You know what’s awesome about Harmonix? They’re truly committed to the idea ofRock Bandas a music platform. (Of course, that doesn’t includeThe Beatles: Rock Band, but I think most of us can agree thatBeatlesis much better off as a self-contained ecosystem — it’d be pretty damn silly to seeRock Band 2’s Fritzi Kostopoulos drumming along to “Come Together.”)LEGO Rock Bandis the newest addition to the family, and forten bucks, you’ll be able toexport all of the on-disc songsto your hard drive.
The process works the other way around, too — but with an interesting wrinkle.LEGO Rock Bandwill be able to read the DLC songs on your PS3/360 hard drive, and it’ll let you play “family-friendly” tracks in the game. (They’ll show up in the song select screen as regular old DLC.) Don’t worry; this doesn’t limit you to stuff like SpongeBob SquarePants’ “The Best Day Ever.” As long as a song doesn’t contain objectionable material — such as, say, “Beethoven’s C*nt” by Serj Tankian — it’ll be fine. For example, “Baba O’Riley” by The Who isn’t what you’d call a kids’ song, but it wouldn’t make your grandmother blush or anything, so it’s playable inLEGO Rock Band.
In addition,LEGO Rock Bandwill include its own music store, which will only sell songs that fall under the same age-appropriate guidelines. (LEGO Rock Bandis rated “E10+” for “Everyone 10 and older.”) Plus, since a lot of the DLC has already been censored for the “T” for “Teen” rating ofRBandRB2, you’ll have more songs to choose from than you might expect — the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Sir Psycho Sexy,” for instance, is pretty much an instrumental as it is. So even if your pre-teen son starts scrolling through theLEGO Rock BandMusic Store when you’re not home, he won’t be able to buy anything that might cause him to ask you where babies come from.
Our fullLEGO Rock Bandpreview will be up in an hour — be sure to check it out!
