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Game spawns ‘Hero’ wannabes
TORONTO — They may have mastered their domain in the real world, but in the virtual landscape of ‘‘Guitar Hero,’’ rock legends are no better — and sometimes far worse — than the amateurs.
‘‘I play guitar good, I just kind of suck at the game ‘Guitar Hero,’’’ Poison frontman Bret Michaels admits in a promotional video for the hit video game franchise in which players press buttons and a strum bar on a fake electric guitar in time with popular rock songs.
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