Though the likes of Activision's Guitar Hero and EA's Rock Band feature itty bitty guitar-shaped controllers so you can air-guitar without the air bit, the Fisher-Price I Can Play Guitar is likewise a guitar controller-based game except it actually teaches guitar.

Hmmm... walks like a duck, quacks like a clavier. Turns out, the Piano Wizard is no toy, it just looks that way -- and only if you put cute little stickers on it. Otherwise, it's a bang-on computerized piano teacher.

You're dating yourself if you remember the days of Andy Summers, on tour as guitarist for The Police, toting along with his fine self an effects rack no smaller than a three-story apartment block with parking out back. You'll also recall his Goliath d'Electronica was a) cool, and b) ridiculous. We've come a long way since making Roxanne sexy. Line 6's PODxt crams Roxanne into a toaster and leaves room for all her friends.

Modern Drummer's new 25 Year Digital Archive essentially represents the entire history of drumming in a physically small/digitally massive package.