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Massachusetts Guv Brags About Guitar Hero

By gamepolitics

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) did a little bragging on Guitar Hero at a town hall meeting  in Arlington on Monday night.

Patrick, who lobbied game publishers to relocate to Massachusetts during a West Coast junket in February, was enthusiastic about the state's economic prospects during his talk with citizens, according to Wicked Local Arlington:

This is not your father's [Route] 128. You know that [video game] ‘Guitar Hero'? That was invented here. It was built here.

Route 128 is well-known as a technology corridor in Massachusetts. Guitar Hero creator Harmonix is based in Cambridge.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).