Lea got me a crack pipe for Valentine’s Day

Presenting Guitar Hero III, boys and girls.  It’s a blast.

You know, for the most part, when it comes to current video games, I’ve prided myself on being a non-pushover.  I finished Halo on Legendary difficulty.  I finished Halo 2 on Heroic (I’ll still get there on Legendary one day maybe, but for now that hangar full of Elites barbecues me).  I played my first BioShock campaign on the middle of three difficulty settings.

Well, Guitar Hero III gives me all I want.

On Easy.

I suppose I’m thankful that I still can find some place in the skill hierarchy and enjoy the game—however low in the hierarchy that place may be—instead of stomping off in a huff.

And it really is a lot of fun.  I have to think, though, that any graphics on the screen beyond the fretboard are solely for the benefit of spectators.  There is no way I can see anything else besides the notes coming down the board.  (And when you play for more than a song or two in rapid succession, your entire visual field pulsates for a few seconds when you look away.)

The boys love the music.  Good rock ‘n’ roll is good rock ‘n’ roll.  But this definitely won’t be one of the ones with which I try to make any cool points with my nephew.

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