Monday, June 25, 2007

I'm Turning into a Metal-head...and it's all Guitar Hero's Fault

So I went to Best Buy today and turned the money my "Uncle Paul" (read: my sister's 42 year-old boyfriend) gave me into some headbanging CD's. I bought a Motorhead (love "Ace of Spades") CD and the new Avenged Sevenfold album ("The Beast and the Harlot"). I'm not a full blown psycho or anything, but I do blame Guitar Hero. You play through those songs a few 100 times and you start to like them. It's an insidious stroke of marketing. I don't care, there are so many good (really good) old school/classic rock bands on these games that kids nowadays just don't hear.

Think of all the middle schoolers who went out and bought a Rick Derringer CD (rather than the new 50 Cent). It's a beautiful thing...

Anyway, I'm sure none of you care...but I'm now TWO (count 'em) songs away from beating Guitar Hero II on HARD. All I have to do is complete the Living End's "Carry Me Home" and I'll have the last set list finished. THEN I'll have to face the dreaded "Free Bird" on HARD. I can't begin to imagine what that must be like.





Oh, and David: I tried Buckethead's "Jordan" on HARD. It kicked my ass...I barely made it through with 3 stars.
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2 comments:

Dave said...

And on expert, it will be rather convenient if you're still in KC, 'cause you'll be crying for your mommy.

3:58 AM
Jason said...

Dude, you ain't lying...the song goes from managable to "@#$%*" in about five seconds. It's weird too how songs that are SO EASY it's not even funny on other difficulties become the hardest ones on HARD and EXTREME.

Case in point: The Wolfmother song "Woman." For some reason, as soon as you ratched the difficulty up...that fucker becomes a monster. While on EASY (naturally) and MEDIUM it's a piece of cake.

But yes...lots of tears for mommy. Though the 15 songs is impressive (considering I did 5 of them last night). Now I need to get 100% 5 Stars on HARD...

12:19 PM

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