Random Babblings

Guitar Hero 3. I’d been trying to pick this puppy up for a week or so. Been hard to find in the stores. Thankfully I had a half day on Friday and I took the opportunity to go looking for a copy. Glad I did, because the one store said they didn’t expect any till the 26th, and the store I found it at was the last copy they had.

It’s something of a funny story about my desire for this game. It started many, many moons ago at a FLGS named Tower of Games. I was there of course to play board games, but they had a Wii and a PS2 setup on one wall, and the guitar hanging next to them. My friend Jim was there and mentioned that he owned it. So I gave it a whirl, Jim gave me a few pointer along the way, but one thing was pretty clear… I sucked. I probably played or about half an hour, and set it aside. There was an interest there, but it was a $80 game for a system that I didn’t own. Yes there is a PS2 in the house, but that’s Staci’s, so it never became too much of an issue for me.

Then the fateful day came that they announced GH3, for the XBox 360, the PS3, and the Wii. And that little niggle that had been in the back of my skull kicked in. I never quite obsessed about it, but the desire was there. I talked to Jim about it, sure enough he was getting it and also for the Wii. And GH3 was going to add network play.

Fast forward a little while and I come home one day to a GH2 box sitting in my den. Seems Elise had borrowed it for a little while. I ignored it for a few days, but then one day, home alone, I played it again. And I still sucked, but only at first. I was slowly getting better and getting into the groove. By the time it went back, I had probably played the game more than Elise.

So back to this weekend. I’ve gotten pretty good at the game. I’ve already finished on easy, need to go back and 5-star a few songs, and I’m making progress on medium. I doubt I’ll finish on hard for a good long while, and expert is probably completely out.