'Guitar Hero' truck sighted in New York City
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Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com)
Last week, the Guitar Hero truck was on the streets of San Francisco. This Saturday, it was spotted across the country in Manhattan's crowded Union Square, outside the Virgin Megastore.
(For the sake of environmental awareness and fuel efficiency, I hope it wasn't actually the same truck.)
The truck is equipped with giant video screens and speakers so that random passersby can participate in the wildly successful video game that, as I'm sure you know already, lets you rip it up to the tune of classic, and not-as-classic, rock songs from artists ranging from Cheap Trick to the Donnas.
So why is a moving van making random stops in U.S. cities and encouraging people to dork out to "Sweet Child O' Mine?" It's a Microsoft-backed effort to promote the availability of the Guitar Hero II game for its Xbox 360 console. No word on where the trucks will be headed next--so keep an eye out for 'em.
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
- For the sake of environmental awareness and fuel efficiency...
- by CentrOS April 28, 2007 1:09 PM PDT
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- Seriously...
- by edfaulkner April 28, 2007 7:49 PM PDT
- Caroline, keep the knee-jerk perceived "politically correct"
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- It was a pretty stupid thing to say
- by drukenhard April 29, 2007 5:16 AM PDT
- Imagine how much polution would be created by having a 2nd
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Cool truck. Coming to Dallas one day? :-)
truck built, fitted with all the gear and spraypainted!
All the plastics in it are made in factories using petro-chemical
processes which I'm certain would give off more carbon than a
diesel truck going across the country.
Could have been running on bio-diesel for all they know!
Bloody stupid thing to say, stupid wanna-be-do-gooder-loser!