Quote Originally Posted by nik0tine View Post
But I despise guitar hero/rock band. The level of skill some people display is staggering. With the amount of effort they put in to guitar hero, some people could be getting paid to play a real guitar which, from my experience, is far more enjoyable than any video game could be , at least once you get past the difficult phase (A phase that generally does not exist in any video game save guitar hero). They also teach people precisely how not to be a musician (ie, practice the whole thing from start to finish until you can do it without a mistake). Those few individuals who are inspired to take up a real instrument because of games like rock band are likely to wind up with major handicaps thanks to these games.
That's nonsense. You can get good enough to enjoy Rock Band within half an hour. The amount of time needed to get good at a rhythm game isn't remotely comparable to the amount of time needed to learn to play an instrument. Yes, I'm sure there are some people who put that overwhelming amount of effort in until they can do Through the Fire and the Flames on Expert but for most people it's just something fun they do.