So a few people found out that I had Guitar Hero 3 and all randomly decided to come over last Sunday for a jam session.  It just so happened hat I also had Beautiful Katamari and cookies as well.  The games were fun, and the cookies were delicious.  I've got the pics from the evening's festivities posted now, you'll probably see them on the right of the page.

 

Here's a few quotes from the evening:

 

"This game is hard, but once you get a song down you can't stop" - Unidentified Female

"We rock" - Unidentified Female's friend

"I beat Josh last night on this song" - Proud, and still Unidentified Female

"That's because real players play on hard" - Me

"..." - Ahem, Unidentified Female with glare

"I like the new Les Paul guitar rather than the old one" - Everyone

"The song selection is much better in this one" - Me

"Get your guitar up, up.....UP PLEASE!!" - Me

"Keep the cookies" - Unidentified Male

"Walmart blows" - Unidentified Male

 

 

Overall, our experiences with GH3 as a group were fantastic.  It's been great to see a couple people outside my typical "gamer guys" group pick up a guitar and really have fun with it.  In only a short 2 weeks my wife and her friend Jenni have been stepping up from the Easy difficulty to the Medium difficulty.  There's probably no better feeling to me as a gamer to see those who didn't like it previously to start gaining an interest, nay a liking, to something so abstract to them before.

 

Besides GH3 we also had a Beautiful Katamari station set up in the same room so if you were done getting embarrased in GH3 you could try your luck with Beautiful Katamari.  Surprisingly, everyone who picked up a controller to give it a try ended up liking it.  For a game with such a foriegn style and a completely bizarre plot it seemed to be the gameplay itself that lured everyone to it.  The game is easily playable by anyone, but it was only a few "missions" into the single player experience that the difficulty really went up in a hurry.  Now that I've seen others playing it, and readily enjoying it, I think it's safe to say that its something that anyone could play and get into.  The multiplayer was a smart addition.

 

Josh