JamLegend - Free Online Guitar Brilliance

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JamLegend - Free Online Guitar Brilliance

I want to be able to play guitar before I die. Of course, I also want to play the harmonica, piano, get a great voice and learn C++, amongst other things.

So, for the time being, I guess I'll have to settle for digital jamming.

Guitar Hero and Rock Band are great, but also very pricey - even more so than most games because of the controllers.

Luckily there are plenty of free alternatives. In the past, we already discussed Frets On Fire and several other rythmic flash games to groove up your day, and today we have yet another great "guitar game" on presentation.

JamLegend

Reader, meet JamLegend. Meet, and fall in love with it.

JamLegend is an online rythm game, perfect for jamming away in a browser of your choice. You can try to top your own scores, ascend in level and unlock features, or face other players from all over the world.

Many of you - especially those from the scene - might already know JamLegend. It's already been around quite long in closed Beta, and opened up to the public some time ago.

Play Songs, Duels or Showdowns

There are three main game modes that ought to be taken into consideration.

First, and the most obvious one, is playing by song. Browse the immensive list of available songs by title or artist and rock out! You'll be facing one of the site's bots to increase the competition. Practice your playing, and work yourself up in the highscores.

When you've set a decent highscore, you can challenge one of your friends for a duel. This will simply give them a chance to better your score. It's not exactly a face-to-face duel, but it provides an easy check to see who's the better one of you, and also avoids any possible schedule conflicts.

If you however prefer the more… social approach, and really crave that face-to-face aspect of duelling, you can clench your thirst with a showdown.

Showdown mode isn't limited to friends, so you can jam with anyone on ...

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