In 2011, Ubisoft paved a bold, innovative trail in the rhythm game genre with the release of Rocksmith on Xbox 360 and PS3. Instead of simulated instruments and button-based patterns like Guitar Hero ...

Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.

Very recently, I rediscovered — no, fell in love all over again — with the video game that turns players into music maestros: Rocksmith. If you’ve never heard of it, Rocksmith is, for the most part, ...