{"id":1537,"date":"2025-10-26T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/how-guitar-hero-made-everybody-a-rock-star\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:41:11","slug":"how-guitar-hero-made-everybody-a-rock-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/how-guitar-hero-made-everybody-a-rock-star\/","title":{"rendered":"How Guitar Hero made everybody a rock star"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Artboard-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0Sharp Dressed Man,\u00a0\u00bb by ZZ Top. Hard on a good day, Medium when my friends were over, Expert once and then never ever again. That was my <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> sweet spot. And for years, it seemed like everybody had one. The plastic guitar controllers became a staple of living rooms everywhere, and the songs &#8211; from big bands, small bands, and bands that didn&rsquo;t even actually exist &#8211; became huge hits. Long before TikTok was the most important thing in music, getting your track on a <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> setlist could change your life forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/versionhistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this episode of <em>Version History<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>we go through the whole history of <em>Guitar Hero. <\/em>The story begins in arcades in Japan, \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/806168\/guitar-hero-game-version-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Sharp Dressed Man,\u00a0\u00bb by ZZ Top. 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