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realism in play  When Power Gig: Rise of the SixString rocks
onto the scene, it will put an actual guitar into video gamers'
hands.  March 10, 2010|By Randy Lewis >>>   • AX WOMAN: Beca
Sizzle is a character in Seven45 Studios-designed game expected
in the fall. AX WOMAN: Beca Sizzle is a character in Seven45
Studios-designed game expected… (PowerGig )  Ask any musician
what's wrong with video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band and
you'll get some variation of this response: If gamers spent half
as much time with a real instrument as they did pushing plastic
buttons on a toy version, they could become musicians instead of
just mimicking them.  That argument has been heard loud and
clear at Seven45 Studios in Boston, where game designers have
come up with Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, which puts a
genuine electric guitar into players' hands, allowing them to
unplug from the game, hook up to an amplifier and rock for real.
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