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Well, considering what people call "music" today, it is no wonder that a product like this will sell.
Fake music= fake instruments.

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Not sounding like a rockstar for a couple of months/years is what always happened. Kids today think they want instant gratification (at least the dumb ones do).

It's much more impressive to play some Guitar Hero tune at a party and be lauded by your friends than lock yourself in a smelly basement with your guitar and a bunch of other weirdos wanting to make "music" yuck ... let Chad Kroeger go on fucking world tour ... I want to impress my hi-school girlfriends ...

/Doth thou findeth irony thou shall keepeth it.]]>Nov 25th 2008 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/
This is very true. And kids SHOULD get to feel like a rock star. These games are good for their intended purpose: a little rock-n-roll escapism and fairly clean fun. They've done a GREAT job turning this generation's kids on to some great rock from years past, something they wouldn't know otherwise. The new versions get kids and adults playing together, so that's cool. All that jumping around must be aerobic or something.

These games have even turned a LOT of kids on to playing real guitar and other instruments. So kudos there, too.

BUT.

THEY.

ARE.

NOT.

REAL.

INSTRUMENTS.

This whole "I'm a serious gamer" mentality amuses me. I can see having a nice padded duffle bag to carry your console in. I had a bag that I used to carry my SNES to my friend's house. Granted, it was just a bag I had laying around, but hey. Today's consoles have a lot more going on than my SNES. So maybe they need a little pad.

However, I SERIOUSLY doubt they require a $129 padded bag to carry them in.

And your GUITAR HERO CONTROLLER needs a gig bag? Spare me.

"any gamers' prized axes"

Other than that ridiculous Logitech wood-and-metal controller, does any fake guitar merit "prizing"?

I guess what bothers me is the thought that playing guitar Hero is a "real" "musical" hobby or an alternative to lessons or more constructive or (gasp) creative activities for kids.

I would even be on board with this if you could (without hours of hackery and programming) create your own music with Rock Band instruments. But as far as I know, you can't. ]]>Nov 25th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/]]>Nov 25th 2008 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/
(I don't even own any of these music games, cause I got the real thing)]]>Nov 25th 2008 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/I'm so jealous, you must be so freakin' awesome and makin' meeelions with your band. Your REAL band- that you HAVE right?]]>Nov 25th 2008 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Nov 25th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/
If I saw someone with one of these so called "gig cases", I would beat them with it. ]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/
Er, I mean, without the guns.
Obviously...]]>Nov 25th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/astros-roadie-mission-fake-instrument-gig-bags-are-way-too-se/Dec 3rd 2008 2:37AM