Yes, it is technically called RockBand. I don't care WHAT you call it, just move over and hand me those drumsticks!!
I heart this game.
It's insane - I'm not the demographic for it AT ALL. It's supposed to be marketed to young, single guys (I am neither young nor single, nor a guy) with lots of time and money (again, totally not me) who listen to a lot of music and like to hang out with their friends.
Not busy stay-at-home Moms with young kids and schedules to keep and lunches to make and other domestic crap that completely take away precious time to pound away on the fake skins!
I close my eyes at night and see the coloured buttons flashing by and I can feel my heart rate increase. I'm trying to convince my family that it's actually exercise, some arm work and a bit of cardio... but I sense they aren't buying it.
I do forget to eat, for hours at a time, so maybe there are still some health benefits I can glean from this addiction. I never even knew how to turn the PS3 ON before last week, when my husband brought the game home for "the family".
I even protested - it was too much money, the kids were too young - and then I played.
From the first moment I sang "Blitzkrieg Bop" loudly and flatly but still achieving a 100% score, I was done in. I progressed quickly to the drums, and now I'm accused of 'hogging' them.
As if. It's just that no one else in my family has the same innate sense of rhythm that I have.
I've dressed my avatar in fabulously expensive ripped clothing and gorgeous boots. She rocks. I wish I looked like her. Go ahead and call me a poseur - I am. What I love about the game is that I've rediscovered a fun side of me that often gets lost in the world of "Mom!" and I can play with both my husband and my son at the same time, working toward a common goal.
It can't be all bad when a game brings a family together; even if it is essentially playing air guitar in the basement.
So I echo my darling hero Ringo when asked if he was a Mod or a Rocker:
"Neither. I'm a Mocker!"
Mock and Roll Forever, Baby!!
5 comments:
Mock Star!!
I don't play video games at home, but there is a drumming type game at an arcade that I go to now and again, so I think I get the jist of what you are talking about and you are right....it's way, way too much fun.
I want this game so bad I can TASTE it....
It certainly looks like you're having a blast! On Saturday nights, does Jemaine jam out with y'all? I bet he does a mean "Stairway to Heaven."
Rock Band is a very serious part of my life as well.
Singing? I'm killer.
Drumming, Guitar or Bass? Um, you can play.
:-P
Hey GG:
It would be a hoot to play online sometime! I'm a very... energetic singer, but alas, singing in tune is always elusive to me.
:)
And I only kill the drums if it's punk. Go figure! *shrug*
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