Get yourself a nice boyfriend and a wii and play Rock Star for four straight hours. The last hour, I was on drums, and boy are my arms tired.
It’s much harder than it sounds, and oh, how I wish we had real cymbals. The bad news is that the kids will be super frustrated with it because you have to read and be able to monitor several areas of the screen at once. Sort of second nature to a couple of computer geeks, but my daughter will be pouting for months.
We left on a high note—scored 91%—after we played “I’m Paranoid” by Garbage seven hundred times. The ratings were soooo funny. Whenever we messed up it made this guitar twang sound and the screen blinked FAILED. I was all, dude, we fell off the stage. I’m going to have shin splints in one leg from the foot pedal in the morning.
My favorite part was glancing down at the aftermath on the coffee table: a tin of Peppermint Bark, an empty bottle of champagne, a hammer (for the bark), Phil’s stocking, drumsticks, a microphone, and the instruction manual.
And a big Ted Nugent THANK YOOOO shout out to my brother for giving us the loudest, most distracting gift this year. Last year it was an Optimus Prime talking helmet and the year before, The Thing hands and feet.
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01.02.09 at 10:40 AM |
There’s nothing better than a really cool uncle. Glad that head banging cleared your mind for a bit. Rock on!
01.02.09 at 07:38 PM |
Ah, yes, I like the drums too but I have trouble with the pedal and I don’t play very often. It’s harder to enjoy when your son is mocking how poorly you’re doing. Todd has the Ion drum kit. It has two cymbals. His is for the Xbox 360 though Elizabeth has Guitar Hero III for her Wii.
01.02.09 at 08:09 PM |
We rocked out all night New Years Eve with my brothers rock band game. He is like the master of the drums. He plays on Hard and Expert level while I can barely make it through a song I know on Easy. He rocks, I stick to the Bass. But nothing can cheer you up by letting your hair down and rocking out with friends/family. Good times.
01.02.09 at 10:09 PM |
I had the WORST day today…and we just bought Guitar Hero…I was watching my hubby play it tonight and I cannot wait to play. It looks like so much fun!!!!!!!!
Aww…the simple joys in life!
01.03.09 at 12:19 AM |
Rockband is awesome and sure to cheer anyone up! 4 hours straight…my arms would feel like jello lol
01.03.09 at 08:47 AM |
Did you say Optimus Prime talking helmet?! OMG! I don’t just want one, I need one.
Keep on playing and Happy New Year Mindy!
01.06.09 at 11:27 AM |
Hurrah! I thought our’s was the only family that spent every free minute of the holiday playing Guitar Hero. We even took it with us to visit the in-laws because, as my husband said, “Then we don’t have to talk as much.” God bless him.
My 7 yo son’s fave song was Linkin Park’s What I’ve Done, thanks to it being on Transformers. Watching him rock the mic is one of my best Christmas memories!