RockBand Design Philosophies: These are the overarching design goals we had in mind while making Rock Band. At least, I think these were the design goals. Other people may have other opinions.

^ Real Rock. Nothing cliched. There is just something about waking up in a pool of your own vomit that feels cliche and fake. On the other hand, getting a 1 person motel room and sneaking the entire band and support crew in there is real. Landing a recording contract and getting rich is cliche. Getting recorded with a tiny local record company and hearing yourself on college radio for the first time is real. Writhing groupies is cliche. That one strange-but-nice guy who shows up to every gig your band plays is real. This is why you won't find The Statue of Liberty plastered across our New York venues... that's not what it is like to gig in New York.

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