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Popularity rank 6 #266. Guitar Hero: Jumpstart Malady

September 5, 2009

TONY: So... great! Good to go. We'll make GUITAR HERO: JUMPSTART MALADY.
KEVIN: Awesome! My kid's gonna FREAK... how long'll this take?

BOBBY KOTICK: Well, each of our band editions is very SPECIAL to us, of course, but we've got over 17 in the pipeline. So by now it only takes...

BOBBY KOTICK: Scott, how long did GUITAR HERO: LEN take us?
SCOTT OF ACTIVISION: OH... about 3 man-hours.

KEVIN: Sweet! So we can knock this out by 6 o'CLOCK...
BOBBY KOTICK: Now, YOUR game will have more than one SONG in it though...

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Popularity rank 7 #263. Meeting Alex Rigopulos

September 2, 2009

TONY: OK, Kevin Edo, this is ALEX RIGOPULOS, CEO of Harmonix. They make ROCK BAND.
KEVIN: Hi Alex, I wanna get our music in your game, man.

ALEX RIGOPULOS: Um... Yeah, sorry. Your sound just isn't what our game is about.
KEVIN: ExCUSE me?! Do you know who I AM?!

ALEX RIGOPULOS: Yeah. I DO. You're like a more boring CHRIS MARTIN. And our game skews indie. So SCREW you.
KEVIN: Wh- Screw YOU!!

ALEX RIGOPULOS: And Anthony, you TOLD me this was a meeting with the guy from GRIZZLY BEAR!
KEVIN: GAH! What is it with everyone and GRIZZLY BEAR!!

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Popularity rank 8 #262. Get me in Rock Band

August 30, 2009

KEVIN: ANTHONY! Why are Jumpstart Malady songs not in the Rock Band video game?
TONY: Well, for starters, you never LET me sell you to video games.

KEVIN: What? WHY?!
TONY: You've always said were scared of people "Napstering your lime wires".

KEVIN: What does that even MEAN?!
TONY: I do NOT know.

KEVIN: Anthony, GET ME IN ROCK BAND!! My KID will LOVE me if I'm in ROCK BAND!
TEDDY: I promise NOTHING.

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Popularity rank 9 #261. Are my songs hard to win?

August 29, 2009

KEVIN: So you're pretty good at this game, huh?
KEVIN: Yeah, I'm OK.

KEVIN: I've never actually played this. Are my songs hard to win?
KEVIN: They don't have any Jumpstart Malady stuff on here, dad.

KEVIN: I wonder why not...
KEVIN: Well, perhaps they recognize how mind-numbingly VAPID, VACUOUS and VACANT your songs are.

KEVIN: ExCUSE me?
KEVIN: I'm sorry... Did my alliteration confuse you?

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Popularity rank 10 #168. Focus

September 11, 2008

ROGER THE MANAGER: Look, Dan, you're my best employee, but you seem slightly more... focused... on your band than your work here at Kinko's.

DAN: Maybe I should hold my guitar more VERTICAL when I solo... pretend it's a SWORD...

DAN: ...swing it around like Kratos in GOD OF WAR... my Blade of Chaos... MUSICAL chaos... ooo, MUSICHAOS!!!
ROGER THE MANAGER: Dan?

DAN: ...oh, hey look! ... Roger's here! ...
ROGER THE MANAGER: (sigh) All right, I'm just gonna leave the room now, Dan...

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