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Guitar Hero World Tour Music Creation Demonstration
1Up has a video of a detailed demonstration of Guitar Hero: World Tour's music creation system from GamesCon 2008. Activision shows off its robust note-recording system, which features dozens of different tones and sounds as well as the ability to play full musical scales. Tilting the guitar up and down can change octaves (or loudness for the drum machine). Users will also be able to record loops and tweak them for inclusion in full songs, which can accommodate all four players. The songs can then be uploaded and shared with the community.
With the controllers getting more complex,the next natural step is fretted,stringed activation.Might as well just get a real guitar.The difference is:
Controller,you do the instrumental karaoke thing,some people appreciate it,you go home with the admiration of a small clique.Limited to songs you purchase.Plastic junk you eventually garage sale.
Guitar,you actually milk out the sounds in your head,most people appreciate it,you go home with that blond in the front row.Not limited to songs included in game modules.Guitar has some resale value to enable better model in the future.
With the conversations getting more complex,the next natural step is voice chat.Might as well just talk to a person in real life.The difference is:
Slashdot,you do the post thing,some people appreciate it,you go home with the admiration of a small clique.Limited to topics the admins choose.Mod points that don't go anywhere.
Real life conversation,you actually milk out the ideas in your head,most people appreciate it,you go home with that blond at the coffeeshop.Not limited to topics posted by the admins.Skills developed enable better conversation in the future.
Also, screw you, they aren't mutually exclusive.
First, use two spaces after periods.
With the controllers getting more complex,the next natural step is fretted,stringed activation.Might as well just get a real guitar.
Or one with a MIDI controller that is perfect for use with games... what's wrong with educational value in entertainment? If more people find a fun way to learn instruments, that's great.
The difference is:
Controller,you do the instrumental karaoke thing,some people appreciate it,you go home with the admiration of a small clique.Limited to songs you purchase.
It's a pretty small selling game. But you don't play to win admiration, you do it for entertainment value. There are limited songs now but the genre is only catching on to the mainstream. New singles are showing up on Guitar Hero & Rock Band and can be used for successful promotion and sales of music, and there is clearly demand. Sure you can't play everything but the fact that this is possible now is enough of a novelty.
Plastic junk you eventually garage sale.
I am never selling my games...
Guitar,you actually milk out the sounds in your head,most people appreciate it,you go home with that blond in the front row.Not limited to songs included in game modules.Guitar has some resale value to enable better model in the future.
Sounds like your argument is Composer vs Gamer, not Guitar Hero vs Guitar. But even then, one is a career and the other is stuff you do to relax or as a hobby. What exactly are you trying to say here?
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Heh. Well, good on you for being reasonable about it. I guess I just chose your post because I get irritated by so much criticism of Guitar Hero/Rock Band type games by those who say people should go learn to play a real guitar instead of just playing games, whereas most other game genres (driving, shooters, sports, etc.) seem to get a free pass on it.
/Repented, quit my job, slacked off, and sent $20 to the PO Box in Dallas in 1994; glad the world didn't end on X-Day.
For the record, I'm a musician AND I play Guitar Hero; I own a muscle car and a rat rod AND I play Grand Theft Auto; I have a gun collection AND I play Medal of Honor. Because doing real things is fun, and playing games about it is fun too.
This is ridiculous, would you make the same analogy about playing GTA?
Get over yourself. I don't need or want a blond who would go home with some hack who learned to play guitar. I don't want to become a musician, I was in band in high school, that was enough.