I am a Guitar Hero and I Just Dance

Please try to abstain from making fun of me, I can think of nothing else to blog about. So here I go. I love both games. They are excellent for parties. Guitar Hero involves pressing buttons on a guitar shaped controller in time with the notes that are going past on the TV screen. It involves using a lot of hand-eye coordination, which is good for some and bad for others. The best part about the game, though, is that you get to play to some of the best songs, some more difficult than others. As technology enhanced and Guitar Hero got some competition from Rock Band, other instruments were added. This was a good addition involving partner play, but the songs are lacking now. Not lacking in overall quality, but in the difficulty of the guitar part. It is, after all, still called Guitar Hero, but I feel that the guitar part has been left in the dust. Also when/ is there going to be a Guitar Hero 6? I never know. Guitar Hero 5 was unheard of by me until I looked it up to see if it existed last Christmas. No one else knew it existed. Will the Guitar Hero legacy finally end? Do I care? I don't know.

Moving on to Just Dance. My friend first introduced me to this amazing game last summer. It was crazy fun. It was a revolution. And best of all, it included my favorite song at the time: Acceptable in the 80's. The gameplay is simple: hold your Wii remote in the standard position and follow the dance moves on the screen. Only it's not that simple. Besides the fact that the dance moves are shown beforehand by an awkwardly posed stick figure with a mess of arrows, the game is very picky when it comes to where your remote is and when. Not only do you have to hold it at the exact correct angle to begin with, but you are expected to keep it at that angle while doing difficult dance moves. Despite these grievences I still love the game, and the gameplay and song list has gotten better from the first to the second song. Here is the preview for Just Dance 2:



*Update. As it turns out there is a Guitar Hero 6. Who knew? Well now I do. And looking at the song list is making me angry. If the majority of the songs weren't so terrible, I might be able to overlook their use of an Interpol song. But the majority of the songs are terrible. So I am angry. Guitar Hero has gotten progressively worse and I get very protective of bands like Interpol when it comes to being used in movies, or games. Grrr. Here's the song list: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock song list

V: The Final Battle

My first day back from Winter Break was spent watching all three parts to an 80's sci-fi mini series called V: The Final Battle. Though the Special effects were quite mediocre and some of the acting was less than stellar, I was hooked. The series is about seemingly peaceful aliens who visit Earth asking the humans for help. The real reason for the visit of these reptilian extra terrestrials is to take all of the food and water from Earth due to a shortage on their home planet. Did I mention that by food they mean the humans? Creepy, right? Well luckily for the humans, not all of these aliens are bent on destroying humanity. Some want compromise. Together, a group of rogue aliens and humans join forces to defeat their leader, Diana, and her strong military force equipped with powerful laser guns. Not an easy feat. And that's about all I can tell you without giving something away. Sorry, but you are going to have to see this for yourself.

Now for my thoughts on the series. I thought is was pretty good for an old series with minor actors, by minor I mean not widely known. I even sacrificed sleeping to find out what happened in the end, which was finally revealed at midnight. I have to admit I was a little disappointed by the ending. After 6 hours of watching several different interesting plots build up and mesh together I think I have a right to be. Don't get me wrong, the ending wasn't bad, just not a surprise. And there was a cliff hanger. Now that's just unfair. If you're going to make a sequel then go right ahead and hang, but after two sequels I think it's a little unfair for it to end that way. I'm just being whiney though. That was the only exciting part of the end.

You all might have heard of the new TV series called V starring Elizabeth Mitchell from Lost. Well sadly I know about as much as you do, if you know anything, about this updated version. Though now more than ever I feel the urge to watch it. As soon as I do watch it, which I will be sure to, you can bet your boots that I will do a post on it.

Now, since this post is getting quite long with no picture or video breaks, I will show you my favortie scene, which also happens to be the most ridiculous/hilarious scene:



I commend the producers for the effort, but the special effects just ruin the dramatic effect.

Remix

Remixes. Some are good, some are bad. Some make me want to shoot the DJ responsible for the abomination, some make me want to leap for joy whenever I hear them. How do you know when a remix is good you might ask? Well, it is somewhat a personal decision, you could simply decide whether you enjoy the original version or the remix better. But that takes work. And most people are lazy. So I will save you the effort by telling you which remixes you should stay away from. The worst, and unfortunately the most often listened to remixes are usually the ones that you hear on your local maintream radio station, surprise surprise!

You know a remix is bad when:
1. It is by children (yes Kidzbop, this is directed at you)
2. It is by an annoying rapper and/or group
3. It is a cover of an already amazing song (take for example Disney movie songs covered by Diseney channel "stars")
4. The beat does not match up with the original song
5. It is worse than the original.

Now you know which ones to avoid. But which ones am I allowed to listen to, you may ask. Well, faithful reader, you will listen to the remixes I deem good. How do you find the good ones with so many bad ones? You could start by looking up one of your favorite bands on Youtube and simply add "remix" to the end of your search. Secondly, and most importantly, make sure that the remix is done by a good artist. If you don't know, look it up! Any stupid or mainstream rapper name should be discarded immediately. Still need help? Here is one of my favorite remixes, the first video is the original and the second is the remix:



Good, but it could use some improvement:




Much better. I hope my vague expertise will be enough to rescue you from any bad remixes you may encounter in the future.