OK, I think it's safe to assume that anyone who would make a statement like that probably plays guitar, or some other instrument. The skin flute maybe, who knows.
My response is this- I play Guitar Hero (or rock band... RB is way better) because it's fun. Thats the reason I play any video game. It's fun.
Is playing guitar fun? Not for the first 6 months or so. Believe me, I've tried. For a long time when you're just getting started it's just a lot of missed notes, sore fingers, and time spent tuning. Maybe after you get competent it gets fun, or if you're some kind of prodigy who can just pick up an instrument and play (if you are that, I hate you. Not really. I'm just jealous) but I am neither of those things.
But what do you get out of each activity besides fun? Well, with Guitar Hero you get instant gratification, and a sense of achievement as you get better and up your scores. I've had good days and bad days playing it, and when I'm on, it feels incredible. I have a friend who played through the game on Medium her first time through, and by the time she got through "freebird", she was crying. She said it was such a battle to get that far, and when she 5-starred (what she thought at the time was) the hardest song in the game on her first try, she felt like she had climbed a mountain.
She had played the game for about a week. Maybe 10 hours all told up to that point.
Now, if she had spent that ten hours playing a real guitar(or in reality learning to play a real guitar), she would be frustrated, disillusioned, and sore. She'd also be out at least $200 for a guitar, a tuner, and a book. If she got lessons, she'd probably have more fun, but thats another $100 or so right there.
I don't have any illusions about being a real guitar hero. But I never said I did. Just like I would never pick up a crowbar and take it to the nearest headcrab if a portal to xen ever opened up, I would never volunteer my services as backup guitar for the stones or Dick Dale.
In other words, it's just a game. Lighten the hell up.
That's my response.
My response is this- I play Guitar Hero (or rock band... RB is way better) because it's fun. Thats the reason I play any video game. It's fun.
Is playing guitar fun? Not for the first 6 months or so. Believe me, I've tried. For a long time when you're just getting started it's just a lot of missed notes, sore fingers, and time spent tuning. Maybe after you get competent it gets fun, or if you're some kind of prodigy who can just pick up an instrument and play (if you are that, I hate you. Not really. I'm just jealous) but I am neither of those things.
But what do you get out of each activity besides fun? Well, with Guitar Hero you get instant gratification, and a sense of achievement as you get better and up your scores. I've had good days and bad days playing it, and when I'm on, it feels incredible. I have a friend who played through the game on Medium her first time through, and by the time she got through "freebird", she was crying. She said it was such a battle to get that far, and when she 5-starred (what she thought at the time was) the hardest song in the game on her first try, she felt like she had climbed a mountain.
She had played the game for about a week. Maybe 10 hours all told up to that point.
Now, if she had spent that ten hours playing a real guitar(or in reality learning to play a real guitar), she would be frustrated, disillusioned, and sore. She'd also be out at least $200 for a guitar, a tuner, and a book. If she got lessons, she'd probably have more fun, but thats another $100 or so right there.
I don't have any illusions about being a real guitar hero. But I never said I did. Just like I would never pick up a crowbar and take it to the nearest headcrab if a portal to xen ever opened up, I would never volunteer my services as backup guitar for the stones or Dick Dale.
In other words, it's just a game. Lighten the hell up.
That's my response.
