Reunion tour

The old gods of Guitar Hero are resurrecting the rhythm game, along with RedOctane

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The rhythm game genre didn't begin with Guitar Hero, but RedOctane's series, between 2005 and 2010 in particular, represents its point of peak popularity. In retrospect, Guitar Hero couldn't have arrived at a more auspicious time. Bands such as Muse, The Killers and Arctic Monkeys dominated the mid-'00s charts. MySpace provided garage bands with a platform for sharing their music while an emergent YouTube served as a showcase for videogame players' personal highlight reels the speedrun, the Halo 2 frag compilation and the flawless performance of Through The Fire And The Flames are all icons of the age. If you liked rock music and videogames, and you were a typical adolescent, eager to show off in front of your friends and maybe the Internet there was Guitar Hero.