Guitar Hero Oral History Reveals Devs Thought The Guitar Controller Was Stupid

The original Guitar Hero team reportedly thought the guitar controller was a "stupid" idea. We gained this and other insights from Vice's report on the game's history. RedOctane and Harmonix were the dynamic duo responsible for Guitar Hero. RedOctane started as a video game rental service in the vein of GameFly, but made the pivot to manufacturing peripherals, specifically DDR dance mats, after the dot com bubble burst. Harmonix was the brainchild of two MIT grads who wanted to create ways for