Do guitar games discredit real guitarists?
The most popular video games of today are all about rock n roll, including the recently released Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2. These games, if you are not familiar with them, are sold alongside plastic, simplified, pseudo-instruments used to play through the most popular of rock ballads. For what it’s worth, Rock Band and Guitar Hero are a blast – especially with a few buddies and a few drinks. Anyone can get some dorm cred by pulling out a pair of Guitar Hero axes at the end of the night. But these games are insanely popular… to the point that I wonder how they are affecting the real music industry? Everyday after work, my friend John would come home to play Guitar Hero until his fingers hurt. He got crazy good at the game. We would joke that if he spent that time playing guitar for REAL, then maybe he could become a REAL rock star. But there may be truth behind the humor. Playing games and listening to music is great, but devoting your time to mastering fake instruments se
