Hannah fancied a Cal branded hoodie, but at $50 they are ridiculously overpriced. One materialised in the Salvation Army for $4.99! Christine needed Pictionary for games night. $2 from Out Of The Closet! And after the >play conference last week, everybody wants a copy of Rock Band II on the Xbox 360.
When you wish upon a star (makes no difference who you are) your dreams come true, and so it was when I found a Guitar SuperStar Interactive Video Game in the Goodwill store for $10.
For those unfamiliar with the Rock Band/Guitar Hero computer games, they're basically a way for people to fulfil their desire of being in a band without having to learn how to play an instrument. Learning to play an instrument would, in fact, be easier than the object of the game: to press the right coloured buttons on your guitar-shaped controller as corresponding blobs cascade down the screen in time to music.
If you spend $300+ you get 84 songs from bands such as The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Nirvana. You can create a realistic virtual version of yourself to appear onstange in front of a screaming crowd, play in different lovingly-recreated venues across the world, and experience the thrill of live performance!
If you spend $10 you get ten songs, all of which are not entirely unlike other famous songs but have been changed sufficiently to avoid copyright disputes. The device plugs straight into the TV, avoiding the need for such unweildy things as game consoles, and its graphics and sound would shame an 80s ZX Spectrum game. But it is fun!
The 80s songs would have felt lonely without 80s graphics. I haven't seen pixels this size since Chucky Egg.
Dana Pelleg - rock goddess.
Amir even sings as he plays!
Not even Hannah is immune to its charms.
And new to my blog, find below some videos for you to watch! Oh yes, we're all about the innovation here:
Amir does his best...
But is he as good as Dana?
