What do dot com moguls do for fun when they’re not scarfing down on Vietnamese noodles? They wow the crowd with their toy guitar and drum-playing skills, of course!
On Sunday afternoon, a group of us went over to Greg’s place for a rousing session of Rock Band. For some strange reason, Stephen seemed very bent on getting me to sing Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld. I guess he was so impressed with my performance at the Vancouver International Game Suimmit that he just had to experience an encore.
Also joining in on the fun were Rock Band newbiie Gary Ng, Susanne, Greg’s brother Mike, and the freshly back from Tokyo Ed Lau. Fun was had by all, even though Stephen is one massive fail on the drums. I swear he was going to break Greg’s drums.
Now the question is whether I should “invest” in Rock Band 2 or if I should buy Guitar Hero: World Tour. Both have their strong points — both games will have at least one Linkin Park song — and both have their weaknesses. I guess I’ll just have to wait for the reviews to start coming out. That, or I’ll just have to review both myself! Ah, the trials and tribulations of a freelance writer!
They were in no danger of breaking. I pounded the piss out of my drum set for a whole year. I was more fearful when Susanne did the super stomp on the kick drum pedal. I’d never seen that IRL before, and only read about it in blog posts where the pedal snapped off, though I think she’d be too light to actually break it.
I need to play more. I hadn’t pulled the kit out since VIGS when you wowwed me with your Timmy impersonation. My abs hurt for a week after busting a gut laughing.
We should do this again when you come home in Dec. It’s way more fun than playing with a bunch of hicks on XBL.
I think I will probably buy Rock Band 2…and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
…dammit, what am I going to do with three sets of drums?!
I think I will need to buy that bridge gizmo that will allow me to use a real electronic drum kit like a Roland V1. Then I’ll only need one set of drums. But yeah, WTF am I going to do with another set of toy drums?
I don’t know why but I don’t feel too much attracted to this game. It’s cool, but Tekken5 is way cooler! lol
Thank god you are a freelance writer.
You totally destroyed “Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld”, or whatever that was you were “singing”….LOL!!
Don’t quit your day job. 😉
Very funny! lol