people out there who missed the 80s, a keytar is a combination keyboard guitar, and it&rsquo;s the most mega ultra kiff thing in the universe this side of neon shuffle socks and Erasure&rsquo;s back catalogue. Shoulder pads and mullets sold separately, presumably.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also according to Ars Technica&rsquo;s source, the game features a new &ldquo;Pro&rdquo; mode that somehow requires &ldquo;proper technique&rdquo;. I can already see the derisive comments on YouTube from disgruntled &ldquo;real&rdquo; musicians who keep forgetting Rock Band is a game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready, set, 1986<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}