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Through the Fire and Flames is considered one of the toughest songs on Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock to complete without making a single mistake. Well, this Guitar Hero expert managed to do just that - blindfolded.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Ninja Gaiden 2, Halo 3, Army of Two, Lost Odyssey, Puzzle Quest, N+, Rock Band, GH III.
Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack, BioShock, Phantasy Star, Stranglehold, Guitar Hero, more.
Key events
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3rd October 2007
All Guitar Hero, DJ Hero song DLC to be removed
Activision pulls the plug at the end of the month.
Activision's library of downloadable song DLC for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Band Hero will be taken offline at the end of this month, the publisher has announced.
Activision offered Axl Rose his own game
To appease the singer who was suing for $20 million.
Back in 2010, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose sued Activision for $20 million because he wasn't happy about Guitar Hero 3 featuring the likeness of his former bandmate and arch nemesis Slash singing "Welcome to the Jungle." He was also dismayed at Activision's use of "Sweet Child O' Mine" in Guitar Hero 3 ads, when he thought he'd only allowed the publisher permission to use it in Guitar Hero 2.
Guitar Hero III generated tons of money
More than any other game in US history.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the highest-grossing video game in US history.
He's furious that Slash was in GHIII.
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is suing Activision for $20 million, claiming the publisher breached an agreement not to use the likeness of former guitarist Slash in Guitar Hero III.
Activision closes Guitar Hero dev
RIP Budcat Creations.
Following news earlier today that Blur dev Bizarre Creations was facing down an uncertain future, Activision has axed another one of its acquisitions � Budcat Creations.
Music games are "crap", says Bunnyman
Hopes players get "electrocuted".
Echo & the Bunnymen lead singer Ian McCulloch has dismissed music games as "crap" - and wished instant death on everyone who plays them.
White Stripes man slags off music games
Led Zeppelin not big fans either.
Rocker Jack White, who recently signed a deal for his songs to appear in the new Guitar Hero game, has complained about kids playing Guitar Hero games.
Prince turned down Guitar Hero deal
Wants kids to learn to play the real thing.
Prince has said he turned down a deal to put his songs in Guitar Hero. (That's the artist formerly known as the funny symbol thing Prince, not the one who talks to plants or the one who likes to dress up as Nazis or the one who's a massive racist.)
Guitar Hero outsells Rock Band in US
But gap narrows as music games decline.
Investment analyst Ben Schachter of UBS has been poring over the sales figures of Guitar Hero and Rock Band in the US, and has found that the Activision Blizzard series outsold the EA games by over a million copies in November.
The picture isn't quite as clear-cut as it seems, though. Schachter - as quoted by GameSpot - found that Guitar Hero sales are in decline compared to last year, while Rock Band's are increasing sharply. Overall, the huge US market for music games created by the original Guitar Hero seems to be in decline.
Over 1.7 million Guitar Hero games of all versions and formats were sold in the US in November, of which 978,000 were copies of the latest version, Guitar Hero World Tour. This compares with 628,452 copies of Rock Band and Rock Band 2.
Nickelback singer slams Guitar Hero
Tells "kids" to pick up a real instrument.
Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger has taken a pop at Guitar Hero, saying players would be better off learning a real instrument.
Third-party Wii guitars causing injuries
Batteries leaking and burning flesh.
The Rage Wireless Guitar Controller for Wii is being recalled because of faulty circuitry causing batteries to leak on and burn human beings that might have families.
Guitar Hero outselling Rock Band 6 to 1
So says man who sells Guitar Hero.
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has declared Guitar Hero is winning the battle of the band-based games.
Guitar Hero: Hendrix on the way
Slash suggests so in interview.
Legendary dead guitarist Jimi Hendrix is set to get his very own Guitar Hero game.
New Metallica album for GH3 on Friday
Same day as shops, plus exclusive tracks.
"Death Magnetic", the upcoming ninth studio album by Metallica, will launch simultaneously in Guitar Hero III and in shops this Friday.
Up to 60 per cent off certain bundles.
Microsoft has significantly lowered the price of many popular DLC bundles on Xbox Live as part of a special promotion called Extended Play Download Days.
GTA IV is biggest global seller of 2008
Three of top five exclusive to Wii.
Grand Theft Auto IV has sold over 6 million copies to become the biggest-selling game, worldwide, of 2008.
Ninja Gaiden 2, Halo 3, Army of Two, Lost Odyssey, Puzzle Quest, N+, Rock Band, GH III.
It's been a while since we last did this - just over four months in fact - so it seems like a good time to dip back into Microsoft's Game Store to see if anything of interest has been added. This won't be a complete list of every new bit of downloadable content released since April, but rather a closer look at the bits and pieces that caught our eye - whether it's for all the right, or all the wrong, reasons.
As always, we'll be breaking down the cost of each item in real money so you can gauge the relative value of your precious Microsoft Points, and also giving you the lowdown on what you get for your outlay and whether it's worth the effort.
Ninja Gaiden 2
Civ Rev DLC heads PSN weekly update
Plus GH3 songs, Secret Agent Clank demo.
Sony has updated the PlayStation Store with a Wonders & Artefacts pack for Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, which costs GBP 0.69.
There's also a fresh trio of songs for Guitar Hero III by three artists signed to the Interscope Records label: Marilyn Manson, AFI, and Flyleaf. Cost, as always, is GBP 3.99.
Following is a demo for run-of-the-mill PSP action game Secret Agent Clank, which you could simply read our Ellie review of.
Manson and others for GH3 tomorrow
Metallica hints at dedicated spin-off.
Marilyn Manson is one of three artists from Interscope Records whose songs will be playable in Guitar Hero 3 from tomorrow.
More Dragonforce for Guitar Hero III
Tricky triplet for August.
Dragonforce will be releasing three more tricky tracks for Guitar Hero III owners to swear along to on 21st August, according to the band's label, Roadrunner Records.
PSN: Siren, Gangs of London PSP
Plus echochrome demo, GH3 pack.
Sony has updated the PlayStation Network store with Siren: Blood Curse (albeit with slightly rejigged pricing, Gangs of London for PSP and an echochrome demo.
Virtuoso Pack for Guitar Hero 3 on Thurs
Steve Vai, Buckethead, Joe Satriani.
Activision will release the Virtuoso Pack for Guitar Hero 3 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Store this Thursday.
Activision Blizzard to rival iTunes
With new Guitar Hero-led online store.
Activision Blizzard has decided to use the popularity of Guitar Hero to create a "credible alternative" to iTunes.
Rock bands in talks to do music games
GNR! Eagles! The Halen! But not Led Zep.
Famous rockers such as Guns 'N Roses and Van Halen are said to be fleshing out deals to capitalise on the popularity of Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
"Top Gun Anthem" for Guitar Hero III
Free as a bird this Thursday.
Activision will be offering you the "Top Gun Anthem" for Guitar Hero III this Thursday.
I Am Murloc available free today.
As Activision and Blizzard prepare to merge, we get the first sign of what executives likes to call 'synergy' between their businesses: a World of Warcraft-themed song distributed as a free downloadable on Guitar Hero III.
What Wii owners are playing most
US stats make for interesting reading.
New stats appearing on the US Nintendo Channel have revealed what Wii owners prefer to play - and for how long.
Coldplay tracks for Guitar Hero 3
"Violet Hill" and "Yellow" among them.
Activision has plans to add a trio of Coldplay songs to Guitar Hero 3 this Thursday, including a track from the recently released "Viva la Vida" album.
Rock star slags off Guitar Hero
Nothing like the real thing, says Mayer.
Guitar-playing American pop star John Mayer has had a go at Guitar Hero, arguing nothing can compare to playing a real musical instrument.
Activision details June GH3 songs
Five packs: "I Predict A Riot".
Activision has whisked together a list of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock songs coming out in June.
Kicking it off are a trio of belters from that band Motorhead. "We Are the Road Crew", "Stay Clean" and "Motorhead" should give tickle your fancy enough to buy the upcoming album. It hopes.
The next pack, available on 12th June, pays homage to three Isle of Wight festival headliners. Inside is "Shoot the Runner" by Kasabian, "I Predict a Riot" by the Kaiser Chiefs, and a live rendition of "Problems" by The Sex Pistols.
Quite a selection for PAL PSN Thursday
But sadly no Commando 3 or Novastrike.
Sony has lined up an admirable selection of items for its European PlayStation Store update this Thursday.
Guitar Hero III world record broken
Man gets insane score on Dragonforce tune.
Are you good at Guitar Hero III? Not by the standards of a man named Daniel Johnson, you're not, because if you were you'd be the world record holder. He's broken the world record for a Guitar Hero III score, is what we're saying.
God of War II song for Guitar Hero III
Out next month for free - in Europe too.
Xbox 360 owners and PS3 owners have always been best of friends, as everyone knows, but there were some puffy eyes and grumpy faces around the Guitar Hero III dinner table last November when 360 players bagged themselves a free Halo 3 theme tune download. Six months later, Sony is fighting back with its own bespoke download: a song called "The End Begins (to Rock)" from God of War II.
Axe surprised.
Axe surprised.
The one-armed drummer out of Def Leppard has just offered to make me a cup of tea. He's making himself one anyway, but still. I've interviewed some top celebrities in my time - Keith Chegwin, Phil 'The Power' Taylor, the man who did the engine sounds for MotoGP 2006. All stars in their own right, but none of them belongs to an internationally famous rock band that has sold 65 million records over the course of its 30-year career. Unlike Rick Allen. And unlike Rick Allen, none of them has ever offered to make me a cup of tea.
Muse songs for Guitar Hero III
Tracks available next Thursday.
Activision has said British band Muse will be adding a trio of songs to Guitar Hero III.
New Def Leppard single on Xbox Live
Bundled with two others for GH3.
The new Def Leppard single Nine Lives is now available to download for Guitar Hero III on Xbox 360.
Def Leppard single to debut in GH3
Wrinkly rockers say it is "fantastic".
Mercury Records has said it plans to release the upcoming Def Leppard single "Nine Lives" as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III.
You only need to check out the Game Add-Ons tab in the Xbox Live Game Store to see that the world of downloadable content, once so feared and mistrusted, is here to stay. There's been a bunch of notable new material released just recently - and even more since we started on this instalment in our Xbox Live DLC Roundup series - and most of it has helped to prove the naysayers wrong. There's been fresh content for recent blockbusters, and older cult favourites. There have been updates for full price releases as well as Live Arcade games. And, best of all, the paid-for content has generally been reasonably priced and balanced out with a surprising amount of freebies. Here are some recent examples that you might want to check out.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Variety Map Pack
Overlord - Raising Hell expansion and Challenge Pack
Guitar Hero III "perverts" song, says musician
Charlie Daniels gets cross.
American singer-songwriter Charlie Daniels has complained that Activision and RedOctane "violate the very essence" of one of his songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
Beatles version of Guitar Hero coming?
Sony Music in talks, sounding keen.
A new Guitar Hero game based entirely around Beatles songs could be on the way - at least if Sony/ATV Music has anything to do with it.
Guitar Hero III songs lead PSN update
Depressing. Elephants? They're brilliant.
Three fresh songs for Guitar Hero III are all the PlayStation Store has to offer this week, disappointingly.
These are wrapped up in a Modern Metal Track Pack - the same one Live and US PSN had last week - and will cost GBP 3.99.
Inside is "Almost Easy" by Avenged Sevenfold, "The Arsonist" by Thrice, and "Hole in the Earth" by The Deftones.
GH3 Dropkick Murphys pack on XBL
Free songs to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
Guitar Hero III's Dropkick Murphys Track Pack has arrived on Xbox Live just in time to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2008. Best of all, it's absolutely free.
Gibson launches Guitar Hero lawsuit
Claims patents have been infringed.
Gibson Guitar has filed a lawsuit against Activision, claiming the Guitar Hero games infringe one of the company's patents.
According to Reuters, Gibson has a 1999 patent for technology used to simulate a musical performance. It sent a letter explaining this to Activision in January.
"Based on our preliminary analysis, the Guitar Hero software (including any expansion packs) and the guitar controller provided by Activision being used as a musical instrument (packaged with the software or sold standalone) are covered by the ... patent," the letter read.
Modern Metal pack for Guitar Hero III
On Xbox Live and US PSN.
Activision has released a "Modern Metal Track Pack" for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on Xbox Live worldwide and on the US PlayStation Network.
Another quiet week for PAL PSN
flOw expansion pack the highlight.
Fans of thatgamecompany's flOw are the beneficiaries of some additional content for their mutant-worms-underwater-'em-up this week, courtesy of the PAL PSN update.
Up now on Live.
Activision has popped a trio of No Doubt songs onto Xbox Live.
Everyday Shooter, GH3 tracks on PSN
Everybody's Golf PS3 demo, too.
Riff: Everyday Shooter leads the weekly PlayStation Store update this week, but you should already know that if you glue your face to Eurogamer.
Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack, BioShock, Phantasy Star, Stranglehold, Guitar Hero, more.
Every now and then, someone pops out of the woodwork to complain that the games industry isn't innovative any more. This is clearly nonsense. Certainly, publishers might have an ongoing love affair with barely distinguishable sequels and a herd mentality that makes sheep look strong-willed, but consider this - year after year, the industry invents new and previously unheard-of ways to make you part with your cash. If that's not innovation, what is?
Download Content (DLC) is a new arrival in the exciting field of wallet-stripping, and the Xbox 360 is on the vanguard. Many Xbox 360 games have content available for download sometime after launch, allowing you to hand over a few measly Microsoft points for access to new maps, models, missions and the likes. It's a great idea in theory, obviously - who doesn't want to extend the life of their favourite game a bit? In practice, though, there's some suspicion about it. Nobody wants to find themselves paying extra money for content that should have been in the game in the first place.
Hence these DLC roundup features, where we'll be looking at the bits and bobs that have made their way onto Xbox Live - and, soon, PSN - in the past few months, and checking out what's worth whipping your card out for, and what deserves to sit, dusty and unloved, in the digital dustbins out the back of the Marketplace.
Be a Guitar Hero record breaker
Guinness needs your help.
UPDATE:The venue for the Guitar Hero record attempt has now changed and will not be HMV Oxford Street as previously reported. More news soon...
DS and Wii outstrip US competition
But Microsoft claims income victory.
Nintendo has continued its winning streak in the US, finishing comfortably ahead of opposition for hardware sales in 2007.
Digital FoundryX360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Seven
One man, 12 games, many arguments.
After a joyous yuletide spent playing Naughty Dog's supreme Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, it's back to the frontlines of the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 console war for this reporter, with the latest battery of cross-platform confrontations. You know the score by now: impartial criticism on each multi-format release is the name of the game, the aim being to supplement the original Eurogamer reviews with additional commentary relevant to each version of the game, with gameplay the primary concern.
As is the norm with our face-off comparison features, each game feature is supplemented with a range of ultra-clean screengrabs losslessly extracted from the HDMI ports of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Elite. A Digital Foundry HD capture station is used to acquire every last pixel output by the consoles at full 24-bit precision, with the unit calibrated to full-range RGB and both systems set up likewise. As 1080p performance is so variable on PlayStation 3, we've included screenshots of this video mode in action where applicable and how the results compare to the Xbox 360's in-built GPU scaler on the same titles.
So... the games then. A colossal array of wares to get through in what is the biggest face-off feature yet; 12 titles that between them rate a 'not bad at all' 7.5/10 when their Eurogamer review scores are taken as an average.
And Populous PSone.
Spare a thought for poor old Sony, still slaving away over the hobs of Internet-based file distribution, brow moist with the grimy sweat of a hundred peeled videogame trailers, arms caked with the grease of the fires of user verification wrappers, breath shallow with the [get on with it - Ed] - and all so we can play Toy Home (GBP 4.99) and the PSone's Populous: The Beginning (GBP 3.49).
Free song plus three others.
Those of you standing around waiting for the Guitar Hero III downloadable content announced the other day can now sink your Microsoft Points into half of the promised new releases - or not, in the case of a Christmas freebie - as Major Nelson's blog announces and Live Marketplace confirms the upload of new content.
For PS3 and 360 this month.
Activision is set to offer seven new songs in various downloadable content packages during December on both Xbox 360 and PS3.
Goodbye mono woes.
Activision has promised Wii owners of Guitar Hero III that it will replace their fault discs early next year for free.
FeaturePS2: 12 Games of Christmas
I'm not dead!
When I was little, before girls and hair, me and my family used to march to a house full of old people and sing songs at them on Christmas Eve. Interesting creatures, full of stories and sticky toffee sweets, and if you played your cards right you might land your very first kiss. Funny smelling places though, like someone kept forgetting to flush the toilet, but then they are old so maybe it is forgiveable. Soap: another withered person smell. The moral is that old things are not useless and ready to be thrown away; my Grandma used to give me stacks of 20 pence pieces when I saw her. Back of the net.
ActiBlizz deal leaks word.
Activision Blizzard has let slip word that it is working on Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero IV, GamesIndustry.biz reports.
A fact sheet on the freshly launched website unveiled the projects, which appear in the Activision "pipeline" summary.
It also talks of new Tony Hawk and James Bond games, as well as titles based on the Marvel and DreamWorks licences. Its new Bizarre Creations racing game was listed, too.
Should be early 08 for all.
Activision has said that stocks of standalone wireless guitars for Guitar Hero III will be made available across the US in "early 2008".
Boosting music sales, too.
Activision has released a remix of the Halo theme for Guitar Hero III. It's now available on Live and it won't cost you a penny.
Boss Battles outside campaign.
A free update for Guitar Hero III is now available to download on Xbox Live.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Putting PS2 and 360 to the test. No need to fret.
If I'd spent anything like the amount of time with an actual guitar as I have with Guitar Hero, I'd probably be playing to packed-out stadiums by now. I'd be the next Hendrix, only female, right-handed and with slightly less excellent hair. There are people who might consider spending about six hours a week playing a pretend guitar laughable, but you understand me, dear readers. You understand how important it is that Neversoft gets Guitar Hero III right, especially after the (Harmonix-designed, I should point out) damp squib that was Rocks the 80s.
Happily, it's all worked out as well as could possibly have been imagined. We've got seventy fantastic tracks, all transposed perfectly into five-button tablature. We've got perfect, roof-raising multiplayer modes, all of them fully online. It's worth pointing out that Legends of Rock is not technically a new game; it's a nicer-looking, more complete version of an old game. But when that old game is as good as Guitar Hero II, and the chief additions are fully licensed songs, an incredible co-op career mode and long-awaited online functionality, that criticism falls completely flat (except, perhaps, in the case of the comparatively rough-looking, online-deprived PS2 version). Guitar Hero III isn't an expansion pack, and Neversoft has not been remotely complacent in bringing the series forward. The changes here aren't padding; they're conscious, informed adjustments that make a great game much better.
Firstly, there's that gorgeous, weighty new controller. It has 'Gibson' proudly flashed across the head of the little plastic headstock, a detachable neck and faceplate, a much sturdier strum bar, prettier buttons, and absolutely no wires - which in itself opens up whole new levels of rock-shape-throwing possibility. Apart from looking much cooler (indeed, I'd venture that it's about as cool as pretend guitars can look), it also plays a bit better than the old Xplorer and SG models thanks to its comfortable weight and smoother buttons, which are clearly designed to take a lot of punishment.
Foos and Velvet tracks for GH3
Three tracks per band on Live.
EA may be making a big song and dance about the full albums it will be selling as downloads for Rock Band, but Activision's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is due out this month and already there are downloadable songs built around particular bands - with Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver packs going up today.
FeatureWii: 12 Games of Christmas
My true love gave to Wii.
The nights are so long these days (sorry, nights) that you could dress them up in angry forum posts and call them the delay between major Wii releases. Of the 12 Games of Christmas features we've done so far, this line-up saw by far the most chins stroked and calls placed in search of suitable candidates.
FeaturePS3: 12 Games of Christmas
Tumbling down the chimney.
Another good thing about Christmas is that you can kiss people by holding a twig with leaves above their heads, made all the more likely by the enormous vat of incredibly pungent mulled wine stewing in the kitchen. Similarly smile-worthy is that yes there are games on PS3 to buy this year, despite what James with his rival console says in the comments section while picking his nose and flicking it at his equally spotty friend.
FeatureXbox 360: 12 Games of Christmas
Play these with mince wine.
It is now dark when we walk home and birds are either dropping out of trees in frozen lumps or going somewhere much nicer for their holidays. And, as always happens, the shops are hoisting their Christmas decorations up and getting us all worried about buying presents because we never know what they want is it socks or aftershave. So, we thought we would join in.
Official Live GH3 demo tomorrow
Practice for upcoming compo.
Activision has said that the official Guitar Hero III demo will be on Live Marketplace tomorrow, otherwise known as a day before my birthday.
Official confirmation.
As we pointed out earlier, retailers have been promising us Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on 23rd November for a little while now, but now Activision's officially saying the same thing. Hurrah!
On Internet, not Live. Works.
With Guitar Hero III around a month away, clever Internet men have found a way for you to download a demo, burn it to CD and DVD and then play it on your totally unmodified, normal person Xbox 360.
RedOctane, Harmonix improvise.
PS3 guitar peripherals for Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 will not use Bluetooth technology at launch.
Activision confirms GH3 tracks
Dated for November.
Activision has finally given us a look at its song sheet for Guitar Hero III, which contains more master tracks than ever, thanks to fancy relationships with musical people.
What's more, it looks as though that leaked line-up from a couple of weeks ago wasn't far off being spot on, give or take a few licks.
The third game in the acclaimed rhythm action series has been created without usual developer Harmonix, who made new best friends with Rock Band publishers EA and MTV.
Rock Band who?
Words cannot describe the joy that beset me upon discovering that Guitar Hero 3 has a Die Toten Hosen track in it. No, seriously. I have long harboured an ardent and obscure love for German-language music, a passion that has seen me go to great lengths in the past to obtain Singstar Deutsch Rock-Pop, and which often furrows the brows of nosy friends as they browse through the contents of my iPod. It also made me very nearly lose control when Die Toten Hosen themselves actually appeared on stage at Sony's press conference back in Leipzig, and I think I may have rather alarmed Tom. Anyway, whilst everyone else was either grumbling or shrugging at the news that Guitar Hero 3 will have a slightly international track list in Europe, I was jumping up and down with glee. Hier Kommt Alex AND In Flames' Take This Life? It's like they're making this game just for me.
Activision quiet on "leaked" GHIII list
Hasn't announced anything yet.
Activision has sung "We Haven't Announced Anything Yet" to Eurogamer this afternoon, in response to a full track list for Guitar Hero III appearing online.
Rock your desktop.
Aspyr Media has revealed it is developing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for PC and Macintosh.
Best played separately.
Activision has revealed it will be sneaking a Guitar Hero III demo into the Xbox 360 version of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.
Die Toten Hosen!
Activision has revealed an international track list for Guitar Hero III, in an effort to show us that people all over the world really like it.
GC: Quiz RedOctane's Kai Huang
You call the tune.
The battle of the gaming bands is upon us. While Guitar Hero is pounding groupies backstage, biting the the bat's head off the rhythm-action genre, a cocky young upstart has emerged, threatening to topple the veteran rocker from its perch of poodle-haired posturing.
Activision questions Rock Band
Mainstream appeal under fire.
Activision believes that Rock Band will struggle to take its crown in the upcoming battle of the games about bands.
Chili Peppers, Iron Maiden.
Neversoft has revealed four more of the songs that make up the line-up in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, due out later this year on PS3, Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii.
Customisable guitars for GHIII.
Activision has signed an exclusive partnership with Gibson Guitars to feature over 20 of the manufacturer's instruments in the upcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.
Donates two-large.
Guitar Hero developer Harmonix has donated USD 2,000 to help keep a fansite afloat.
Guitar Hero III shows its chops
Wireless Les Paul! Paint It Black!
Activision has just revealed the first details of the next version of Guitar Hero, which may or may not still be called Guitar Hero III.
Hour of Victory, Guitar Hero III, ShadowRun, Football Manager Live.
The latest Episode of the globe-trotting EGTV is all about Guns, Guys and Guitars. Sadly not all in the same game, rather shoulder-to-shoulder in a packed half-hour of televisual temptation.
With regular content packs.
Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane says it plans to offer "one major release" of Guitar Hero every year from now on, backed up with regular content packs through online services, which will include new songs.
FeatureGuitar Hero III's Rock 'N' Roll Star
Kai Huang on features, downloads, more.
It's been an interesting few weeks for RedOctane. Guitar Hero II has finally launched on Xbox 360, but the publisher - now part of Activision - has finally caught sight of what the game's developer, Harmonix, has gone off to make with Electronic Arts and MTV. Rock Band might well be described as a spiritual successor to Guitar Hero, and the decision to introduce other instruments, and vocals, arguably raises doubts about the real Guitar Hero III, in development at Neversoft, and due out on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PS2 later this year.
RedOctane reveals Guitar Hero 3
Official FAQ spills beans.
RedOctane has revealed that Guitar Hero 3 is in development for PlayStation 3, PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii.


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Bill and Will's Synth
Table of Contents
This page has become really long, so here's a table of contents that we hope will make it easier to traverse:
Background - presents an explanation and Yves; initial description of the Module with his photos
Modifications - presents details of the different possible implementations
Parts - presents a Bill of Materials and notes about it
Panel - presents the MOTM format panel
Construction Phase 1 - Resistors, Capacitors, IC Sockets, Power Plugs, MTA headers
Construction Phase 2 - Trimmers, Tube, Panel connetcions
Background - Yves' Original 12 Band Design
Here's Yves' Schematic (click here to download a larger version):
Here's the layout of his PCB (this is Yves' illustration - thanks, Yves):
Here's how the filters lay out on his PCB:
This is an annotated image we made of the PCB showing the Resistors, Capacitors, ICs etc. by name and value. Click on the image to see a larger (and legible) version (133K):
Click here for a high-resolution jpeg version (890K)
Click here for a high-resolution pdf version (250K)
The filtered signal goes to and from the face-plate potentiometers like this:
From the face-plate potentiometers, the signal gets divided into three discrete outputs - "Odd," "Even," and "All":
Yves has built each filter with two Op Amps to get a narrow bandwitdh and steep slope. Here is Yves' diagram of the predicted slope of the band pass filter at the 1K Hz point:
Yves writes:
"The red curve corresponds to the spectrum at the output of the first OPA. As it can be seen, the lowpass and highpass slopes are -6dB/octave (-20dB/decade), Q=2.7.
"The blue curve corresponds to the spectrum at the output of the second OPA. Here we obtain a narrower bandwith Q=4, as well as steeper slopes, -12dB/octave (-40dB/decade)"
Here is Yves' spectrum measurement at 1K Hz band pass he made on his module prototype using a "white" noise source and measured with the SignalScope software (valuation version, on Macintosh MacOSX)
And is Yves' spectrum measurement of the Odd (Red) and Even (Green) outputs
1. Input "MIX" Feature (with optional Phase Switch)
The curious INPUT knob in the upper left hand corner of the Bridechamber FFB panel has its origin with the MOTM-450. When we were designing our first versions of the panel in 2007, we weren't clear what the exact features of the FFB would be and, looking at the proposed and still, currently, forthcoming MOTM-450 as an example of a FFB, we adopted the idea of the MIX control (in the upper left hand corner of that module).
Somehow, the MIX label got lost in translation and changed to INPUT on the Bridechamber panel. We intend to implement this MIX feature by creating a small mixing circuit on a Tellun MUUB2 pcb.
We asked Electronics Guru and friend, Dave Brown, how to accomplish the feature, and he sketched out a solution including a little bonus - a (completely optional) "Phase" switch. The Phase Switch sets the input "DRY" signal either in or out of phase with the output of the Filter - the "WET" signal. We'll drill an extra hole in the panel for the switch - why not?
So when the MIX potentiometer knob is in the CCW position, the ALL OUT jack will be only the DRY input. When the potentiometer knob is in the CW position, the ALL OUT jack will be only the WET output of the filter.
This diagram also shows where the BYPASS switch fits into things without the PHASE switch (the circuit is always IN phase):
This diagram includes the PHASE switch:
Here's how the MUUB2 will be populated:
And here are the connections - without the PHASE switch:
And with the PHASE switch:
2. Power Supply Modification
We decided to include a modification to the power supply - Will had already figured out what we'd do (a-la the Tau Pipe), but Dave Brown's already got pictures and all. Here's his schematic:
Here are Dave's pictures of his implementation of this mod:
3. Filter POT Modification
When we saw Dave Brown had used 100k linear pots - rather then the 10k log POTs Yves specified - we asked him about it. Here's what he said (very interesting):
"Several thoughts on this.
"First, log pots are more 'contoured' to how we hear volume. This gives the control a more linear volume 'feel'...
"The input to the mixer is 100K. When using 10K log pots, the input impedance is 10X and so becomes negligible. However, when using 100K pots, the input impedance is equal to the pot and so becomes a factor. It affects the contour and actually makes it sound more like a log pot. There is some information on the in the section "Changing the Law of a Pot" on http://sound.westhost.com/pots.htm
"In this case, "R" is the input impedance of the circuit, which is the 100K series resistor to the op amp. There is a neat graphing page at Christopher List's site: http://www.mindspring.com/~clist/PotGraph.html, which will show that with 100K for each resistor, the response is 1/3 of the way to a log potentiometer.
"For my mixers, I generally want linear because I can "add" the values to make sure I'm not overloading the output. The stock MOTM-830 mixer has the gain adjusted down so you won't exceed ±5 volts with 6 inputs. I've changed them all back to a gain of 1 which will greatly overload. But, I know with 3 inputs, the sum generally has to be 10, so one at 5 and two at 2.5 is generally close. It's not perfect, but generally it's close enough and very difficult with log potentiometers. Note that with this filter, this isn't the case since you are never adding like frequencies and the gain of each filter is one.
"Note that the lowpass has a series resistor R77 and the highpass has a series capacitor C57. R77 decreases the gain of the lowpass, and 3K9 with a 100K potentiometer is negligible so my lowpass is boosted a bit. C57 provides a highpass filter, and increasing the resistance with a 100K potentiometer significantly shifts the cutoff. I haven't played enough with this filter to decide if I want to adjust those values. It's somewhat confusing because Yves has both 10K and 25K labels on those potentiometers. I figure I can fine tune it later if I want. On the bench, it sounded fine.
"I tried it just as the PCB with 100K linear potentiometers and it felt / sounded just fine...
So as we were looking over that explanation of his use of the 100K linear POTs - specifically, the chart above showing the effect of the 50K resistance on the POT output. We think he's saying that each POT goes to two resistors in parallel - these are the resistor networks - each 100K. And these are the input resistances to the output amps.
So - we get it - two 100k resistors in series would be 200k - totally makes sense. So two 100k resistors in parallel makes 50K. Also makes sense.
4. Bypass Switch
This is an easy one - just a SPDT switch hooked up per the diagram up above.
Will and I have developed a parts-list / bill-of-materials in the form of an XL spreadsheet (as usual). Yves has been very patient and helpful answering our many questions - and - yes, they have been pesky. We want to thank Dave Brown and mrmike as well concerning parts issues.
As of today, 3 September 2009, it's virtually complete - but please don't take it as gospel. Even so, just now we've used it to make our Mouser purchases and we are relatively confident in our specifications.
Click here to download our XL spreadsheet Parts List
We got ours at Bridechamber.
But we're going to drill an extra jack hole for that "Phase" switch.
Mounting Bracket
We'll use a 4-pot bracket from Bridechamber and make an ancillary bracket out of some sheet-metal.
Construction Phase 1
All the stuff in Phase 1 gets soldered using "Organic" Solder. At every break in the action, we wash the board off to get rid of the flux.
Power Header PCB alteration
Resistors and Jumpers
Now - as for the "bussed" resistor arrays - This is what they look like up close - see where the label is - and that little dot under the nine? That dot marks the pin that has no resistor - the "#1 pin" - the one that is - well - the "end" of the array.
Here's how they get soldered in:
So this photo shows how they should be soldered in.
Now - we did it wrong at first. We didn't put the dots - the "ends" - of the Odd/Even arrays in the correct orientation. So a bunch of the following photos are wrong so far as theses arrays are concerned. After we had finished the caps, etc., we discovered our mistake, pulled the Odd/Even arrays out and re-soldered them correctly (the photo above).
Power Header
IC Sockets, Ferrite Beads
The MUUB2
Back in November of 2007, while we'd been over-heating our brains thinking about how to build the pimped-out version, it had snowed outside and was time for a snack. Not much different this year. Steak will do nicely - but Will declared "let's grill it!" hence -
Construction Phase 2
All the stuff in Phase 2 gets soldered using "No-Clean" Solder and the PCB doesn't get washed off from here on.
Wires from PCB Filter Outputs to Band Pots
We temporarily mounted the PCBs on the bracket and set it by the panel so we could make measurements for the wires.
We came up with the following lengths for the wires:
Our unconventional plan is to solder these wires to the pots first, labeling each pot as we go. The Filter-Out wires (we'll use green wire) go to the CW solder lug #3 - the left hand one when the pot is viewed from the back. Pots to Output Buffers wires (we'll use blue wire for the "even" ones and white wire for the "odd" ones) go to the Wiper solder lug #2 - the middle one.
After these wires are soldered to the pot, we'll solder the wires into the PCB. And after we've screwed the pots into the panel, we'll solder the ground wires to the pots - to the CCW lug #1 - the right hand ones.
We started soldering them into the PCB
Input Wiring & Odd / Even Output Wiring
Input wires:
Odd / Even Output wires
The coax gets prepared with the shield trimmed off one end - the end that will solder into the PCB.
Inputs and Outputs soldered into the PCB.
Mix Wiring
Here are the wires required:
We came up with the following lengths for the wires:
We decided to wire up the BYPASS switch first because of the 1K resistor that has to be in line:
Here's how we soldered "Wire 4."
We installed the Band Pots
Then we put in the Bypass Switch
And the jacks
We soldered the ground wires to the CCW lugs on the Band Pots
And soldered up the jacks
Input Mix Circuit
The phase switch wired
The MUUB2 wired
The potentiometer
Set up / Testing
Use Notes
The fine Print:
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* TSX reverses earlier gains, drops 1.25 pct
* Energy sector unwinds gains, falls 2.6 percent
* Equity markets sag as U.S. bank plan unveiled (Updates to midday, adds details, quotes)
TORONTO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell more than 1 percent by midday on Tuesday as oil and gas issues unwound early gains and caution over the U.S. bank rescue plan dragged down the big financial services sector.
The heavily weighted financials group fell 3.1 percent, tumbling along with markets in the United States which retreated on caution over Washington's plan to shore up the troubled U.S. banking sector, unveiled on Tuesday [ID:nN102559].
The energy sector, down 2.6 percent, also helped to weigh down the resource-laden TSX as oil slipped below $39 a barrel on concerns about weak fuel demand. [ID:nSYD426207]
Heavily weighted stocks on the downside included Manulife Financial (MFC.TO), down 4.3 percent at C$20.44, and Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO), which fell 2.5 percent to C$31.04.
"The market is just tracking Wall Street," said Fergal Smith, managing market strategist at Action Economics.
The U.S. Treasury unveiled a revamped financial rescue plan on Tuesday morning to cleanse billions in spoiled assets from banks' books. [ID:nN102559] [ID:nN26365728]
In the U.S., stock market indexes slid more than 3 percent immediately following Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's announcement.
Analysts said investors were worried the plan might not do enough to offset the financial crisis. [ID:nN10291807]
"A large part of that is that the Geithner speech, while it carried all the ingredients that were telegraphed in advance, there wasn't much of the details the market had been hoping for," said Smith.
He added that the market may also be "correcting some of its recent advance" in anticipation of the plan. The Toronto index has finished higher for the past five sessions.
At 12:33 p.m. (1733 GMT), the S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 113.24 points, or 1.25 percent, at 8,934.04, with nine of its 10 main groups lower. Earlier, the index was ahead 0.7 percent.
The resource-laden materials group was the only sector in the black, climbing 2.5 percent with help of rising gold prices.
Miners Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) rose 4 percent to C$47.66 and Goldcorp (G.TO) climbed 4.3 percent to C$37.63.
$1=$1.23 Canadian Reporting by Jennifer Kwan; editing by Rob Wilson


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Jolly Hotdog in Cheesy Classic and NEW Chili Cheese Variants
Jollibee, the country's largest fast food chain, has beefed up one of its well-loved product lines, the Jolly Hotdog, with the New Chili Cheese variant, an exciting addition to its Cheesy Classic variant. Always served fresh, the Cheesy Classic Jolly Hotdog offers over-the-top beefy goodness… [read more]
Datu Puti's Adobo Movement
Who hasn't tried adobo? I guess all of us are familiar with one of the most popular traditional Filipino food here and outside the Philippines. Datu Puti Adobo Movement held last June 11, 2016 at the Mercato Centrale Food Market, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig ,… [read more]
Jollibee's Yumbassadors 2016
Jollibee has unveiled last week its newest batch of Yumbassadors. They are young Filipino achievers who have excelled and has continuously trail blaze in their respective fields, and serving as role models for the Filipinos of Generation Y. The roster is composed of talented artists… [read more]
Red Ribbon: Bigger Better Ensaimadas
We Filipinos love to snack. Whether it's before lunch or after, we always make it a point to make time to indulge in our need and love for snacks. While most snackers will say that they give in to the munchies because of real hunger,… [read more]
Pizza Hut in Kia Theater is Now Open!
Pizza Hut expands its original concept of pizza restaurant into an exceptional venue, thus the birth of Pizza Hut in Kia Theater. It is located in the former New Frontier theater now renamed KIA Theater beside Gateway Mall Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines. The… [read more]
Love The Filipino Food
Do you know your food? In the spirit of taking pride and embracing what is uniquely Filipino, Mahalin Pagkaing Atin, a very apt advocacy campaign talks about everyone's favorite topic—food. Aboitiz food subsidiary boosts livestock farming through Mahalin Pagkaing Atin. Pilmico is encouraging… [read more]
Mega Global Launches New Products
Mega Global celebrated their 40th anniversary last June 5, 2015 in EDSA Shangri-la Hotel. During the anniversary, they awarded the deserving employees, Ryzza Mae, one of their endorsers performed and some of their employees presented an intermission number. I noticed how religious, humble and generous… [read more]
Kamuning Bakery: Bakery Rich With History
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Location: Quarterhouse, 49 Tontine Street, Folkestone CT20 1BN
Friedrich Ludewig, The Decorators, Diane Dever, Stroom, and Charles Quick are among the speakers at this event exploring situated practice, contemporary art, architecture and urbanism.
'Border' is the final event in a three-part series with Folkestone Triennial 2017 to bring together practitioners and thinkers at three 'edge' locations connected by the High Speed 1 railway, to consider creative place-making, arts-led urbanism, and the use of interstitial spaces in the city.
For the third and final event, we consider Folkestone. At the littoral edge of southeast England, its urbanism connect equally with water and land. From 1842 to 1992 it was the main pivot for passenger transport between France and England, and with the more recent construction of HS1, Folkestone has been gifted the questionable status of dormitory suburb to the Capital.
You can view the full programme here (pdf).
- Keynote: Friedrich Ludewig
- Other speakers: Lewis Biggs, Lesley Hardy, Darrell Rohl, Caroline Caicedo (The Decorators), Diane Dever, Stroom, Charles Quick, Jonathan Ward, JJ Charlesworth, Princess Marilyn Douala Manga Bell, Sorcha Carey and Anthony Downey.
The series is organised by the UCL Urban Laboratory and
Folkestone Triennial 2017, with additional support from the Slade School
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CEdMA-Europe Members' Newsletter -
November 2014
Upcoming CEdMA Events/News
Recent Articles from the Education and Training Press:
Reviews and Current Trends
Training Manager/Director Development
Selling and Marketing Education
Learning Methods
Learning Technology
Social Media for Learning
Case Studies and Projects
Measuring Education Value
Skills Gap/Technical Certification
Special Interest Groups
And, Finally.....
Feedback, please!
Welcome to the November edition of the CEdMA-Europe Members' Monthly
Newsletter, which is sent to CEdMA Europe members and to European
colleagues of CEdMA USA members.
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Upcoming CEdMA Events/News
November 4 and 5, 2014
- CEdMA Fall Conference at the
Babson Executive Conference Centre in
Wellesley, MA -
more information and register
November 13, 1-2pm
EST, 10-11am PST - Joint session of the Metrics and Training Partner
SIG, "Metrics meets Training Partner Programs" with Lauren
Thibodeau and Dirk Braune of PTC,
number 790 799 151, password "Sig2014"
December 2, 1-5pm GMT - CEdMA Europe Workshop, "Tales
from the Cutting room floor". Members will describe training or
training management disasters, how to anticipate and recover from
them. Venue TBA
Articles from the Education and Training Press
Reviews and Current Trends
Tech Headlines for October 2014 (Oct 14)
Learning Circuits,
CLOs Prioritize Budgets for Learning Technologies (Nov 14)
When todays CLOs spend money, they do so thoughtfully and with an
eye for technology that will promote efficiency and ensure programs
affect the bottom line.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
Business Impact of Training (Nov 14)
Delivering high-impact business training is made up of seven key
components and critical success factors that will guarantee
repeatable success. Elearning!,
©2014 B2B Media Co
Success will not come from training (Oct 14)
Clark Quinn is dismayed that our approach to learning has changed
little in 15 years. But there is a clear path ahead, he says.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Change - the one constant at the heart of learning (Oct 14)
Whether reminiscing about the past or looking to the future,
learning and development professionals must embrace and accept
change, says Charles Jennings.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Don't be overwhelmed (Oct 14)
Vincent Belliveau considers how learning professionals can cope with
the constant deluge of technology.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Reflections (Oct 14)
Steve Rayson shares his thoughts on the state of the learning
technologies nation.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
natural evolution of learning technology (Oct 14)
Are we producing more effective learning now than we did 15 years
ago? To find out, Vaughan Waller revisits the first issue of this
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Diversity Reigns among the Very BEST (Oct 14)
There is a misperception among many people that the Association
for Talent Development BEST Awards are won by large companies with
big budgets and large workforces. As you can see by the winners this
year, especially Bass & Associates with 85 employees, it is not
about size or budget but about commitment to developing your
companys talent. TD Magazine,
Elearning! News (Nov 14)
©2014 B2B Media Co
Elearning Trends (Nov 14)
©2014 B2B Media Co
Manager/Director Development
Question Is the Answer (Nov 14)
makes a successful CLO is the ability to find a path through
complexity without making it complicated, says.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
Training Takes Center Stage (Oct 14)
Employee training is critical but where do you start?
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
Employee Development (Oct 14)
Three approaches that sound great, but arent.
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
the web is changing (Oct 14)
Jane Hart considers how we learn and what it means for todays L&D
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Tying EQ Into Technology (Nov 14)
Balance and emotional intelligence (EQ) are the keys to using
technology. If you are in conscious charge of your technological
choices and activities, then you are mindfully choosing your life.
Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Seven Tips to Sustain Motivation and Keep Learners Coming Back for
More (Oct 14)
For businesses, learning institutions, and even graduating students,
future success increasingly depends on the cycle of developing and
enhancing valuable skill sets. Maintaining the motivation needed for
that kind of sustained growth can be incredibly difficult. Here are
seven research-based tips that just might help your learners get
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
Do Your Coaches Truly Coach? (Nov 14)
Effective coaching requires as much structure as any learning
program, says Bob Mosher.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
Managing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom (Oct 14)
folks are just plain difficult to deal with during training! Indeed,
every trainer has experienced their share of learners with
challenging behaviors. Links,
Rules for Talking with Gamekeepers (Nov 14)
Getting access to decision makers often is not easy for sales
professionals. Here are seven tips for working with the admin
assistants and others who can be managerial gatekeepers. Elearning!,
©2014 B2B Media Co
Three Ps of E-mail (Sep 14)
E-mail has become the primary written communication tool in business
today, but it can cause problems if certain etiquette rules arent
followed. Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Dos and Don'ts of Employee Surveys (Oct 14)
employee surveys into strategically important tools. TD Magazine,
Telecommuting Is a Big Hook for Potential Recruits (Oct 14)
Infographic based on the third annual telecommuting survey from
Staples. Data based on an online survey in March 2014 of 137
decision makers and 174 office workers at organizations of all sizes
in the US and Canada.
©2014 Staples
Preparing Global Virtual Teams for Success (Sep 14)
With proper training, connection, and creativity, true collaboration
can be accomplished in global virtual teams. Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Overcome the SME Availability Objection (Sep 14)
Six ways to entice busy subject matter experts (SMEs) to fully
engage and provide you with the information you need to develop
quality training. Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Design a More Effective Training Solution (Oct 14)
Infographic: The role of the learning leader includes being
responsible for maximizing the return on every dollar spent on
©2014 Arrow
Accelerate training revenue with certification management (Oct 14)
webinar covered how you can assure control and support of dynamic
rules, curriculum, qualifications and prerequisite course offerings
with automated certification management. Rainmaker Webinar,
October 9, 2014
Selling and Marketing
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Learning Methods
Power of Proximity (Nov 14)
cost- and time-effective advances in technology and e-learning,
old-school face-to-face learning is here to stay.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
Classroom training is alive and kicking (Oct 14)
After reviewing the latest research and analysing those
20-year-old predictions that said technology would supersede the
classroom, Ron Orme concludes that classroom training is alive and
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Informal Learning Lessons (Aug 14)
Findings from a structured review of the literature on informal
learning. Training Magazine, ©2014 Lakewood Media Group
Customer Service Training (Oct 14)
The two sides of it,
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
Building Tomorrow's Learning Experience - Personalized, Predictive
and Connected (Nov 14)
Walter Rogers, co-founder of CCI Global Holdings, and Wayne
McCulloch, senior vice president of Salesforce University at
Salesforce.com, discuss how learning needs to adapt to meet the
new needs of sales professionals. Elearning!,
©2014 B2B Media Co
Instructional Design for the Real World (Oct 14)
Textbooks and graduate courses on training and development
sometimes suggest practices that are too good to be true in the
real world where instructional designers live. Here are seven tips
that are better matched to the challenges of our work, from Jane
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
Power to the People - Should Training Be Democratized (Oct 14)
As the demand for onboarding and training grows and training
budgets shrink, many training organizations are in a bind, unable
to afford to do what they should do. Is there an answer? One
viable, but unexpected, route is to empower employees to be
creators and curators of learning content. Heres how that works.
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
Content Strategy for Continuous Learning (Oct 14)
Content as a strategy is a winning approach for many organizations
as they shift to performance-driven learning. The benefits include
bite-sized learning content available to multiple audiences in
many formats, better alignment to the business, higher
productivity, faster time-to-market, and highly effective content.
Heres a high-level overview of what content strategy is all
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
Answer to Transfer (Nov 14)
should abandon the term learning transfer altogether, and focus
interventions on identifying application opportunities and
activating the most effective behaviors.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
Enabling Virtual Learning by Design (Oct 14)
Hofmann looked closely at implementing five critical elements that
set our learners up for success. She described how to design the
following success factors into your programs during the critical
planning stages of the program: motivation to learn built into the
program; opportunities to collaborate; a blend of delivery methods
designed to maximize the learning outcome; usable technology; and
active and participative facilitators that believe in and support
the blended learning experience.
Webinar, Oct 23, 2014
Managing MOOCs (Sep 14)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide large numbers of
learners with unlimited access to online material, but they are
not for everyone. Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
LMS is dead - Long live the LMS (Oct 14)
Andy Wooler discusses the origin of the Learning Management
System, its evolution and what it might look like in the future. Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
the LMS Could Talk (Nov 14)
Learning management systems, meet your new friend and boss: the
learner, says Elliott Masie.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
for Training (Oct 14)
Roles and competencies approach,
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
Your LMS Meet Other Apps in the Cloud? (Sep 14)
Yes, but when considering a move to the cloud, you cant just
think about features and pricing. You need to expansively consider
all the applications it takes to deliver your learning programs.
Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Develop Me - Creating and Marketing a Personalized Learning
Academy (Oct 14)
This webinar described an implementation of a fully functioning
campus-wide learning academy as well as a developed and rolled-out
ongoing personalized marketing strategy based upon efficient and
effective data collection, all within 15 months. Training
Industry Webinar, Oct 1, 2014
internet of brains (Oct 14)
As the possibilities of learning by download grow exponentially,
Ger Driesen takes a giant leap for L&D by predicting that within
the next 15 years learning will be downloaded directly.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
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Training Software (Oct 14)
Buy or build?
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
Just-in-Time Technology Solutions (Sep 14)
We watch TV programs sans commercials on demand and have instant
access to information 24/7 via the Web. Todays employees want
that same flexibility when it comes to training.. Training
Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Let's Get Upfront and Personal (Sep 14)
Using technology to connect better with your employees.
Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Uninspiring eLearning Content (Oct 14)
Its driving your learners away!
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
E-Learning (Oct 14)
How to gain balance and praxis,
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
eLearning for the Mobile Generation (Oct 14)
©2014 Pulse Learning
You Ready to Deploy Mobile Learning (Oct 14)
making sure your authoring tool supports HTML5, and making sure
you have either a BYOD (bring your own device) policy or a
mobile-usage policy in place, what else is there to do to be ready
to deploy mobile learning? A lot, it turns out. Here are five tips
that will help you as you prepare to launch your mLearning
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
Mobile Learning (Oct 14)
4 reasons to train your sales team,
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
Test Strategies for Mobile Learning (Oct 14)
training professionals have always done quality checks of
training courses through content reviews, dry runs, pilots, and so
on, the migration to eLearning and mLearning has increasingly
changed this process to a software quality check. Doing this check
right requires a test plan, and this article explains what that
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
More than Mobile - Beating the Forgetting Curve (Sep 14)
Lets be honest
people forget most of what they have been taught
very quickly and, until now, no new technology addressed that. The
forgetting curve will always defeat a single learning
intervention. Spacing learning over time, however, has been shown
to tackle memorys natural inclination to fade. Couple that
spacing to mobile devices and you have a winner. In this session
Donald Clark explored how an app-based plugin to Moodle and Totara
LMS could help fix the forgetting curve and raise job performance
through improved retention. Learning and Skills Group, 18 Sep,
Authoring Tool (Oct 14)
How to pick the right one to build your course,
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
Articulate Storyline 2 Was Worth the Wait (Oct 14)
Articulate launched Storyline 2 on September 16, and there are
some very nifty features in this new version of a tool that has
many fans. Heres a rundown on the big changes!
Learning Solutions Magazine, ©2014 eLearning Guild
Games and Simulations (Sep 14)
Trends, technologies and case studies. Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Taking Games Seriously in the Corporate Learning Arena (Nov 14)
How well-designed games can stimulate and enhance the learning
experience. Elearning!,
©2014 B2B Media Co
Getting Learning's Game On (Sep 14)
To recreate the age-old apprenticeship model of learning within a
new-age immersive gaming context, it is important to consider
eight key design principles. Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Learning and Talent Management Systems Trends (Nov 14)
How consumerization of learning is changing learning and
talent management systems. Elearning!,
©2014 B2B Media Co
This session will examine both of these concepts
and their relationship to the virtual classroom. The application
of these concepts will help make your sessions as impactful as
possible, while taking advantage of your technology investments by
focusing on what content is best delivered through a virtual
classroom and other learning technologies, and how flipping the
classroom is a natural consequence of good design.
- See more at: http://www.hr.com/en?t=/webcasts/archived&start=60#sthash.aJKbvXe8.dpuf
Social Media for Learning
Training (Oct 14)
social risks,
Technology Enabled Learning Excellence, ©2014 HR.com
beyond that social stigma (Oct 14)
Social learning can deliver significant benefits. The key is to
start small and build on success, says Charles DeNault.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Facilitating Social Learning (Oct 14)
Randy Emelo argues that the learning advisor is the key to unlocking
productive social learning. ©2014 Training Journal
Case Studies and Projects
Commitment to Talent Development Excellence (Oct 14)
Talent development is very personal at Cognizant, a global
technology solutions company with more than 170,000 employees. Every
one of Cognizants employees, from new hires to mid-level managers,
has an individualized development plan that supports his long-term
career goals. TD Magazine,
Good Connections (Oct 14)
Tying Learning to Strategy at Verizon, TD Magazine,
Learning Analytics at JetBlue (Nov 14)
Data-driven performance measures are pleasing customers and
employees, says Brandon Hall.
Chief Learning Officer,
Media Tec
Measuring Education Value
Taking evaluation to the next level (Oct 14)
Evaluation is not about assessing training impact. It must create
business value. Susanna Brinkerhoff Zens and Robert O. Brinkerhoff
provide a clear strategy.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Measuring E-learning effectiveness (Oct 14)
Kate Pasterfield says its no good investing large sums of money in
a training programme only to find it doesnt achieve your learning
objectives. Kate also considers certain options for ensuring your
e-learning does what it should do.
Inside Learning Technologies and Skills, ©2014 CloserStill
Online versus In-Class Success (Sep 14)
E-learning can be an inexpensive alternative to classroom training,
but does it yield the same results? Training Magazine, ©2014
Lakewood Media Group
Absolutely Positively Achieve Level 4 Outcomes (Oct 14) plus
In this webinar, James Pepitone described what experienced work
design consultants know about how to increase business results that
are specifically dependent on people. He shared numerous stories
from his work partnering with his clients training and development
functions to create Level 4 business results. ATD Webinar, Oct
27, 2014
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Gap/Technical Certification
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Special Interest Groups
Badges - Reliably recognizing professional achievements (Oct 14) plus
information technology evolves so quickly, it is vital that IT
professionals continually hone their skills in order to stay
competitive. As such, upon completion of training and certification
programs, these professionals must have a way to effectively convey
their verified knowledge and expertise to their employers,
contractors, and recruiters. In todays digital world, traditional
forms of professional recognition, namely paper certificates, are no
longer an effective way to communicate the nature of earned
credentials, nor can they be readily verified or socially shared
online. Enter digital credentials, sometimes called badges, as a
means to reliably recognize professional achievements such as
certifications, skills and other continuing education experiences.
This presentation provided an overview of the concept of digital
credentialing and discussed its potential in helping organizations
meet their goals while also delivering significant value to their
stakeholders. Certification SIG, Oct 17, 2014
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shepherd was tending his flock in a field, when a new sports car
screeched to a stop on the road nearby in a cloud of dust. The
driver, a young man in expensive designer clothes and sunglasses,
leans out of the window and shouts over to the shepherd, "If I tell
you exactly how many sheep you have here, can I take one?"
shepherd looks up slowly at the young man, then looks at his
peaceful flock, and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?"
young man steps out of his car holding a state-of-the-art palmtop
pda, with which he proceeds to connects to a series of websites,
first calling up satellite navigation system to pinpoint his
location, then keying in the location to generate an ultra-high
resolution picture of the field. After emailing the photo to an
image processing facility, the processed data is returned, which he
then feeds into an online database, and enters the parameters for a
report. Within another few seconds a miniature printer in the car
produces a full colour report containing several pages of analysis
and results. The young man studies the data for a few more seconds
and returns to the shepherd.
have exactly one-thousand five-hundred and eighty-six sheep,
including three rams, and seven-hundred and twenty-two lambs."
"That's right," says the shepherd, mildly impressed. "Well, I guess
that means you get to take one of my sheep."
young man makes his choice and loads the animal onto the back seat
of his car, at which the shepherd says, almost as an afterthought,
"Hey there, if I can tell you what your business is, will you give
me back my sheep?"
young man, feeling confident, agrees.
"You're a IT consultant," says the shepherd.
that's right," says the young man, taken aback, "How did you guess
guessing required," answers the shepherd, "You showed up here even
though nobody called you. You took a fee for giving me an answer
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The CMA Awards are literally just a couple nights away! EEEEEK! The excitement is building! So many things to look forward to on the show….one being Carrie Underwood's many outfit changes! She recently sat down with People.com .
The "Church Bells" singer talked about how they chose clothes for the big night….this year some mini dresses, ball gowns and more…and she dished on how they get those quick changes! She said her record was in 2012 when she had to make a change in 40 seconds! NOW THAT IS FAST!
She said,
"When we get the running order of the show, we're like, 'Okay these are complicated so we're gonna need more time,' so we try to just plan where things that might need a little more time get a little more time," she explains. "And there are easy changes, like, 'Oh, we have five minutes, that's a lifetime in TV-quick-change world. We make the time count."
Sounds like it takes just about as much planning as the monologue! Can't wait to see this years dresses! Tune in Wednesday November 8th on ABC!