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Dagobah Resident
so i've always found something slightly off about guitar hero/rockband. HOW can someone play a fake guitar in front of a t.v. screen? i do music to STAY AWAY from a t.v. screen. and i've asked people before: "why don't you learn to play a real instrument? with as much time as you've spent playing a plastic guitar you could actually get good on a real one in no time." and the response i get is "shut up dude, i'm playing on expert mode." have we become so obsessed with the "virtual world" that we simply don't have time for the real one? or is it just easier to push buttons? is it the immediate (false) sense of satisfaction because you can pretend you're in a band? i'm guilty of playing excessive video games too, don't get me wrong, but there really are people who think they're cool because they can play expert mode (amazingly some people find this impressive) but they aren't building any real skills except maybe hand-eye coordination. not to mention you don't even have to retain anything in your memory because it shows you what buttons to press. it takes all the fun out of it when i don't feel the metal under my fingers, when i can't slide and bend and use a wah wah and feel the impact of the pick hitting the string, when i can't hear the glorious blasting growl of my amp turned up to 11 (why don't i just make 10 louder? LOL.) thoughts or comments please.