The video game that sparked a renewed interest in rock n roll will be no more.
Today Activision said they will no longer be making Guitar Hero, nor releasing any more songs for download, etc. It’s been a good six years.
I scoffed at the idea of the game at first. Being a guitar player myself, I just thought: “play a real guitar.” Then I played a game with my brother and I was hooked. I’ve never been a big gamer to begin with, but it tapped into my love of music and my dreams of being a rock star on stage…y’know, except in my living room.
I have a few guitars and I play around with them at home, but I never joined a band and I’ve only played my guitar in public a few times; a rock star, I’m not. Put Guitar Hero on at a party and anyone gets a chance to shine. Once the microphone was introduced to the series, it became a whole new animal – especially combined with a few drinks. It beat the hell out of regular Karaoke.
More importantly, the game brought about awareness of classic rock. It introduced a whole new generation to the likes of Van Halen, Rush, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc, while highlighting rock from all of the decades, right up to the new stuff. Metallica released Death Magnetic as an album and as a Guitar Hero download, for Pete’s sake! That’s how massive the game was.
My brother actually learned to play the drums by playing games like Guitar Hero & Rock Band; and he's not the only one to do so. It inspired lots of kids to pick up a real instrument and learn to play.
So, with the decline in music sales, and the fact that it costs so much to get licensing for these games, Activision has decided to stop. It’s too bad, but don’t let it keep ya from rockin’ out. I think I’ll go out on tour….hitting up a living room near you.
-Crash-
P.S. People like this just make me sick:
Today Activision said they will no longer be making Guitar Hero, nor releasing any more songs for download, etc. It’s been a good six years.
I scoffed at the idea of the game at first. Being a guitar player myself, I just thought: “play a real guitar.” Then I played a game with my brother and I was hooked. I’ve never been a big gamer to begin with, but it tapped into my love of music and my dreams of being a rock star on stage…y’know, except in my living room.
I have a few guitars and I play around with them at home, but I never joined a band and I’ve only played my guitar in public a few times; a rock star, I’m not. Put Guitar Hero on at a party and anyone gets a chance to shine. Once the microphone was introduced to the series, it became a whole new animal – especially combined with a few drinks. It beat the hell out of regular Karaoke.
More importantly, the game brought about awareness of classic rock. It introduced a whole new generation to the likes of Van Halen, Rush, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc, while highlighting rock from all of the decades, right up to the new stuff. Metallica released Death Magnetic as an album and as a Guitar Hero download, for Pete’s sake! That’s how massive the game was.
My brother actually learned to play the drums by playing games like Guitar Hero & Rock Band; and he's not the only one to do so. It inspired lots of kids to pick up a real instrument and learn to play.
So, with the decline in music sales, and the fact that it costs so much to get licensing for these games, Activision has decided to stop. It’s too bad, but don’t let it keep ya from rockin’ out. I think I’ll go out on tour….hitting up a living room near you.
-Crash-
P.S. People like this just make me sick:
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