jaxson50 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 I think it's part of a evil plan by music producers, first computerized drums, then computerize guitar???Now all this crappy voice synth garbage? It's a conspiracy I tell you!!!!! DON'T GET ON THAT SHIP MR. CHAMBERS, ITS A COOK BOOK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Haha, Actually you're not far off. Guitar Hero was the answer to the industry question of "how do we get consumers to pay for music again?". Guitar hero allowed for downloadable "track packs" or single tracks in exchange for credit purchased with real cash. For a long few years artists enjoyed a bit of a revival of sales of singles and "track packs". Kind of ingenious really since it's not worth trying to rip off xbox live or the online sony digital store people just ponied up and bought the songs they wanted. Now how much of that the actual artists saw I have no idea, but it's gotta be better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak show Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I've got to agree with the Owl and FM on this one: I doubt Guitar Hero could keep someone from wanting to learn to play guitar. That would sort of be like cybersex supposedly causing someone to have no interest in women. Some drives are only satisfied by the "real thing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 So have all the shooting games inspired people to shoot people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantbuyafender Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 GH2 was fun to play on expert mode, only when I was drunk at a friends apt. We both played guitar and would get competitive as the beer cans piled up. so, I won't dis it. Kept me off drugs. but what urks me are the kids who put guitar and GH on the same level. Gives me stomach pains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 So have all the shooting games inspired people to shoot people? Some would say. I've never played a shooting game and never shot someone. Ergo, not play the game kept me from going off on someone. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Ah logic. Not a lot of that showing here. The game is not "off the market" - in fact there a lot of folks who play it and will continue to do so. I think it's kind of funny that so many of us/you feel somehow so threatened by a mere video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 We used to have a culture of creativity. But that is eroding. We still have some who would rather spend time creating a real life instead of a "cyber" life online or being a slave to the television but it gets fewer every day. I read something recently about the whole concept of being "amused." You have typical and atypical. Atypical means the opposit of typical. There are other word/concepts like that. Anyway, you can find your muse and create or be "amused" which is the exact opposite of creativity and sit in front of the computer/TV. I thought that was pretty powerful and telling. We live in an amusement culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 We live in an amusement culture. I don't. My kids don't. Do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I don't. My kids don't. Would an impartial observer of you and your kids agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Would an impartial observer of you and your kids agree? I think so. Thanks for asking. We've been blessed to be moderately successful and well adjusted socially, financially, and by just about any other measure I can think of. The girls are in their 20's, graduated from college, married to good guys, etc. Guitar Hero hasn't seemed to cause anyone here any doom. Neither (it seems) did Day of the Dead, BattleZone, or Asteroids. Grand Theft Auto didn't seem to be particularly damning, either. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Never participated in anything you stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 The video games, or the other stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Guitar Hero, Day of the Dead, BattleZone, Asteroids, Grand Theft Auto were major formative factors for you? I'm glad your particular social experiences were so rewarding, based on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Guitar Hero, Day of the Dead, BattleZone, Asteroids, Grand Theft Auto were major formative factors for you? I'm glad your particular social experiences were so rewarding, based on that. What caused you to fabricate that statement? Video games were but a minor part of my kids experience growing up. As far as I can tell, it didn't seem to cause them any harm. Did your kids never see a video game? Or listen to any Rock 'n Roll? Some folks are really really afraid of that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 And another thing... Some folks here are just trolls, and they're not very good at it. Someone please - post your story about your erstwhile success as a parent, and how a video game involving a fake guitar brought the whole thing to ruin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 You, sir, are EXCELLENT at it. My hat is off to you and all your glory. Just work on that short fuse, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Will you answer the same question you asked of me? Would an objective observer say that you and your children are well adjusted? This was a thread about Guitar Hero being taken off the market. Which it hasn't been. Yet you took the opportunity to turn it into a personal question about my family. I answered. Will you answer your own question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Now everybody answer my question: do you like waffles? Personally, I prefer pancakes, but waffles do have the cool pockets to hold butter and syrup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 As expected. Blowhard trolling, and where the rubber hits the road, cut and run. Can't even come back to the topic at hand. Enjoy yourself, 'hear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Now everybody answer my question: do you like waffles? Personally, I prefer pancakes, but waffles do have the cool pockets to hold butter and syrup Waffles > Pancakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Waffles > Pancakes. Pancakes are infinitely better than waffles. You're a troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 You're both trolls:) French toast rules!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Pancakes are infinitely better than waffles. You're a troll If the cake(buns?) on a McGriddle count as a pancake you might have some clout, but I stand by my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 If the cake(buns?) on a McGriddle count as a pancake you might have some clout, but I stand by my opinion. Oh ****, McGriddles are a beast unto themselves. McDonald's is mean. I hate em, but god damn, those are amazing. Now I'm torn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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