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 2 Comments - Add comment | Back to adam Written on 11-Jul-2008 by declangunn

The fret board fills the screen, five strings disappearing and sliding into a haze of pomposity. My fingers hover and caress the green, red, yellow, blue, orange buttons on my black axe, right hand poised over the strum button. It’s easy. Press the requisite coloured button and strum to play a note. The crowd screams in anticipation. A blue then yellow, then red green red, then blue, then a long yellow note that a whammy all the way... and then... and then an untold combination of long and short hark into my vision, there is no time for thought, my fingers will have to dance over these damn keys if I am to get close to pleasing these spiritely rock hordes.


The notes explode and life is breathed into the song with every deft move… a slip of the fingers, a discordant strangle and a murmur of disapproval, I miss a beat and everything that follows jars and is off by a second. The crowd turns ugly, I pause, spot a long blue and hit to get back in the groove. I'm no longer relaying orders to my aching fingers, they move independently, hitting a flurry of notes, while my mind hits a new state of calm and understanding, thought dispensed with, worries falling away. 


The song fades away and I'm told I rock. I matter. I hit 96% of the notes and I'm worthy of four stars. 


It doesn't seem good enough. I must go again, maybe if I hit 100% of the notes I will finally meet God...

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  • written on 07-Aug-2008

    chickerino [http://www.chickerino.com] says:

    Oh my god this game is annoying. My flatmate has been playing it for days and I'm starting to have nightmares about not being able to hit any notes!

  • written on 08-Aug-2008

    declangunn says:

    that is one of the major drawbacks, after a heavy session of becoming a rock god, as soon as you close your eyes all you can see is the fret board and brightly coloured buttons, and you have to hit them in your mind or you go crazy. it truly is the spawn of satan. i love it

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