Rock Band 2

Speaking of Rock Band 2, I thought that music games sounded incredibly stupid when I first heard of them. I still find myself feeling kind of silly playing the fake guitar. But I have found Rock Band 2 to be a lot of fun. I'm not sure why, but there's something enjoyable about playing the fake guitar to music I like. It's kind of a zen relaxation thing. It's like a variation of dancing, though with expensive electronic equipment. I have become quite a good fake guitar player on Medium (which only uses four fret buttons). For some reason, when I try Hard with the fifth fret button, I suddenly turn into a spastic chimpanzee trying to play a guitar with a rock. Maybe I'm too old or something. My nephew scoffed at my lack of skill. I'm not as good at the fake drums and unfortunately for me, the singing is NOT fake. I still can't carry a tune, though the feedback the game gives helps me get close. Apparently, I have a pretty big range, though, as I will wander all up and down the octaves trying to match the pitch. The game will give you credit for matching the note in any octave. Though it apparently has a low limit that I can sing below.

Rock Band 2 lets you create your band members and then buy them clothes. I made my band all female as I figured I'd rather watch women than men jump around on stage. Unfortunately, I was right. So I find myself watching my band while notes whiz by and the fans start booing. ADD + flashing lights + hot digital women = wait, what was I doing? I either need to make a band of fat dudes or hope they come out with some DLC frumpy dresses that I can buy.

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