For those of you buried under a rock for the past two years, Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2 are taking the console video gaming world by storm much like Dance Dance Revolution did half a decade ago. What’s funny is that real-world rockers are, according to this Wall Street Journal article, spending massive amounts of time playing the game themselves. “Many professional rockers … say the game lets them act out a fantasy that their real lives don’t quite match. Sometimes, pretending to be a rock star for a few minutes can be more fun than being one.”
Other neat excerpts:
Michael Einziger, the 30-year-old guitarist for the hard-rock band Incubus, says he was “shocked at how hard it was” to play the videogame’s version of his song “Stellar.” He admits he was handily beaten by his then-14-year-old sister, Ruby Aldridge, when the two of them squared off earlier this year.
When the four members of the punk-pop band the Donnas got together to play Guitar Hero last week, guitarist Allison Robertson took some good-natured ribbing from her bandmates, says drummer Torry Castellano. That’s because Ms. Robertson had a hard time playing along with the band’s own song “Take It Off.” “Expectations for her are pretty high because she’s the guitar player and because she’s so good at videogames in general,” says Ms. Castellano.