$400.00 - Xbox 360 $160.00 - Rock Band Bundle $27.00 - Downloadeable Content
That's $587.00 BEFORE I throw in the price of an extra guitar and the inevitable purchase of more downloadeable content. And considering I'm the only person in Warsaw I'm paying around $600.00 for the opportunity to sit in my parent's basement and play Rock Band by myself.
If someone wants to offer me free room and board? I'll totally buy Guitar Hero, a 360, and etc. and come live with them. But until I can find 3 friends within reasonable driving distance I'm going to have to pass on Rock Band.
I would rather find a way to store i such that it isn't lying out in the open somewhere. That is my one problem with games that include large peripherals... They take up a lot of space and look cheap when not in use.
Ok cheap isn't exactly the word I wanted to use. I mean that it clutters my room. I like to have an organized area, and large peripherals that can't easily be stored create clutter, that I hate, with a passion.
It depends, does organization count as an aesthetic, because really it is all I care about when it comes to how something looks. To me there is a lot of utility in having an organized room.
Not only does The Great Wall have Sizzling Rice Soup (a soup than which a greater cannot be thought) but they also have those kickass gumballs that Blue Lion had.
These gumballs are not only SOLID but they are also quarter sized and one may get two gumballs for $.25.
Heroes can go eat itself. I spent today's after work hours moving furniture and while I ate I turned on Heroes as something of a break. "OK, self," I thought to myself, "Maybe I will give this show another chance."
And it was ok. And it was pleasant. And some interesting plot elements developed and Veronica Mars girl was flirty and slutty. Keen.
And then the last 3 fucking minutes pissed me the hell off and I cursed Tim Kring's name.
Because he just sucks you in and then stomps on you.
"My point is you LOVE cultural bits of Warsaw and it's environs. The epic Gumballs. The Wall. Etc."
You're like the parents who hears their child remark that they enjoy movies and so assume that their primary obsession in life is to become a cinematographer.
mmm...sweet life-giving "paste-like and batter-like meat product produced by forcing beef, pork or chicken bones, with attached edible meat, under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue."
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49010 You bring me such eternal joy 49010 Genderless, you are not a boy
49010 I love your ABS poly head 49010 That's not a euphamism for "head"
Oh, 49010 You bring eternal joy to my life 49010 Genderless, will you be my wife?
GUITAR SOLO!
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I'll be in Warsaw Wed-Sun(?), we should do something (other than write songs about shovels).
Also, I played the Rock Band's drum demo at the Best Buy, and it made me wonder if the Harmonix took all the good ideas with them when they left the Red Octane.
Good idea #1) Scaling back on the crazy venues to focus on the characters who subsequently look, animate, and interact significantly better than in GH3.
Good idea #2) The crowd sings along. This is a minor touch that, I think, quite effectively serves to rebuild the illusion that GH used to have.
Good idea #3) The onscreen fretboard where the notes appear is clean, and it lights up. I'm not sure why it lights up, but it does (maybe when star power is ready?) and I'm apparently easily amused enough to think that is neat.
Good idea #4) As you play the song, your score is shown not only numerically, but in the number of stars it will earn upon completion. Another minor thing, but I like it. No more wondering how I did, or finishing a song just in case it's the next star higher only to find out that it's not.
In short, I think Harmonix has managed to improve the old formula in ways beyond simply adding a drum and a mic and a couple new features, and may have actually made the core game exciting again (until it too becomes tired).
Is the lightning from hitting a series of start notes as overwhelming in rock band as it is in gh3?
I think this is my one major problem with the game. The sound and visual effects are too much in the forefront. I find this to be very annoying in a game where the sound is so important. I find this especially frustrating during slow expressive guitar solos i.e. One, Black Magic Woman.
Mike may not have been as good of a host as Joel, but he's still a hell of a writer. Plus, he's married to Bridget Jones, so even if she's not credited, there's another former Best Brains writer in the house.
Regardless, Joel/Trace is tres awesome.
And I didn't really notice the effects in Rock Band other than the note-fret-board lighting up. I don't think there're any lightning bolts or thunder claps.
The flash animations on MST3K.com? What the fuck is this nonsense? The A listers are apparently competing to make the best post-MST product, and a bunch of c and no listers are left behind to rape the corpse of the original?
Rock Band's release date is tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to be the guy who buys Rock Band?
ReplyDeleteCome on. Be the guy who buys Rock Band.
Here is what Rock Band requires of me:
ReplyDelete$400.00 - Xbox 360
$160.00 - Rock Band Bundle
$27.00 - Downloadeable Content
That's $587.00 BEFORE I throw in the price of an extra guitar and the inevitable purchase of more downloadeable content. And considering I'm the only person in Warsaw I'm paying around $600.00 for the opportunity to sit in my parent's basement and play Rock Band by myself.
If someone wants to offer me free room and board? I'll totally buy Guitar Hero, a 360, and etc. and come live with them. But until I can find 3 friends within reasonable driving distance I'm going to have to pass on Rock Band.
Which is a sad, sad thing.
I will buy Rock Band...
ReplyDeleteI just need to find a non shitty way to store it
Store it?
ReplyDeleteThat implies that there will be times during which it is not played.
I think you ought to put it on top of your entertainment center. The drums would look fantastic sitting there.
I would rather find a way to store i such that it isn't lying out in the open somewhere. That is my one problem with games that include large peripherals... They take up a lot of space and look cheap when not in use.
ReplyDeleteGaming Closet?
ReplyDeleteWait..."look cheap when not in use."
Aesthetics!!
Ok cheap isn't exactly the word I wanted to use. I mean that it clutters my room. I like to have an organized area, and large peripherals that can't easily be stored create clutter, that I hate, with a passion.
ReplyDeleteyou all realize that you can't get away from aesthetics right? Its like trying to not be materialistic.
ReplyDeleteIt depends, does organization count as an aesthetic, because really it is all I care about when it comes to how something looks. To me there is a lot of utility in having an organized room.
ReplyDeleteOrganization is an aesthetic.
ReplyDeleteWe hail from Hanover where "materialism" means "you have any level of concern for physical things" and "natural" doesn't mean anything.
I dislike clutter as well. That's why my hypothetical apartment of the future has guitar stands for my Guitar Hero controllers.
Not only does The Great Wall have Sizzling Rice Soup (a soup than which a greater cannot be thought) but they also have those kickass gumballs that Blue Lion had.
ReplyDeleteThese gumballs are not only SOLID but they are also quarter sized and one may get two gumballs for $.25.
Great Wall is freaking best ever.
Man... what are you talking about.
ReplyDeleteYou love Warsaw, Jay.
You just hate Warsaw People.
I think that if one removed people from everywhere the only things one could assess are the geological features of the area.
ReplyDeleteSo, yes, having been born in the Midwest I am not opposed to its climate and geological features.
Point?
Heroes can go eat itself. I spent today's after work hours moving furniture and while I ate I turned on Heroes as something of a break. "OK, self," I thought to myself, "Maybe I will give this show another chance."
ReplyDeleteAnd it was ok. And it was pleasant. And some interesting plot elements developed and Veronica Mars girl was flirty and slutty. Keen.
And then the last 3 fucking minutes pissed me the hell off and I cursed Tim Kring's name.
Because he just sucks you in and then stomps on you.
Like a woman.
Or some sort of Zelda/Okami boss.
My point is you LOVE cultural bits of Warsaw and it's environs. The epic Gumballs. The Wall. Etc.
ReplyDeleteMy point is you are a fixator, sir, and you have fixated upon those things that irk you.
In another life? The other road travelled? You're that mindbogglingly frustrating Always Happy Dude.
Also, Tim Kring? TERRIBLE WRITER.
TERRIBLE. Ivan levels of Terrible.
"My point is you LOVE cultural bits of Warsaw and it's environs. The epic Gumballs. The Wall. Etc."
ReplyDeleteYou're like the parents who hears their child remark that they enjoy movies and so assume that their primary obsession in life is to become a cinematographer.
Popcorn is now available from the vending machine at work.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a chemical in popcorn that caused mass hunger and desire in persons stuck in an office full of popcorn smell.
For some reason, though, it does not make me desire popcorn. Rather, I desire a box full of Slim Jims.
mmm...sweet delicious slim jims full of grease and salt and mechanically seperated chicken.
mmm...sweet life-giving "paste-like and batter-like meat product produced by forcing beef, pork or chicken bones, with attached edible meat, under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue."
It's so good.
I feel like watching West Wing Thanksgiving episodes.
ReplyDelete49010
ReplyDeleteYou're an ABS Poly Head Scoop.
49010
I think I would die without you
49010
You bring me such eternal joy
49010
Genderless, you are not a boy
49010
I love your ABS poly head
49010
That's not a euphamism for "head"
Oh, 49010
You bring eternal joy to my life
49010
Genderless, will you be my wife?
GUITAR SOLO!
Ba dooooo do we bam bam bam.
Doddely do do squeeeeeeeeedilly be
chica wow wow grink grink
diggi diggi digga ....
49010
You have a thick walled fiberglass handle
49010
Certainly you are not a mammal
OH 49010
You have a sleek D-grip end
49010
Will you be my eternal friend?
I'll be in Warsaw Wed-Sun(?), we should do something (other than write songs about shovels).
ReplyDeleteAlso, I played the Rock Band's drum demo at the Best Buy, and it made me wonder if the Harmonix took all the good ideas with them when they left the Red Octane.
Good idea #1) Scaling back on the crazy venues to focus on the characters who subsequently look, animate, and interact significantly better than in GH3.
Good idea #2) The crowd sings along. This is a minor touch that, I think, quite effectively serves to rebuild the illusion that GH used to have.
Good idea #3) The onscreen fretboard where the notes appear is clean, and it lights up. I'm not sure why it lights up, but it does (maybe when star power is ready?) and I'm apparently easily amused enough to think that is neat.
Good idea #4) As you play the song, your score is shown not only numerically, but in the number of stars it will earn upon completion. Another minor thing, but I like it. No more wondering how I did, or finishing a song just in case it's the next star higher only to find out that it's not.
In short, I think Harmonix has managed to improve the old formula in ways beyond simply adding a drum and a mic and a couple new features, and may have actually made the core game exciting again (until it too becomes tired).
I will be in Warsaw until I am struck by inspiration and go somewhere else to seek my fortune. We ought to do something.
ReplyDeleteTonight I shall probably be moving Furniture. I assume that Wednesday after work, too, will involve furniture moving.
Man, I don't want Rock band to be awesome. I want Rock Band to be stupid and crappy so I don't feel compelled to buy it.
Kyle's mouse sucks. Becauseit is not my comfortable mouse w/ thumb-forwards and back buttons.
ReplyDeleteThis is all.
Kyle's Mouse does kind of suck.
ReplyDeleteAll of the furniture is back where it once was. Now little things must be put away.
If people want to try to accomplish some "hanging out" over the 4 day weekend that would be cool.
ReplyDeleteI just bought my first RiffTrax. Now we can watch the Matrix with Mike and Servo!
ReplyDelete"Botanists consider soil to be a matrix, is this a soil-based movie?"
ReplyDeleteeeeeeeeee!
ReplyDeleteIs the lightning from hitting a series of start notes as overwhelming in rock band as it is in gh3?
ReplyDeleteI think this is my one major problem with the game. The sound and visual effects are too much in the forefront. I find this to be very annoying in a game where the sound is so important. I find this especially frustrating during slow expressive guitar solos i.e. One, Black Magic Woman.
Maybe all of those old bad B-movies weren't so far off
ReplyDeleteIf you go into the sound setup you can change the sound levels. So guitar and band can be at 11 and effects can be at 0.
ReplyDeletenoob.
I wonder if the Riff Trax hold up to the Joel and Trace tracks that are coming..
ReplyDeletehmn
That still won't fix the lag from the visual affects of star power, lightning, etc.
ReplyDeleteMike may not have been as good of a host as Joel, but he's still a hell of a writer. Plus, he's married to Bridget Jones, so even if she's not credited, there's another former Best Brains writer in the house.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, Joel/Trace is tres awesome.
And I didn't really notice the effects in Rock Band other than the note-fret-board lighting up. I don't think there're any lightning bolts or thunder claps.
The only time I saw lag was when we activated star power and there were many notes. The puny 360 groaned under the duress of such potent rockin'.
ReplyDeleteJoel is married to Bridget Jones?
RiffTrax are wonderful things.
ReplyDeleteindeed, no knock on the Nelson intended.. I just have fond memories of the Red Jumpsuit
ReplyDeleteThe flash animations on MST3K.com? What the fuck is this nonsense? The A listers are apparently competing to make the best post-MST product, and a bunch of c and no listers are left behind to rape the corpse of the original?
ReplyDeleteI don't know how that link got broken like that, but I like it.
ReplyDeleteFixed?
During breaks no one is online.
ReplyDeleteI think this is odd.
Agreed. The Flash animations are foul.
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