The Romantics sue ‘Guitar Hero’ maker – CNN.com

The band’s attorneys tell the Detroit Free Press for Thursday’s edition that Activision properly secured permission to use “What I Like About You,” allowing it to record a cover version.

But they say by creating an imitation so much like the Romantics’ original, the California-based company infringed on the group’s rights to its own likeness.

What I don’t like about you, Romantics, is that you seem to have missed the whole point.

And I have come to the following conclusions:

• I want to be able to make a single multi-instrumentalist character.
• I need to fire my drummer. Or just break up the band and get a new one. 😉 The kids can’t quite hack it…

 So sayeth Virtual Worlds News, based on a Google translation of an article.

The questions are where and why. Such a move may make sense in Korea, where a number of factors make it a much easier sell:

• massive penetration into the market, which creates a built-in audience
• widespread use of ActiveX controls, which means little consumer opposition to downloads of plugins
• higher-speed connectivity, which means downloads are far less of a concern

Here? Probably less sense, given that the adoption of Cyworld hasn’t set the country on fire. On the other hand, perhaps the logic is that this market demands higher quality visual experiences.  We’ll have to wait and hear more.

Three Hundred :: Three Hundred Mechanics

Good for Sean Howard! A project to create 300 distinct new game ideas. My favorite idea from that page was the white noise one. And behold! Sean Barrett DID make a game of it.