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Sunday, April 20th, 2008 |
In the past couple of years, new sensations have been sweeping the nation in the forms of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. In the unlikely case that you have never heard of or played either of these video games, they require you to play plastic model instruments in time with a song track hitting as many notes as possible on varying difficulties to suit your skill level (both have Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert for the brave).
Guitar Hero Review
The Guitar Hero franchise has been growing in popularity in the past few years so that most everyone has played it at least once, and for good reason. The latest in the series, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, is one of the most played games today and chances are that anyone with either an Xbox 360 or a Playstation will have it. In my experience, it is so far the easiest to pick up and play. I say this because notes are easier to hit than any of the other Guitar Hero games because there is a larger area around each note for that note to be hit. The “grace period” is longer and you can hit a note, even after it’s past or before you’re supposed to, to a certain point.
The actual difficulty of the note charts of the songs, however, is much harder than Rock Band and any other Guitar Hero game and is meant more for the hardcore “rockers” rather than the casual players being the most difficult songs to play so far. So, notes easiest to hit, but also a lot more of them and faster. The song selection is excellent, as usual. There is a nice mix of classic rock, metal, punk and hard rock. Rather than list numerous examples, you can find the song list easily on Wikipedia or even guitarhero.com.
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007 |
From my experience last night at a concert featuring Styx (who didn’t play Mr. Roboto, see lyrics), Foreigner and most importantly Def Leppard I learned that bands from the 80s are still giving great concert performances. True, not all the original band members are part of all the groups, most of the core members were, except for Dennis DeYoung, who I thought was the only band member I really missed from all three groups.
That notwithstanding, it was a excited atmosphere with at least 3 generations in attendance. I saw ages from 13 – 60. I know some people age 60 were there as my parents were in attendance across the stadium (Nissan Pavilion in Bristol, Virginia) from my wife and I.
While all the bands were very entertaining, Def Leppard stole the show without a doubt as the final act, climaxing with a superb performance of the song “Pour Some Sugar On Me. See live video footage at the end of this post. It was as if I had been transported back to the mid-eighties when they hit their height of popularity. Adrenaline and high-octane energy were in abundance from the crowd and the band members. You can see in the image to the right, from my mobile phone, that Vivian Campbell is ripped and in shape as all the members appeared to be, from all the bands, for that matter.
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Monday, August 13th, 2007 |
From my experience Paradigm speakers are the best bang for the buck you can get for your home theater! Over the years I’ve owned many different brands of speakers including Cerwin Vega, JBL, Infinity and Bose. Yet none of these can compare to the price and sound quality of my current Paradigm home theater setup. And to top it off, the Paradigm’s cost less than my previous Bose speakers. I currently have the Mini Monitor system, except that I opted for a larger center & surrounds.
The first time I heard Paradigm speakers in the showroom, I fell in love with their rich, vibrant & authentic sounds. But it wasn’t until my Mom was visiting and said, “Wow, I can’t believe how good this sounds, it’s better than the theater,” that I truely marveled in how good a value they are. It takes a lot to make people, like my mother, who normally say they can’t tell a difference in sound quality take notice of how good something sounds.
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007 |
From my experience, having 3 iPods in a home with 4 people will not be enough iPods.
Everyone needs their own iPod.
You can try and save money buy sharing an iPod, but it just won’t work. The money saved will not be worth the aggravation being an iPod short will bring into your life. I will also add that it a great deal to by them refurbished. We have bought several this way and they look and work like new plus you save up to 25% or more depending on the model. Give it a look-see at Apple’s store for Refurbished iPods.
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