Harmonix raises our hopes and crushes them, custom content still unlikely

From the beginning of the meteoric rise in popularity of games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero people have clamored for a way to create and upload their own content. Valiant attempts have been made to fill the user created content shaped void in our hearts, some coming closer to a solid and easy solution than others, yet sadly, all have fallen short in their noble goal.  Freshman effort Freetar Hero offered a way to create custom content but kept you locked to a keyboard and monitor; a Guitar Hero 2 hack brought us closer (and likely the closest we’ll get) but was a fairly daunting task that, let’s face it, a lot of people weren’t up to facing.  It seemed like the custom content dream had died.
However, in a recent interview, Harmonix’s VP of Product Development Greg LoPiccolo, in response to a question regarding the feasibility of custom […]

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