Wii and Guitar Hero: stand up you lazy bum! + a little machinima followup
Loading ... So I tried posting my video to the machinima.com forums with very little response. So far I have no responses and it seems that the people there are super critical of every element. The community really takes it seriously but I’ll keep trying.
For my second traveler’s log I want to investigate the new trend in video games that seems to be pushing forward through both the wii and guitar hero. These video games try to move people away from the couch and up into the center of the living room. As a gamer myself, I think that both the Wii as a system and Guitar Hero are very interesting (and fun) however part of what makes games so appealing is the ability to laze out on the couch and be a total potato. At this point, I see the Wii as more of a gimmick system; no serious games have been released that really take advantage of the Wiimote (maybe zelda?). Guitar hero as a franchise is a stroke of genius financially. It forces players to buy all these peripherals while the process of making songs is fairly simple and cheap (you just need to license the music). Anyway, I might try to think of something more “new media”ish.
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