I just saw an ad for a video game that allows you to pretend to play guitar.
Hmmm... my favorite thing-to-do is playing a real guitar -and I also enjoy video games- but this product seems stupidly useless-and it's a sequel- showing that a pop culture artifact's merit is often inversely proportionate to the number of spin-offs and sequels it produces.
As someone who plays both guitar and video games, I can assure you that most video games are more difficult to play than a three-chord rock song- so why not just learn a few songs on a real guitar instead of buying a game? You can also attract mates with real guitar playing -obsessively playing video games will not get you laid- or if it does, you will probably wish that it hadn't. (Don't make me explain this)
Does the game simulate getting ripped off by asshole club owners, having your van break down on the way to a gig or living for over a week on a diet of free beer, cheese sandwiches and instant coffee? The conspicuous absence of toilet paper? Does it account for the fact that if one member of a regional-to-mid-level touring band has crabs , then it's nearly certain that all the members (and entourage, if applicable)
also have crabs? I shouldn't have to explain this.
If you play the game really well do you score groupies that also feed you and wash your clothes?
I only toured once and the highlight of the entire six-week ordeal was getting clean clothes, a shower and fresh food- all in the same day!
If you do badly do you get booted over to a game of The Sims and get a virtual day job?
I can understand games that let you do things you cannot ( or shouldn't ) do in real-life: shoot a;iens, stab dragons, fly spaceships etc. , but anyone with nine or ten working fingers can play guitar. I don't understand why'd you'd learn to play this game when you could learn to play the real thing instead.
What's next?
A video game that allows one to simulate the experience of blogging?
I am going to be very sorry I didn't patent that idea.
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