LAS VEGAS – As popular as Guitar Hero and Rock Band are, the games elicit winces from some musicians who've taken the time to learn to play instruments rather than their plastic imitations.

Photo: Dave Einsel/Wired.com * Guitar Hero is turning some gamers into actual guitar players. With more than 14 million units sold in North America since the videogame's release in 2005 ...

Guitar Hero was easily one of the best things to happen ... Fortunately, the days of wired guitar controllers are over, at least for the PS2 (sorry 360 peeps, you'll be getting a wired guitar ...

Ten years after the introduction of the original Guitar Hero, Activision has announced ... Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman told analysts (via Wired), “The amount being paid to the music industry ...

UPDATE* Xbox Live's favorite, Major Nelson, reported back from X06 after trying out Red Octane's version of Guitar Hero for Xbox 360 ... for the X360 will be wired." The "initial" controller?

The game comes with a wired guitar, a drum set ... I'm happy to report that the wireless Guitar Hero 3 controller works perfectly with Rock Band; the game recognized the controller instantly.

November 12 is the estimated Guitar Hero III ship date for Aspyr's computer-eating port, coming with an Xplorer wired guitar for $79.99.

A Twitch streamer pits themselves against an intense Guitar Hero challenge and while reacting ... but both include Hall Effect analog navigation sticks, wired and wireless functionality, RGB ...

Guitar Hero and Rock Band are still the two biggest ... and a microphone that plugs into the console — the only wired part of the ensemble. For better or worse, the instruments feel exactly ...