I’m Pretty Sure I Did Permanent Damage to My Wrists
Guitar Hero III has conquered me for the night. After about 5 hours of playing, I’m on the last tier of songs on expert, but my fingers and wrists are just giving out. In fact, typing this hurts like a bastard. Nice and cramped up, I have the “too much Guitar Hero” claw-hand. Meanwhile, my roommate has been pounding away at the last song/battle for a good hour (he got the 360 version). Yes, it’s almost 7AM here.
Last night (it’s still tonight to me) at ten o’clock we all went to Game Crazy for a ghetto Guitar Hero tournament before the official release. Winners got to pick up their copies of the game first, and while the tournament was in progress, they also dug up some crappy prizes to give out. I placed third, after both my roommates, but those guys have been playing the hell out of the demo for the past week…not that I’m making up excuses. It didn’t matter anyway. I won a shitty t-shirt from a game I have never played and secured the right to be third in line to get my copy of the game — but I didn’t know that until I had already taken my place at the back of the line. I was told to cut, but I felt like a jerk. Besides, there were only about 20 or 25 people there to pick the game up at midnight anyway; I wasn’t in line long.
I got the Wii version. I played a couple random games online, and it seems to work great. If anybody else gets the Wii version, definitely let me know so we can exchange goddamn friend codes. You have until my wrists heal.
Oh, and fuck Slipknot.
October 28th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Mallory and I secured a copy on the Wii last night. I got the last copy that wasn’t a pre-order. They were trying to get the line to do the wave. I hate gamers. The pure hate seething from my pores while having to stand in line to buy this game was palpable. But it was worth it.
I’ll have to look up our friend code later. But good times already.
October 28th, 2007 at 10:59 am
I won’t be getting Guitar Hero III, at least, not anytime soon. I burned the demo someone got a hold of before it hit Marketplace and have been trying it on my 360. Too similar for me, and I hate the new HUD and the new lead singer. I guess it comes down to the track list in the end, though, and it does have some great songs on it. I’m going for Rock Band, though, but I could see myself breaking down and just buying Legends of Rock without the controller at some point.
October 28th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Too similar? What? It’s Guitar Hero! Would you prefer they had shipped it with a bagpipe controller?
October 28th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Bagpipe Hero is my second favorite music game. I love “Cadence to Arms” and “McDougal’s Whiskey Jig No. 4″.
October 28th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I don’t have the money to buy GH3 for myself, so I’m going to come down and hijack yours.
October 28th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
I’m a big fan of Dulcimer Revolution, myself.
October 28th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
What I mean to say is that now that Rock Band is coming, they shouldn’t be able to release the same game with a different song list. And Mario Kart Battle Mode doesn’t count as a good new feature.
October 28th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
If it ain’t broke, you know? They should be REQUIRED to release the same game with a different song list; I’d be pissed if they fucked it up.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:10 am
I understand where your hate for Slipknot comes from now. I don’t even want to imagine that on Expert. It was retarded enough for me on Hard.
My pinky froze into claw position after getting through it. It was horrible.
I am unfortunately stuck on the last level now. Raining Blood fucked my world.
I have no idea how the fuck you guys play shit on Expert.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Shawn, when you’re playing “Raining blood” try to conceptualize the fretboard as your soul, layed out in E flat position. Now, add to your soul 2 parts E flat harmonic minor E flat natural minor and throw in some chromatic notes “en passante”. (Almost like an E flat blues with some extra “blue” notes.) Keep in mind that the “diabolus in musica” or the “blue” note “A” for E flat is actually good to play in slayer songs, as the devil loves those particular notes. Now imagine a sky raining blood and try to let your soul swim into the warm crimson gouged from the lacerated sky. At this point your fingers should actually just move themselves and if you put them on any guitar, just let your fingers do the work. You’re welcome.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Why are you double spacing by the way?
October 30th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Slipknot caused my fingers to just start double spacing. No clue man.
And thanks on the Raining Blood tips. That’s what I was looking for. You did forget the flute/choir part though. But I mean, that comes so naturally to anyone, that you can’t forget it.
“Satan, Satan, SATAA-AAAN!”
Mallory totally slayed Cliffs Of Dover last night though, and I think it’s in part to listening to you learn the intro. You we’re there as a guiding light. In our hearts, and most importantly, in our Guitar Heroes.
October 30th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
When I say “you we’re there” I meant, we’re as in We’rewolf. You were all hairy and shit.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Kenneth sounds like a douche
October 31st, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Jesse tastes like a douche.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Douche tastes just like it sounds.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Wonderful!
November 1st, 2007 at 5:18 pm
You guys are all douche bags, except for douche bag.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
It’s very rewarding to oversee a community that fosters intelligent discussion.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Bill, stop being such a douche.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I’D RATHER BE A DOUCHE THAN A WHOLE BUTT!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 am
oh on your face chris suck it good