Rock Band Stage Kit?

[Kamalot]

What does your band need more than roadies, a PR firm and a bigger bus? How about an interactive light show for those sold-out venues? GameStop has up on their site the Rock Band Stage Kit (http://gizmodo.com/344301/rock-band-stage-kit-gives-you-smoke-lights-asthma) to help fulfill your rock fantasies with a fog machine and lights that are supposed to interact with your game.

The yet-to-be-launched peripheral kit was spotted on GameStop's website, retailing for $99.99, all we know is it will include an interactive light and smoke show. Sure, you may think such a kit is totally unnecessary, but you would be wrong, like you were about that "chick" not being a transvestite.

What could be greater than being that bit closer to your rock'n'roll dream? You did stop to notice you are chucking out pseudo riffs on a big, fake plastic guitar, right? Call me an ass, but I'll be in line—it's an interactive light and smoke show, man. Oh, the joy. The screen-cap details the kit shall be dropping on 23rd June, which cannot come to soon for me. Eat my synthetic smoke...wait, let me turn the smoke alarms off and get ready for some self-inflicted bronchial bashing.

I've noticed how interactive the lights are in the on-screen concerts. I wonder if the Stage Kit will utilize this game data by plugging into the USB port, or if it will simply react to the sounds coming out of your speakers.

[Abednigo]

Now that seems like a colossal waste of $100.

[Psykoboy2]

I think we mentioned this on EAR way back in September. At the time, we were told Pelican would be making it, but now it seems to be a GameStop thing.

[Codicier]

Holy, expensive pile of crap I have nowhere to store, batman!

[Dr.Finger]

I really don't think putting stage smoke in the hands of gamers is a very good idea.

[Roc Ingersol]

I get close enough to an epileptic seizure from the lights in-game. I don't really need to press my luck there, thanks.

It would be neat to see the protocol for this merged with a mod project like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkyrcW24USI) though (GH + christmas lights).

[Rommel]

The yet-to-be-launched peripheral kit was spotted on GameStop's website, retailing for $99.99, all we know is it will include an interactive light and smoke show. Sure, you may think such a kit is totally unnecessary, but you would be wrong, like you were about that "chick" not being a transvestite.

Who told you?!

[CptTripps]

This is not the everyday gamer kit for sure. One market for this would be Bars, if your town is like mine you will have local watering holes that have GH or RB competitions and what not. I think it would be pretty kickass, add to the overall experience, and be a cheap way for a bar owner to spice up RB night.

[Dr.Finger]

Okay, I'm going to be marketing my own Rock Band accessory kit, which includes

Foil wrapped cucumber
Special shampoo to treat crabs
"No Fat Chicks" T-Shirt
Sawdust to absorb vomit
Bedazzler

[protocol_image]

Foil wrapped cucumber

I love you.

[Abednigo]

Okay, I'm going to be marketing my own Rock Band accessory kit, which includes

Foil wrapped cucumber


Well they do have armadillos in their trousers. It's really quite frightening.

[gzsfrk]

If this is a peripheral programmed to respond specifically per song, then it could be a really cool, great value. But if it's just sound-responsive, I think I'll pass.

[TrackZero]

Interesting IMHO. Especially if you hack it so that the triggers set off fireworks instead of the smoke machine.....

[BGSS]

I think we mentioned this on EAR way back in September. At the time, we were told Pelican would be making it, but now it seems to be a GameStop thing.

Pelican makes all of the GameStop brand accessories so this would make sense. Next time you are at GameStop, check the back of a GameStop accessory package and you'll see the pelican logo.

[Phanto]

The funny thing about this??
- Someone always buy it.