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(Rock Band Aide) Spiffy Rock Band 3 will include more realistic instruments, teach you how to really play. At this rate, rock band 4 will include heroin and shotgun peripherals and brain-splatter decals for your wall   (rockbandaide.com) divider line 90
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thomps [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 02:59:07 PM  
art.penny-arcade.com

 
toddalmighty [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 03:03:21 PM  
www.restlessinrochester.com

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 04:07:34 PM  
I was wondering if someone would make a full fret board. Fun stuff.

 
schattenteufel [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 04:10:03 PM  
www.guitaristka.ru

 
John Coyote [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 04:38:08 PM  
thecriticalcritics.com

/hot
//party on, dudes

 
dletter [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 04:46:33 PM  
GAT_00: I was wondering if someone would make a full fret board. Fun stuff.

That guitar image is from a Cracked photoshop contest, FYI.

I'd be heavily surprised if that is actually what it turns out to be. For one thing, do any of the game systems even support that many buttons on a device?

 
timujin [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 04:54:08 PM  
dletter: I'd be heavily surprised if that is actually what it turns out to be. For one thing, do any of the game systems even support that many buttons on a device?

Sure, both the 360 and the PS3 are essentially just highly modified PCs. They both use USB connectors and can communicate with other multi-key devices, such as keyboards. No reason they couldn't do this with the right software.

 
soze [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 04:59:54 PM  
If I wanted to actually play a guitar I'd pull one off my wall.

 
timujin [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 05:04:34 PM  
soze: If I wanted to actually play a guitar I'd pull one off my wall.

If only the rest of us were so cool as to have guitars readily available on the wall.

How about this? This game probably isn't for you. However, if it can actually be made in such a way as to teach someone how to play a real guitar and that, in turn, encourages musical interest in a person who might not have otherwise had that interest, then it seems like a good thing.

 
Glitchwerks 2009-11-06 05:11:38 PM  
thomps and toddalmighty going for the mighty 1-2 combo. Thread over.

 
Treygreen13 2009-11-06 05:11:47 PM  
I imagine 89% of the target market for Guitar Hero 3 would look at an F chord and go "Yeah, fark that."

 
Uzzah 2009-11-06 05:16:21 PM  
Too soon, man.

 
HawgWild 2009-11-06 05:19:07 PM  
I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

 
Treygreen13 2009-11-06 05:21:11 PM  
HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads


If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.

 
Jonny Ninja 2009-11-06 05:22:26 PM  
HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads


you can get loaded, pretend to play the guitar and it sound like you are in a Rock Band, rather than a drunk, unskilled 'tard.

 
GypsyJoker 2009-11-06 05:24:18 PM  
I'll wait until it comes with one of the Plaster Casters.

 
Blood Goblet 2009-11-06 05:25:19 PM  
www.mtv.com

/heroin, bad shiat

 
HawgWild 2009-11-06 05:25:22 PM  
Treygreen13: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.


But that's the point! You learn/teach yourself a skill. And chicks dig it.

 
Treygreen13 2009-11-06 05:28:37 PM  
HawgWild: Treygreen13: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.

But that's the point! You learn/teach yourself a skill. And chicks dig it.


I play a little myself... although I find that so many people play guitar that chicks don't dig it that much, at least not as much as they used to. I mean, if I go to a party, there are probably 5 people there that play guitar. It's not a unique skill anymore.

Anyway, my point was that people who don't want to learn how to play guitar can still get the feeling of playing with Rock Band.

 
Hot Rod Zoidberg 2009-11-06 05:31:23 PM  
HawgWild: Treygreen13: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.

But that's the point! You learn/teach yourself a skill. And chicks dig it.


Also, you can't play Rock Band when the power goes out. That's why Jesus invented the acoustic guitar.

 
Treygreen13 2009-11-06 05:33:37 PM  
Hot Rod Zoidberg: HawgWild: Treygreen13: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.

But that's the point! You learn/teach yourself a skill. And chicks dig it.

Also, you can't play Rock Band when the power goes out. That's why Jesus invented the acoustic guitar.


That was exactly what I did last time the power went out. I lit up the hookah, sat outside, and played every song I could think of on acoustic guitar.

I'm not very good, so it didn't take very long, but it was enjoyable.

 
snake_beater 2009-11-06 05:34:12 PM  
HawgWild: Treygreen13: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.

But that's the point! You learn/teach yourself a skill. And chicks dig it.


To quote a certain misanthrope, "People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort." In other words, why waste your time learning to play a real guitar when you can skillfully play a fake plastic and have a similar experience one at a fraction of the cost and effort?

/is learning to play (real) bass

 
BumpInTheNight 2009-11-06 05:39:55 PM  
Glitchwerks: thomps and toddalmighty going for the mighty 1-2 combo. Thread over.

+1, my day was made.

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 05:41:52 PM  
dletter: That guitar image is from a Cracked photoshop contest, FYI.

BOO. I think that would be fun.

 
soze [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 05:44:26 PM  
timujin: How about this? This game probably isn't for you. However, if it can actually be made in such a way as to teach someone how to play a real guitar and that, in turn, encourages musical interest in a person who might not have otherwise had that interest, then it seems like a good thing.

That's my point, I play Guitar Hero / Rock Band because I want to goof around with a video game.

BTW Beatles Rock Band is underwhelming. :( But maybe that's because I cut my teeth on GH3 for difficulty. Or I need friends who will play video games with me, either way.

 
Lando Lincoln [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 05:47:51 PM  
soze: If I wanted to actually play a guitar I'd pull one off my wall.

OOH CAN I BE YOUR GROUPIE YOU ARE SO COOL

 
Green Scorpio 2009-11-06 05:49:16 PM  
snake_beater: HawgWild: Treygreen13: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

If learning a song on guitar were as easy as you make it out to be, there would be no Guitar Hero. However, teaching yourself how to play "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce isn't something you can just decide to do with no training.

So, instead of paying for guitar lessons, practicing for years, and then playing that song, they can pick up a plastic guitar and get that feeling without the bleeding fingertips.

But that's the point! You learn/teach yourself a skill. And chicks dig it.

To quote a certain misanthrope, "People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort." In other words, why waste your time learning to play a real guitar when you can skillfully play a fake plastic and have a similar experience one at a fraction of the cost and effort?

/is learning to play (real) bass


You rang?

www.mulley.net

 
soze [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 05:52:46 PM  
Lando Lincoln: soze: If I wanted to actually play a guitar I'd pull one off my wall.

OOH CAN I BE YOUR GROUPIE YOU ARE SO COOL


You may. Would you like my Amazon wishlist or can you google that up on your own?

 
thomps [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 05:54:34 PM  
soze: Lando Lincoln: soze: If I wanted to actually play a guitar I'd pull one off my wall.

OOH CAN I BE YOUR GROUPIE YOU ARE SO COOL

You may. Would you like my Amazon wishlist or can you google that up on your own?


i googled "guitar god wishlist" but i'm not really finding anything

 
albuquerquehalsey 2009-11-06 05:54:39 PM  
Hot Rod Zoidberg: Also, you can't play Rock Band when the power goes out. That's why Jesus invented the acoustic guitar gas-powered generator.

FIFY

www.shirtsays.com

 
meat0918 2009-11-06 05:55:12 PM  
Treygreen13: I imagine 89% of the target market for Guitar Hero 3 would look at an F chord and go "Yeah, fark that."

I hate that chord...

//Of course I was learning on a 12 string.

 
Antimatter 2009-11-06 05:56:19 PM  
HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads


why play a Gran Turismo? Just save up a few hundred thousand dollars, buy a REAL CAR, and spend the next decade learning the trade.

It's a game, you play it to have fun, and hopefully, get some people interested in the real deal. If I had the cash to spare, i'd learn how to play a real one.

 
deltabourne 2009-11-06 06:11:32 PM  
I've never seen the appeal of Call of Duty. If you want to shoot terrorists in the desert, then teach yourself combat skills by joining the Army!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

 
oneodd1 2009-11-06 06:16:15 PM  
Antimatter: HawgWild: I've never seen the appeal of this game. If you want to play a song on the guitar, then teach yourself the song on the guitar!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads

why play a Gran Turismo? Just save up a few hundred thousand dollars, buy a REAL CAR, and spend the next decade learning the trade.

It's a game, you play it to have fun, and hopefully, get some people interested in the real deal. If I had the cash to spare, i'd learn how to play a real one.


The gran turismo thread is ------> that away.

 
homarjr 2009-11-06 06:30:05 PM  
I've never seen the appeal of blow up dolls. If you want to have sex, then teach yourself how to be confident and go find a real girl!

Someone explain this fad to me, please.

And get off my lawn.

/and get a haircut
//ya granola heads
///wait....

 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 06:57:09 PM  
In Rock Band 5, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider will find his way to your dad's house and throw him through a window.

 
Dumb-Ass-Monkey [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 06:57:52 PM  
I tried to learn to play guitar.

f*cking SUCKED at it.

I can, however, play the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games.

 
HawgWild 2009-11-06 07:02:19 PM  
Treygreen13:
Anyway, my point was that people who don't want to learn how to play guitar can still get the feeling of playing with Rock Band.


So ... can I still make fun of them?

 
Machiavellian Tech Guy 2009-11-06 07:04:02 PM  
Well that makes me happy. I am sick and tired of my current friends having parties and "jamming" on Guitar Hero. Yeah that's an idea, let's go "jam" on your fake ass guitars, playing fake ass music while drinking.

Back in the day, my old friends and I used to play shiatty music on real instruments while drinking. Granted we've all grown up and had kids and most of us don't play anymore but that "jamming." A bunch of people sitting around drinking, strumming guitars and singing crappy songs.

/Damn I miss being young and cool.

 
bglove25 2009-11-06 07:04:05 PM  
meat0918: Treygreen13: I imagine 89% of the target market for Guitar Hero 3 would look at an F chord and go "Yeah, fark that."

I hate that chord...

//Of course I was learning on a 12 string.


That why REAL awesome song writers just pretend it doesn't exist and never use it.

/in my fantasy world

 
Arnold T Pants 2009-11-06 07:04:16 PM  
There are several pc 'games' that already do this.

 
poot_rootbeer 2009-11-06 07:05:16 PM  
This headline is the most blatant invitation to repost a Penny Arcade comic since any headline about Twitter and poop coming out.

 
Bootysama 2009-11-06 07:05:25 PM  
imgs.xkcd.com
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rock_band.png

No Rock Band article is complete without that

 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener [TotalFark] 2009-11-06 07:23:33 PM  
Dumb-Ass-Monkey: I tried to learn to play guitar.

f*cking SUCKED at it.

I can, however, play the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games.



Even though "The Final Countdown" appears on Lego Rock Band, I would jump at the chance to learn how to play that song on a guitar...

... for purely selfish reasons, I assure you.

 
fizzix_is_fun 2009-11-06 07:25:26 PM  
I've never seen the appeal of Super Mario Brothers. If you want to traverse a psychadelic world smashing bricks and jumping on turtles just get some real shrooms and eat them.

Someone explain this fad to me.

And get off my vine

/and get a princess
//ya granola heads

 
toejam 2009-11-06 07:35:51 PM  
meat0918: Treygreen13: I imagine 89% of the target market for Guitar Hero 3 would look at an F chord and go "Yeah, fark that."

I hate that chord...

//Of course I was learning on a 12 string.


capo

 
HawgWild 2009-11-06 07:41:17 PM  
homarjr & fizzix_is_fun & deltabourne

You guys are a riot.

/My L was OL

 
flyingmonkeysreign 2009-11-06 07:49:57 PM  
i567.photobucket.com



oooooobbbbbllllllliiiiigggggg

 
PsyLord 2009-11-06 07:58:56 PM  
img194.imageshack.us
obligatory.

BTW - FARK YOU, MTV Games. I'm not shelling out money for another set of your guitars/drums.

 
moothemagiccow 2009-11-06 08:07:02 PM  
GAT_00: I was wondering if someone would make a full fret board. Fun stuff.

Couldn't you, at that point, just buy a guitar?

 
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