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SteelBlue · 04-25-2006, 03:33 AM

and then I'll shut up about it. Do you own a PS2? Then go and buy/rent (trust me it's worth a buy) "Guitar Hero". Comes with the game and a "guitar" shaped controller for about 70 bucks. I just bought it for my son on his birthday, and I can't put it down.

Basically, it a string button and 5 buttons on the fret. The "notes" of the song (which coordinate with one of the 5 buttons) come at you on the screen and you have to hit the correct button on the fret while strumming the string button. The controller also has a whammy bar which functions very realistically.

The songs vary from modern stuff that your 12 year old would like, to Queen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Boston, Black Sabbath, The Ramones. I'm telling you, this game will hook you like no other. As you move up past the easy level into medium and above you will actually be fooled into feeling like you're actually playing the song. When you miss a note the guitar track stops while the song continues and a wrong note sounds. When you learn to hit a bunch in a row on time it feels about as real as a fake plastic guitar can feel and sound. I just learned to play Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Texas Flood". I was, if I may say so, amazing.

Jeff Lebowski · 04-25-2006, 03:38 AM

I read an article about this in Newsweek a while back. Sounds very cool.

SteelBlue · 04-25-2006, 03:41 AM

As my son and I were playing the other day, we earned our way up to the Vaughn track. I thought to myself "Homeboy would love this". That's probably a sure sign that I spend too much time on cougarguard.

Jeff Lebowski · 04-25-2006, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteelBlue

As my son and I were playing the other day, we earned our way up to the Vaughn track. I thought to myself "Homeboy would love this". That's probably a sure sign that I spend too much time on cougarguard.

Excellent!! Right on, brother.

So, what SRV songs do they have on the game?

Hmmmm.... Let me guess:

Texas Flood
Look at Little Sister
Pride and Joy
The House Is Rockin'

SteelBlue · 04-25-2006, 04:18 AM

Texas flood is the only track I've earned my way up to.

Sleeping in EQ · 04-25-2006, 12:31 PM

Any Edward Van Halen?

SteelBlue · 04-25-2006, 02:14 PM

Haven't seen any yet.

bluegoose · 04-25-2006, 10:49 PM

So would it be bad if you had your adult friends over for a jam session before he was able to have his buddies over to play? I'm open this Friday night.

SteelBlue · 04-25-2006, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluegoose

So would it be bad if you had your adult friends over for a jam session before he was able to have his buddies over to play? I'm open this Friday night.

Prepare to be hooked.

bluegoose · 04-27-2006, 10:40 PM

SteelBlue was right. It is a very cool game. Being someone who stinks at video games and also stinks as a guitar player, I still had a great time jammin' out the other day to Deep Purple and Joan Jett.

04-25-2006, 03:33 AM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	All right, I'm going to recommend this one more time and then I'll shut up about it. Do you own a PS2? Then go and buy/rent (trust me it's worth a buy) "Guitar Hero". Comes with the game and a "guitar" shaped controller for about 70 bucks. I just bought it for my son on his birthday, and I can't put it down. Basically, it a string button and 5 buttons on the fret. The "notes" of the song (which coordinate with one of the 5 buttons) come at you on the screen and you have to hit the correct button on the fret while strumming the string button. The controller also has a whammy bar which functions very realistically. The songs vary from modern stuff that your 12 year old would like, to Queen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Boston, Black Sabbath, The Ramones. I'm telling you, this game will hook you like no other. As you move up past the easy level into medium and above you will actually be fooled into feeling like you're actually playing the song. When you miss a note the guitar track stops while the song continues and a wrong note sounds. When you learn to hit a bunch in a row on time it feels about as real as a fake plastic guitar can feel and sound. I just learned to play Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Texas Flood". I was, if I may say so, amazing. Last edited by SteelBlue; 04-25-2006 at 03:36 AM.

04-25-2006, 03:38 AM	#2
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	I read an article about this in Newsweek a while back. Sounds very cool. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

04-25-2006, 12:31 PM	#6
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Any Edward Van Halen? __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

04-25-2006, 03:41 AM	#3
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	As my son and I were playing the other day, we earned our way up to the Vaughn track. I thought to myself "Homeboy would love this". That's probably a sure sign that I spend too much time on cougarguard.

04-25-2006, 04:18 AM	#5
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Texas flood is the only track I've earned my way up to.

04-25-2006, 02:14 PM	#7
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Haven't seen any yet.

04-25-2006, 10:49 PM	#8
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	So would it be bad if you had your adult friends over for a jam session before he was able to have his buddies over to play? I'm open this Friday night.

04-27-2006, 10:40 PM	#10
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	SteelBlue was right. It is a very cool game. Being someone who stinks at video games and also stinks as a guitar player, I still had a great time jammin' out the other day to Deep Purple and Joan Jett.