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Our 'Rock Band' needs some practice

The video music game Rock Band has built a Christmas-season buzz among gamers and the less technically inclined. Kai Ryssdal and some Marketplace rockers checked it out with Kevin Pereira from G4 television.

Kai Ryssdal sings along to Rock Band video game in the Marketplace studios. (Richard Core)

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