It’s hard to describe, but the game really pulls you in, especially if you take turns with 3-4 people. To start using your Star Power, just point the guitar toward the sky–the controller has a motion sensor built in. If you nail certain notes, you gain Star Power, which can let you rack up extra points. On the early levels, the game is easy enough that you can strut around and show off as you play “I Wanna Be Sedated” by the Ramones. It’s easier than it sounds, at least on the lower levels. When you see a note come at you on the screen, you push the button for that note. What’s special about Guitar Hero? First, it comes with neat guitar controller with five colored buttons on the frets.
But don’t take my word for it other people like it too.) (Disclosure: The lead programmer of Guitar Hero and I were in grad school together. One of the games that I’ve really been enjoying is Guitar Hero, a PlayStation 2 game from Harmonix. This year I got several non-traditional video games for Christmas. Your bullets don’t hurt any good guys, only bad guys, so you can basically descend into a frenzy of carpal-tunnel-inducing button mashing. My idea of a good game is Time Pilot: one joystick, one button, and the objective is to shoot everything.
