I was playing Guitar Hero online and it got me thinking: How long will it be until there’s absolutely no one that owns Guitar Hero and wants to play online? Tomorrow? 400 years from now?
I got to picturing myself forty years from now: /cue dream sequence harp chords/ I’m cleaning out the basement. I pull out a box marked “Nintendo”. At the bottom of the box I find a strange looking Guitar. I consider hopping into my hover-car to bring it to the pawn shop, but I pull something else out of the box: a case marked “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.” It all comes back to me. I pop it into the dusty Nintendo Wii. I play Cliffs of Dover on Expert. I click “Nintendo WFC.” I search endlessly for an opponent – nothing. Then I create a game of my own – nothing. After fourteen hours someone finally appears, but it’s clearly some four year old who found this “antique” in his grandpa’s attic. /end dream sequence/
Nintendo, The Internet
Guitar Hero, Wi-Fi
I’ve become addicted to online play – mainly on Guitar Hero. I’ve spent the last five and a half hours destroying people on Guitar Hero… and, yeah, I may have been beat a few times… technicalities.
I have some stories about my online play:
I tend to lean towards Expert most of the time. I’m not like one of those people who’s too big for his britches. I can handle Expert… except for three songs – Holiday in Cambodia, Helicopter, and of course Through the Fire and Flames. So Anyways, I’m creating matches like nobody’s business, and I’m creaming people – mopping the floor with them. Then this one guy comes along. He selects easy… I laugh a little, and then select Expert. So the first song he picks is Through the Fire and Flames. I consider going back to change my selection to medium, but that’s when it hit me- If I did that, I’d become everything that I hate in the world – a quitter, a sap, a loser. So I went with Expert and said to myself, “No guts, no glory.” Needless to say, I made a fool of myself – but who was the real fool? Someone who actually challenged himself or someone who is a quitter?
So the very next match, I choose Expert, and my opponent chooses Expert. He picks Through the Fire and Flames. I couldn’t believe it. It was better though because we both made fools of ourselves.
Note: If there’s a song that you hate, and you hear it enough times… you still hate it.
The Internet
Guitar Hero, Wi-Fi
Last Wednesday I realized I had some extra cash so I instinctively went to Wal-Mart and bought the newest and greatest Wii Game – Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It’s the game I’ve had for the shortest amount of time but I think I’ve already played it more than all the others.
It’s great because it’s my very first Nintendo Wi-Fi Game! I just finished a couple of online matches. I lost both but they were still extremely fun. It’s great to get into a Guitar Battle where your opponent doesn’t quit after three notes.
The name of my band is “Milhouse” – a rather odd reference. “We’re” named after Milhouse van Houten of the Simpsons, but why did I choose him? Well, you know that band “Fall-Out Boy” – they’re also named after a Simpsons character – a super hero sidekick, who was played by Milhouse van Houten in the Radioactive Man movie… I told you it was an odd reference…
Songs I Like: My favorite is definitely Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones, but I also like Black Magic Woman, Slow Ride (which most people hate because it’s “too easy”), and Sunshine of Your Love. Also, I like the one Tenacious D song, the title of which slips my mind, but I still like it – just because of Jack Black. It’s nice to play a song written by someone you’ve heard of.
Songs I Don’t Like: There are a couple. The one I mainly hate is “My Name is Jonas,” which is so painfully easy. True story: I’d had the game for about an hour. I’d never played any other past Guitar Hero ever before. I come to this song and I get a 475 not streak. That’s just not right. Too easy.
If I had a time machine, all my problems would be solved.
Prediction for the Future: The Disney corporation will own everything and the likeness of Mickey Mouse will appear on everything from chainsaws to cars to machine guns.
Nintendo
Guitar Hero, Wi-Fi
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