Say, do you know Free Bird?
March 27th, 2008 -- Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Hey guys, sorry it’s been so long. Would you believe me if I told you I’d been playing Guitar Hero solidly?
Considering I usually play on a Les Paul standard, you might be tempted to think, ‘why play a videogame instead of the real thing?’
And you’d be forgiven for thinking that. Truth be told, when my mates first introduced me to Guitar Hero 2, I was the only one laughing - they were being serious? Yes, they were being serious.
I honestly sympathised with them. None of them had musical instrument experience, except for maybe the recorder at primary school, so I figured ‘ah, let them have their toys’. But when they suggested I have a go, I couldn’t help but chuckle. I mean, not wanting to sound big-headed but, Stairway to Heaven was the first song I ever learnt to play.
Nevertheless I decided to humour them. They started me out on the easy level. ‘Ok, no problem’, I thought. For some reason however, at first, it did not feel at all easy. There’s only 5 buttons on the controller, and on easy you only have to use the first 3. After playing a few songs, though, I adapted to it fairly quickly, and even if I was essentially playing DDR on a lump of plastic, I felt like a guitar God! Do not underestimate this - it’s quite a feeling! After that I was hooked, rocking out the hits, jumping around so enthusiastically I nearly knocked over the chilled water machine in the corner of the room! I went out the next day and bought Guitar Hero 3 for my XBox and have been playing it non-stop. It also doubles up as great exercise tool to help with fast weight loss but only if, like me, you choose to bounce around the room like some sort of demented hyperactive kangaroo.