Give the 360 a Rest

Just finished a marathon session (by my standards) of Rock Band 2, mainly drumming. Still trying to get the kit in the right place, get comfortable, but generally it was much fun indeed.

One problem I'm having is the cymbal on the Guitar Hero kit isn't registering every hit. It acts as the yellow pad in RB2. As I'm just playing on Easy difficulty at the moment it's not big deal, but unless I can sort this out it'll be a right pain on Hard and Expert.

All that aside it was very enjoyable. Giving the 360 a rest for a bit and will probably play some guitar later (the drums do make a noise).

And there's a new version of the online web-based shooter Quake Live out so I'll download and give that a go. I'm useless at it but the simplicity and immediacy of it make it good for just dipping into. And if I turn the chat off I can easily ignore the calls of "n00b" etc, and can pretend everyone who plays online games are thoroughly decent

A Little Positivity

Thusfar this blog has been me whining about being crap at shooters, so let's have a moment of positive thinking.

It was my 37th birthday recently and I thought I'd treat myself to Guitar Hero World Tour, the complete band pack. Actually I bought this so I could play Rock Band 2, but couldn't be bothered to wait for EA to get their act together - there you go, EA, another customer lost.

Anyway, I have the day off work today, and with excellent timing this huge box turns up full of rhythm-action-gaming goodness.

I put the guitar together and fired up RB2 (GH:WT can wait) and was instantly in games heaven, well, once I'd calibrated the guitar. I got 100% on Should I Stay Or Should I Go? by The Clash, on Medium though, didn't drop a note!

The drums are now set up so will be having a go on those presently, but just thought I'd say right now it's nice to be playing something I'm actualy not too bad at for a change - very enjoyable.