The Christmas Rake-in

Post by **Quzar** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:01 pm

Hashmire420 wrote:is guitar hero anything like playing actual guitar?
Ive been playing guitar for about a two years, and the controller looks like you only get 5 buttons, meaning nothing like real guitar.

in the same way that ddr is like actual dancing.

Hashmire420 · Post by **Hashmire420** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:11 pm

I see well chances are ill go buy it.

GyroVorbis · Post by **GyroVorbis** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:25 am

I'm not really sure, but it requires crazy ass finger work up there, and even if it's not really like hitting actual notes on the guitar, being able to do that crazy crap has got to amount to something.

I certainly couldn't have ever dreamed of some of the mad fingerwork I've been able to pull off.

But oh my god, using the whammie bar on longer notes ups your "star points." When you get enough of them, you play the guitar vertically like some sort of crazy badass and unleash the fury to rack up the points.

This game has far surpassed my expectations, and I expected a lot, since I'm pretty into dance rhythm games (Samba, DDR, etc.)

CupNoodle · Post by **CupNoodle** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:27 am

My friends went nuts over Guitar Hero, they play it constantly. I think it's just okay, actually no, I don't think it's very fun at all. I do like watching them on expert mode though.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:02 am

is it a PS2 game?

id consider it for the cube or xbox...

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:48 am

I wanted to get Guitar Hero, but they were sold out. Had a giftcard to use. And man, some of you guys get a shitload. $1300 in cash? Yeesh.

GyroVorbis · Post by **GyroVorbis** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:27 am

I had a $250 budget this year (actually wound up being plenty).

Yeah, Guitar Hero is for PS2. I had to get the damn thing the day it came out, all the gamestores in town sold out the first week and haven't had any since...

That sucks too, because the game has more than convinced me that I need to get another guitar...

Post by **Quzar** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:58 am

Lartrak wrote:I wanted to get Guitar Hero, but they were sold out. Had a giftcard to use. And man, some of you guys get a shitload. $1300 in cash? Yeesh.

I was shocked, and actually relatively concerned about my dad after getting that.

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:23 pm

Guitar Hero manages to simulate the experience of playing guitar. Just imagine confining yourself to the top 5 frets of a guitar (and a good bit of playing can be done there) and not having to worry about hitting the correct string as well. As finger exercises, I can see Guitar Hero being excellent for an actual guitar player.

I'm stuck on Crossroads and No One Knows on expert.

GyroVorbis · Post by **GyroVorbis** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:42 pm

Christ, I just beat Crossroads medium...

ace · Post by **ace** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:12 pm

Let's see...

I received a tribal mask from my mom's trip to the Dominican Republic, a new Xbox controller and a really nice dress shirt from my girlfriend, a nice poker set from my girlfriend's parents, a case of Corona from her brother, a large bottle of Stella Artois from his girlfriend, $500 from one set of grandparents, $50 from my other grandmother, a really nice box cutter from my best friend, some DVD +Rs and a Corona gift set from my roommates.

WhtCastle · Post by **WhtCastle** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:26 pm

I got...
$225, new shirts and pants, Family Guy Vol 3, Family Guy Movie, Family Guy Peter and Chicken fight scene, Family Guy clock, Seinfeld Season 6, Ford GT die-cast Jada model, Small Hpnotiq bottle, $50 at Best Buy, $10 at Hollywood video. Work also gave me a company bag with the logo and such, pretty nice.

I don't like getting gifts, I enjoy giving them though. I spent way too much this year though, about $750 on gifts.... I gave: Burnout Revenge, Sin City Book+Directors cut dvd, gun case, robe, diamond earrings (x2), lamb's wool slippers, Kitty Face, Resident Evil 4, Happy Bunny figures, autographed NIN poster, Bob and Tom CD. I think that's about it.

Post by **melancholy** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:26 am

Couch
Roll-away island for the kitchen
Dragon Quest VIII
Two pairs of jeans
$45 total in Best Buy gift cards
$55 in cash
$25 Wal-mart gift card
2 Snow Village pieces
A whole crapload of candy

That's pretty much it.

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:21 pm

GyroVorbis wrote:Christ, I just beat Crossroads medium...

Have you tried Bark at the Moon yet?

MKE · Post by **MKE** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:08 pm

ok, just got all my stuff together and here's my list of stuff i got:

mini shop vac - i do my dremeling in my room, and im sick of stepping on metal and plastic peices so i asked for one
Cold Heat
61 pc. Computer repair "set" from radio shack
dart board w/ some nice heavy darts
2 player pistol dart game
35$ to Dave and Busters (think "grown up" arcade)
Korn - SYOTOS
dvd weird science
Paintball gun, balls, and 2 20oz tanks
Clothes that ill never wear...got them from my parents...
gift card to the local ski shop
some ps2 games
and 40$ in gift cards to walmart

GyroVorbis · Post by **GyroVorbis** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:03 pm

toastman wrote:
GyroVorbis wrote:Christ, I just beat Crossroads medium...
Have you tried Bark at the Moon yet?

Bark at the Moon was the most crazy thing I've ever seen.

and that's just on medium...

I just beat Franz Ferdinand "Take me out" on Hard.

Covar · Post by **Covar** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:37 pm

a bt-4 paintball gun
20oz tank and hopper for ^ paintball gun
Fantastic Four dvd
Fantastic Four dvd (traded for Superman TAS Vol 2)
and about 200 in cash, which i spent on sonic rush and nintendogs(rest in the bank)

not really a christmas gift but my grandma bought me some dishes, and silverware for my new apartment that i'm moving into Sat

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:55 pm

GyroVorbis wrote:
toastman wrote:
GyroVorbis wrote:Christ, I just beat Crossroads medium...
Have you tried Bark at the Moon yet?
Bark at the Moon was the most crazy thing I've ever seen.

and that's just on medium...

I just beat Franz Ferdinand "Take me out" on Hard.

Once you play through most of hard, go back to Bark at the Moon on medium. You will complete it easily.