A new twist to the popular music game genre will bring players one step closer to the rock icons they seek to emulate — Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring features a guitar controller with real strings (instead of buttons).

The game, developed by Seven45 Studios, was announced on Tuesday at the beginning of the Game Developers Conference. Power Gig is similar to other music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and features “beat-match” style play in which players must match the onscreen beats with their instruments.

There will also be a new mode of play that requires players to depress certain strings in order to play actual chords — the same chords that players will then be able to play outside of the game.

Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring will be a great option for people who enjoy Guitar Hero-type games, but who don’t want to spend a lot of extra money on an otherwise useless game controller. The guitars in Power Gig will come in a variety of sizes and will feature standard quarter-inch instrument jacks — which means you’ll be able to plug these babies into a regular amp and play real music. The guitars have a dampener near the pickup that will raise up during video game play (so the strings don’t make sounds) and lower for actual guitar playing.

If learning to play guitar isn’t your thing — and playing Rock Band is — the game will also be playable with Rock Band and Guitar Hero guitar-controllers. Likewise, Rock Band and Guitar Hero will also be compatible with the Power Gig controller.

Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring is scheduled to be released this fall for PS3 and Xbox 360, and will also come as a “band bundle” with a set of drums and a microphone (still in production). Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but it will be priced similar to other games of its type — which is anywhere from $70 to $200. There’s no word on what the official licensed tunes will be like, either.

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Buddhism has largely remained the same over the past few centuries, but a group of monks in Japan are spicing things up by turning to alcohol and rap music to lure in followers.

The monks are calling it Buddhism 2010, the CNN reported.

Kansho Tagai, a Buddhist monk, believes it’s time to change for the future and doesn’t mind if it means dropping the chants and bringing on the rap music. Tagai also prefers to go by his street name Mr. Happiness.

Many argue that the Buddhist mantra is hard to understand, but if it’s interpreted in a modern way sung as a rap, then more young people might accept the Buddhist faith, according to Tagai.

“Getting the young people back to religion is key to Buddhism’s survival,” Tagai told CNN. “In Japan, it’s a religion in crisis.”

Each year, hundreds of temples close in Japan and it’s a similar struggle seen by other religions around the world.

Another idea that monks hope will help get more young people involved is mixing faith with fun at something called the Monk Bar.

This modern day bar serves up alcoholic drinks while teaching the Buddhist mantra, according to Zenshin Fujioka.

“This is closer to what Buddhism was intended to be,” Zenshin said. “Today’s temples are disconnected from the ordinary person.”

Like most monks, Zenshin is trained in an ancient language most Japanese don’t quite understand, but in a modern bar setting, the monks say the faithful talk at ease about their problems.

While many traditionalists may criticise these moves, it seems their ideas are paying off.

“Twice as many people, especially the young, are visiting the temple,” Tagai said. “Other monks are even calling me up for advice.”