When Harmonix announced that they were developing a Rock Band title for the PSP, I was intrigued;  How could they replicate the experience of playing Rock Band, an inherently social game, for a portable system, which, while not out of intention necessarily, is designed for solo play?  For that matter, how could they design an instrument-based game for a system for which you can’t actually use any instrument peripherals?

Short answer:  They didn’t.  Long answer:  They didn’t, but this is still a great game.

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With the end of the year in sight, one cannot help but give in to tradition and present some kind of look back on all that has gone on over the last twelve months.  2008 was a year that hit some really high highs, and some really low lows, and I’m not just talking about in gaming.  Fortunately, we’re only here to talk about the games, so that makes things a little easier.  With that in mind, let’s see what our Spectacle Rock team thought about the year that was…

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