Bad Singers Read This

Is this you? You sit week after week, watching every episode of American Idol, wishing that you could one day be the lucky last one standing. There's only one problem though... you have the voice of a diesel truck. Looking for perhaps another way to make your mark on the music world? Keep reading...

My entire life has been surrounded by the flashing lights and sounds of video games. In fact, one of my most vivid memories of childhood is when my family and I went to Wal-Mart and my older brother won a Super Nintendo for having the fastest time on Mario Kart 64. My interest in video games started and stopped with the competition with my older brother. I never thought I'd pursue a video game based on my own valid interest. I was wrong.

Last semester, I was introduced to one of the greatest video games known to man. Guitar Hero for PS2. The highly interactive game is taking college campuses across the nation by storm. It seems like anywhere you go, you can start up a conversation with someone about Guitar Hero. Everyone has their favorite song, or own individual way of playing. Its a whole underground society in some cases, similar to the DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) craze that took movie theaters and video arcades a few years ago.

The makers of Guitar Hero, Red Octane, have continued to drop bombshells into 2007. They recently released Guitar Hero for XBox 360, which is a huge deal because of the increased quality of graphics for the game as compared to the version for PS2. I recently played it when I was in Circuit City the other day. It definitely made me want to throw down $600 for a new console and the same game I already have, just for another system.

There are two versions of the popular game out for sale currently, Guitar Hero I and the sequel Guitar Hero II. My favorite is II by far, because of the quality of song selection, plus the new 2-player mode, which enables you to play bass guitar and lead guitar on the same song. Partner 2-player mode, with "Killing in the Name," the best song on the game in my opinion, and you've got yourself a rockstar afternoon planned.