Complete Control

[pasithea]

Meh. I've already done a round of pissing people off this week. Why not go for broke and alienate all my friends.

elfs linked to this article, and honestly, it's one I couldn't agree with more. http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/01/complete_contro_1.php Guitar Hero is one of those things that really just totally baffles me. If I'm going to learn to 'play' music, I may as well grab a real guitar and learn to play that. (And in fact, I do practice guitar, flute, and keyboard) Sure, each of these are FAR more complex and difficult to learn than mashing keys in a video game, and certainly I can never look forward to being 'the absolute best' at any of them. In fact, I'm not even at a level where I'm keen to torture my friends with my playing. BUT learning stuff is fun and well... As the article said... For me, it's all about opening possibilities.


Sorry if I'm really down on this whole creator vs consumer thing lately. Perhaps I should spend less time blithering away on LJ and more time creating stuff myself.

Comments

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

+1 on the drums thing. I have a friend who enjoyed drums in Rock Band so much, and got so good at them, that he decided to buy a real drum set. Now he practices by playing real drums along with RB, as well as playing with other songs he likes.

[zeeth_kyrah]

Just so. Also, I like drumming more than I like strumming, specifically because I learned to play the bass viol, and I keep wanting sheet music instead of onrushing color blocks.