On the last Tuesday of last month, Jeff MacIsaac leaned out of the window of the DJ booth at River Gods in Cambridge and announced it was time to start another “Rock Band” video game night. Many, many bars have “Rock Band” nights – it’s been described as the new karaoke – but River Gods is the only one in the world that can include this in its announcement:
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“If you want,” intoned MacIsaac, who is in charge of the entertainment at the bar, “you can play with some of the makers of the game.”
For the hardcore gamer, it’s a bit like getting to watch “Star Wars” with George Lucas – a chance for cult followers to get geeky with the brains behind their obsession. By 10 p.m., when MacIsaac kicked it off, a capacity crowd of about 50 people, beers in hand, had already filled the sign-up sheets, ready to get their shot on the virtual stage of this three-hour rock fest.
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