Beatles Rock Band

September was a big month for The Beatles in the gaming world when The Beatles Rock Band hit the market. I went crazy over it during a sneak peek at E3, and was not disappointed when I got my own copy. Although The Beatles have not always been so chummy with tech, times are a-changing as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band makes its way to The Beatles: Rock Band music store tomorrow for your Xbox 360 and Wii systems, and will be available on your PS3 on Nov. 19!

Although I'd love to, I can't really throw down for their special edition digital collection, so I'm stoked at least to get to play along on one of my favorite games. To see how much each track from the album will set you back, just read more

• Apple has redesigned the iMac and 13-inch MacBook and spiced up the Mac Mini — Apple
• The Beatles have helped boost the music video-game industry — Reuters
• Barnes & Noble expected to unveil reader — AP
• Droid lacks Apple's secret weapon . . . iTunes — CNET
• Google tweaks Voice to keep voicemail out of search results — PC World
• Can you read your robot's emotional state? — Crave
• Why not carve a geeked-out pumpkin? — Unplggd

• Steve Jobs tells David Pogue why the iPod Touch didn't get a video cam — The New York Times
• Six video games that give you permission to be naughty and bad — Green Pixels
• The iPhone and iPod Touch OS 3.1 is now available for download — The Boy Genius Report
• The Chip Chick ladies check out Beatles Rock Band — Chip Chick
• Thanks to Oprah, we can all get $100 off a new MyTouch 3G — Engadget
• It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game ever bracket! — GeekSugar

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Until Sept. 9, I'm fairly sure I won't not be freaking out about every little tidbit of information on Beatles Rock Band, and the following is no exception: Kotaku reports that the game will feature an all-singing mode.

This news comes after previous rumors of a Singstar version with Beatles songs, which have also been dispelled.

While that would have also been awesome, the all-singing feature still sounds hot; in fact, there may even be special microphone packs for the Beatles game. Stay tuned.

The countdown to September 9 has begun. That's the date Beatles Rock Band is released, and until then, I can't get enough of the stunning videos of the game that are serving as teasers.

The latest is this "music video" for "Ticket to Ride" — which also gives you another look at what game play will be like. Screaming, freaking out fans? That's so going to up my game.

So I can say this now, but I was really, really nervous that Beatles: Rock Band was not going to do my favorite band of all-time justice. Then I saw the trailer and was bolstered with hope. And then of course, I experienced it at E3 and all my potential disappointment wasted away. I will be buying this game, and my neighbors will be banging on my walls to get me to stop singing Hard Day's Night.

If you still have any doubts, check out this gorgeous new video — a veritable history of the Beatles, in animated form — that IGN created. However the game turns out, IGN has been working hard to please legions of devoted fans.

So for hard-core Beatles fans like myself, tell me — did the Rock Band game ever give you pause over whether it would live up to the band's legacy?