Music games take a walk on the weird side
It's OK, music has jumped the shark before. Remember Lou Reed's Honda scooter ad? Or Ringo Star shilling for Sun Country wine coolers? Music games – Guitar Hero, Rock Band and their many imitators – are the latest offenders, with goofy branded merchandise, me-too knockoffs, and plenty of other sins that will make you want to hang up your (fake) axe for good. Read on for 10 prophetic signs that music games have truly jumped the shark.






Reader Comments (35)
Hasheten, Just because a game has Christian music doesn't make it bad. Now, I have no idea why they had to make a "Christian Guitar Hero". I kinda find it ridiculous why they just couldn't put good christian songs in GH. But if you've never heard of Skillet you are seriously missing out. Not all Christian music is "bad".
Possibly the best list made by this website.
Guitar Praise??? wtf! "let's rock out to positive christian lyrics''? who the hell are those bands anyway? ugh give me satanic rock lyrics about doin' it in the road anyday over that religious crap >,
Who the hell is John Mayer ?
Seriously? John Mayer and Chad Kroeger need to shut the hell up. Especially Kroeger. his guitarist cant even PLAY guitar. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are NOT substitutes for actual guitar playing. Like this said more people have actually started learning actual guitar after playing the music games. Eye of the Tiger, Float On, and Livin' on a Prayer are all really good songs, in fact GH and RB need more of them. More of them and more of Dream Theater. More of talented music not the "20 crappy records that come out each year" or whatever. Oh and btw, that Guitar Praise game actually looks fun, just because its Christian Rock doesnt mean the songs arent good they sounded like good songs to me
Bueller, you're funny. Last I checked, Guitar Hero and Stepmania are both rhythm games, with two different playing styles, so one would assume "more fun" would be a matter of personal choice. And yeah, you don't have to waste hundreds of dollars on plastic guitars.... You just have to waste it on dance mats. Which are, BTW, more expensive.
"Eye of The Tiger" sucks because it's old, cliche, and cheesy and hilarious when it shouldn't be. Not to mention, why is the TIGER the focus of that song? There are much better Cats to choose from. Like the CHEETAH. :D
None of you even understand, Until they Release either Gold Teeth I'm not Sold, It might even take both. You're all going in the wrong direction and tiger's eyes have little to do with it. perhaps in this case, love IS a game for three.
Hey! Eye of the Tiger was a great song! How can you say it was a terrible song when I listen to it I actually think it ain't half bad. Better than most of the crap I'm stuck having to listen to sometimes. I just stopped reading there because of that alone.
wow ppl calm down i mean damn....... this is just stupid crap dont let it piss u off cause its not worth it..and oh i like screamo and i hate gutair hero cause it makes me angry and blah...anyway...like i said just calm down and not every one a poser if u listen to screamo(i listen to more but gosh ..those two were ready to kill,chop and eat the ppl)alright bibi