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Location: Chicago | The Guitar Hero video thing.... I am totally ignorant but, it seems like stealing a slice of life: you have a "virtuoso" IN THIS CLIP who has spent countless hours mastering a fancy joy-stick when he coulda been playing for real. Am I missing something? |
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Location: south east Michigan | I might not be up to speed on my Milton but isn't there a quote about... "Rather rule in hell than serve in heaven"...??? |
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| Greg, the fact that you just don't get it is in fact your qualification as a member of this senior citizen's club we call the OFC. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Slipkid:
I might not be up to speed on my Milton but isn't there a quote about... "Rather rule in hell than serve in heaven"...??? You watch too much Star Trek..... |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | From the way his fingers move, I think that kid can play real guitar also. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | ngaghchuqbogh loDpu' be'pu' ghap DIbvaD wo'lIj vuD nuq?
Speaking Klingon is a lot like talking like a Pirate, only geekier. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
From the way his fingers move, I think that kid can play real guitar also. I don't know... it's a completely different type of hand/brain coordination. After I play the game for any length of time (which is not often), it takes me a few minutes to readjust to playing the guitar. YMMV. |
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Location: Montana | I and my 15 year old son have the same reaction - why waste your time mastering this when you can play a real guitar. But my hope is that many of these kids will eventually tire of the game and move on to the real deal.
Last night one of the news shows did a story on guitar hero with the spin that it was connecting parents and kids because so many of the songs are the old classics. They even had Joe Perry of Aerosmith and his son on. Joe admits that he plays the game but his son always kicks his butt ... |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I just don't see how this game has anything to do with playing guitar. The two skills are completely different. You can be the all time Grand Master guitar hero player, and still not have the slightest idea how to play guitar. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | According to Slash in an interview on Conan, playing a guitar is a detriment. He loved the game, but said it was real hard to get used to NOT wanting to play the riffs that you want the way you want, like it's a guitar. |
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Location: NJ | ". . According to Slash in an interview on Conan, playing a guitar is a detriment . ."
Well, THERE's a stupid comment!
(not you Miles, . . Slash)
You're playing a "game" that EMULATES playing guitar, but having the necessary skill(s) to PLAY a guitar is a "handicap", and instead of attempting to INSTILL those skills, you invest time/energy in developing/honing a DIFFERENT skill-set that has absolutely NO value whatsoever when (if ever) the stupid thing is switched "off".
Basically, the musical equivalent of JunkFood.
(do they list "High-Fructose Corn Syrup" anywhere on the box?? . . for what it's "worth", they SHOULD). |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Welcome to another issue in the cyber-pub we call the OFC. Todays rant featuring prominent members of the C.O.B. (cranky old bastards)
I played one of those games, I think it was the one with a whole band because my buddy was playing psuedo-drums while his teenson and I were playing psuedo-guitars. They both kicked my butt.
The kid can't play guitar. My buddy can't play drums. (but he was a decent piano player decades ago) It's an Apples and Orange juice thing.
I found the game boring....but I'm like that with things on which I display no instant natural ability. :rolleyes:
Y'kin enjoy a poker OR a bridge tournament, but don't try to say which is "better."
Some of us might be a little P.O.d because our skills (?) on guitar don't translate to the game. Just like it's not that hard to skin a bridge player who thinks he's smarter than the poker players at the table. ;) |
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Location: Scotland | Watch the South Park episode "Guitar Queero" Puts the entire thing into perspective. |
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Location: enid, ok | That one WAS funny. |
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Location: Hopkinton, MA | Being a craigslist addict, I can attest to the fact that there are a LOT of guitar hero gods who have bought the cheapo electric guitar packs, tried them, realized they need to put new effort in and learn like a newbie, give up and put their setup on craigslist. I see several a day mentioning their lack of skill vs their superior video guitar skills.
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Kinda like the whole jive Rap thing...why let learning music get in your way?...ymmv |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The South Park episode was hilarious... when Stan was "auditioning" new players to replace Kyle....
Watch here about 6min15sec in |
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Location: NJ | LOL!!
". . REAL Guitars are for OLD People! . . ."
I nearly PISSED myself!! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . . "LOOK! That's Jay Jazz from the American Furniture Warehouse Commericials!"
. . . "Heroin Hero" |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Now... They need to design one of these Guitar Zero games With one of these for a controller.
Then I would wanna play one. :rolleyes:
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Ultimate Rip-off!!!!
