This is one of the many reasons why I really enjoy this job: one day, you're
talking turkey with a psychologist who's dealing with serious addiction issues, and the next, you're writing about
Night Elves in Guitar Hero 5. Personally, I prefer
Harmonix's new Beatles game, but there's no denying that the character customization system in our very own Activision-Blizzard's
Guitar Hero 5 is extremely complex. So much so that Artair on Doomhammer was actually able to
make a pretty respectable-looking Night Elf male with the system.
Which really just makes it much more ridiculous that this thing could be playing onstage with none
other than Kurt Cobain. But we'll let that one go -- if you've found a way to get any other
Warcraft characters jamming in Guitar Hero (or any other game with an in-depth character creator), be sure to
send us a tip and some pics.
Tags: activision-blizzard, beatles, character-customization, competition, customization, guitar-hero-5, harmonix, kurt-cobain, music-games, night-elf, night-elves, system, the-beatles-rock-band
Filed under: Night Elves, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Humor, Screenshots, NPCs, Fan art
Sep 10th 2009 at 1:00PM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Nieker Sep 10th 2009 1:10PM
rofl
mtsadowski Sep 10th 2009 1:45PM
lol - slow news day, eh?
Jon Do Sep 10th 2009 1:15PM
Yeah I have GH World Tour, but passed on GH5.
But I was the first one in line at midnight for The Beatle Rock Band. Love the game so far!!
And the new controllers are awesome; the guitar is smooth and silent (no clicking, no squeaks).
VoLiTioN Sep 10th 2009 1:13PM
Astroturfing ftl.
johnthediver Sep 10th 2009 1:33PM
I really want Rock Band: The Beatles, but $250 for a console game (we do not have nay previous RB game so no guitar, drums etc) is a little unrealistic for me.
Jon Do Sep 10th 2009 1:34PM
@VoLiTioN
Sorry dude.
You're right.
We only talk about WoW on wow.com
My bad.
Jon Do Sep 10th 2009 1:38PM
@johnthediver
At Wal-Mart they had a special value edition Beatles Rock Band for $150 with mike, drums, and a guitar.
...
Oops.
There I go again, talking about something other than WoW.
Superthrust Sep 10th 2009 2:23PM
Jon Do, NEW GUITAR?! Hell, i might get it after all!
Jon Do Sep 10th 2009 1:14PM
Oh, and you heard it here first:
GH5 paid faction transfer - coming Soon(TM)!
NE-to-Tauren, that's the ticket!!
Tumleren Sep 10th 2009 5:27PM
Omg, I read that as EU Faction Changes, practically gave me a heart attack
Damn you and my wishful thinking!
Faar Sep 10th 2009 1:30PM
This is what happens when you have a fat, greedy, money-loving douchebag like Bobby Kotick running your company. First malformed night elves in guitar hero, next kiddie lunchboxes with tauren and orc motifs, next the saturday morning cartoon starring Varian Wrynn (available as a 5" plastic action figure; $29.95), and so on goes the overexploitation of the WoW IP.
johnthediver Sep 10th 2009 1:35PM
I would so rock the Orc lunchbox, but only if it came with a thermos I could put my soup in too.
Aarkan Sep 10th 2009 1:38PM
You seem to be misunderstanding the situation or are being sarcastic. Assuming you're genuine there isn't a "Night Elf" on the character selection but the pictures are of a player-made character. In GH5 (and gh4 and rb1 and 2) you can create your own rocker and customize their looks. It's just coincidence that this was done using an Activision product.
Lemons Sep 10th 2009 1:44PM
I would watch that cartoon and eat from that lunchbox...
Faar Sep 10th 2009 1:47PM
@ Aarkan:
I was under the impression the "Night elf" was built into the game. Glad to hear I was mistaken!
Still, I'm entirely convinced Bobby creams his pants daily at the thought of merchandising WoW out the wazoo. He's merely biding his time until the movie hits, I suppose...
mtsadowski Sep 10th 2009 1:48PM
Do the cartoon in the same style as the old He-Man series.
Faar Sep 10th 2009 1:50PM
He-Man?
NNOOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!
Ryuker Sep 10th 2009 1:31PM
Ugh.
Just ugh.
Nuu Sep 10th 2009 1:40PM
The only way this would be totally awesome is if you can make a female gnome. THEN it would be totally cool.
The Hammer Sep 10th 2009 1:43PM
"our very own Activision-Blizzard's"
Yes, I'm not sure what percentage of WOW players would say similar to this...