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[grindmonkeh]

Handbell HERO!

This is actually closer to playing music than Guitar Hero, but you don't feel quite as cool as you do when you're holding that cheap plastic guitar with five buttons. Come to think of it...I felt highly uncool those few times standing in Wal-Mart playing the Guitar Hero game they have on display...holding that cheap little toy guitar with five buttons. We'll be opening up our Wii and Guitar Hero III in a few days, so worst case scenario I'll have a new tool to belittle the abilities of my children. Seriously...I'll bet it would be loads of fun if I had no clue how to play a real guitar. Maybe in the future they'll have similar games that teach real guitar through a fun cock-out-rock-out interface. There would be pre-teen guitar virtuosos roaming the planet in hordes.

My co-workers and I chipped in and bought our boss a usb drum kit. I've gotta get one now...and if only they had Drum Hero...and this....

Comments

[xmoviebrainx.livejournal.com]

I think you'd get a real kick out of the South Park episode called "Guitar queer-o", I think that's what it was.

I'm also told Rockband is really great if you don't really dig guitar-only stuff.

[prissela.livejournal.com]

The SP episode was grrrreat!

And yes, Rock Band is amazing. I was a drummer in another life!

ROCK BAND RULES!

[charasan.livejournal.com]

Funny I should see this. Derek bought a game for his PS3 called Rock Band (it's all him and Andy did while I was there for Christmas). It's Guitar Hero with a separate drum set to drum along, the guitar doubles as a bass for a "Bass Hero" type deal, and you can even use a USB mike to sing along for score (it measures your pitch I guess...you don't have to actually SING if you don't want to). And the instruments can be played together with multiple people. Andy was on guitar while Derek played the drums...and yes, one of the songs on the list was "Don't Fear the Reaper"...I offered to play the cowbell, but no USB cowbell...yet.

[charasan.livejournal.com]

You see, this is what I get for not reading any previous posts before posting. Oh well, you get the gist. :P