Guitar Hero, Rock Band etc

[Lars]

Those kinds of games are absolute rubbish.

[anonymaus]

@Psychonaut: Interesting, thank you.

Those kinds of games are absolute rubbish.

Thank you for offering your opinion which wasn't requested, would you like to provide any kind of justification for it or just leave it floating out there?

[Baron Samedi]

Far enough that I preclude my kids from spending too much time with video games when those same energies could be directed into developing real talent. I work with so many people who spend hours every day playing guitar hero or sports games. If they would invest just a fraction of that into doing the real thing then, IMO, their lives would be enriched because of it. For most things I think it's better to engage in activities than to simulate those activities through a computer.

I concur with this 100%

Too many people think they are hot shit because they can "master" this console game.

[Hrolf Kraki]

I absolutely refuse I get my kids one of these. There's no way they're going to spend hours and hours pretending to play a guitar when they could just as easily be learning to play a real one.

No shit!! That game is the most ridiculous waste of time I´ve ever seen.

I´ve played it before and it´s terribly boring. You just press buttons when the colours come up.

[Manifest Destiny]

I just can't get into games like Rock Band. I mean, it's fun every once in a while, but I couldn't play it regularly. I prefer activities that teach real-world skills; like killing hookers and robbing people on Grand Theft Auto.