rock band, guitar hero etc.

[Shlup]

Being silly with your friends is fun. You can only get so into racing games and such, but when you're a "band" you can go nutters and make real asses of yourself.

I guess you'd have to have friends to understand.

(Ohhh, that burn's gonna need some ointment, budday.)

[Slothy]

I'll admit that learning to play any instrument & master it takes years & years of practice & dedication but if you put same amount of effort into playing most songs (bar maybe the 80's heavy metal ones) on Guitar Hero on Expert you could learn them on a guitar. Playing a song on a real guitar will give you way more gratification then playing it on a game.

Yeah, you could put in the amount of time it takes to learn a song on Expert and probably learn the real song in most cases. Assuming you know the instrument that is, and you can't just ignore that step in comparing how long each takes and lambasting people for not wanting to spend years learning before learning their favourite songs. Most people couldn't care less about learning an instrument but enjoy the fun of pretending to be a rockstar and the challenge of the games which still take far less time to master than learning an instrument.

I never said anywhere in my first post that the time it takes to get awesome at Guitar Hero if the same amount of time was invested in actual guitar playing you'd be Brian May good. Just said I'd clear that up:rolleyes2

No you didn't, but you certainly seem to imply it when you try comparing the effort put into mastering a Guitar Hero game to that spent learning songs on a real guitar. The fact is though, and it's a point that seems lost on you entirely, is that as I said above, most people couldn't care less about learning an instrument. Most couldn't even care less about playing Guitar Hero songs on Expert. These aren't games that require months of practice to master. You spend maybe a few weeks playing them, then they're something you haul out when friends are over (unless you're life is completely sad) so that everyone can join in.

Through Fire & Flames was a mere example, I play guitar I don't want to learn it since Dragonforce are a bunch of guitar w*nking show offs. Given that you don't play guitar you can't see this argument from a guitar players perspective

I realize this part was somewhat tongue in cheek, but I understood the argument just fine. You missed my point that people who don't want to learn guitar don't care if learning it on a real guitar is more impressive. For them, learning it in the game is more fun.

You're entitled to your opinion even if its narrow minded

I don't feel my opinion is narrow at all. Most people have no desire to learn an instrument so your argument that they should dedicate their time to one instead is ridiculous. Besides, the last thing the world needs is more rhythmless guitar players making the rest of the band look bad.

[Breine]

It looks like fun, but I've never tried it myself. Neither Guitar Hero or Rock Band.

Some of my friends have it, though, so maybe I'll try it at their place some day. Just not interested enough to actually buy it myself.

[NorthernChaosGod]

They're really fun games to play. That's what games are for, they're a form of entertainment.

And I don't get the argument where people bring in real instruments to the mix. Do people feel that Gran Turismo players should go out and race for real? Or that Madden players should join the NFL?

They're video games.