Matt B

Mine was delivered yesterday, and let me tell you: coming from someone who has no guitar experience prior to the MadCatz Mustang- this thing is AWESOME. Really I can't convey how much fun this is- both in game and out of game.

Yes, there are minor things that might bug people who have been playing for 20 years- but come on, its a real freaking guitar you can play in a video game!

It sounds decent enough for a low end guitar, and it works great in the game. Honestly, its worth every penny.

@kentuckyfried Bitter much?

But also true.

I'm hoping this comes on the Wii (since COD:BO has show its possible)

Here is what will happen:

1. They'll announce a release date.
2. That date will come and pass, and only a few people will be able to get them.
3. They will say nothing when more will be available.
4. Three months later, finally more show up.

At least, that's how they handled the Rock Band instrument release.

Anybody who things this is a good idea doesn't understand A) how these things work, and B) how DUI laws work in this country. (And that's ignoring the "voluntary" aspect of this too). This would save very few lives (as most DUI laws are useless for those who cause accidents) and would cost a lot money and freedom.

For starters, these things do NOT measure how drunk someone is. They measure the any molecule with the methyl-group structure. Now, that includes alcohol, but it also includes a lot of other things too. Smoking, diet, coffee, and pumping gas can all affect the results. And that's just the measurement. They use that measurement and calculate using an AVERAGE multiplier to get the amount of supposed alcohol in the blood stream. Guess what happens if you are below that average multiplier? It says you over .08% when in reality you are .06% or less. Don't forget that they .08% is a made up number, and reduced below the true "drunk" level (about .15% is what it used to be considered).

All of this ALSO ignores the absorption time of alcohol. You take a few shots, pass the test, but in an hour you are "drunk". Can you use the fact that your car turned on as a defense? Not bloody likely.

Now imagine a scene where somebody is being attacked at a gas station, and they could get away, but because the device malfunctions (as breathalyzers are very unreliable) and they killed because their car won't start.

Yeah, this is a brilliant idea.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking about getting the Squier, but I think in the end I will. I'll probably get the Mustang first, but the Squier will come eventually. Wow, I'd never thought I'd want to learn how to play guitar, but I do.

Of course the pro drums interest me the most. I already have the cymbal expansion, and I can usually hear whether to hit the cymbal or the toms, so it'll be nice that I don't have to listen to figure it out. It'll also make it easy to play since I moved my green cymbal (which is almost always the crash) to the proper place between yellow and blue. Boy it took me a while to learn to switch that and the blue in my brain.

What's really cool is I've got some drum tabs (a Weezer collection) and I have started practicing them in the freestyle mode. I'm decent so far. A buddy of mine is going to let me practice on his drum set and I'm thinking about picking up my own. I really never thought I'd become a musician (even a really beginner one).

Yeah me too. I've actually already started to learn to play real drums because of Rock Band, so I'd love some more help in that area with the game (ie high hat pedal and full cymbal support.

I don't know why they would pro the guitar/bass when it would be much better to pro the drums (high hat pedal and cymbal charts)

Meh. I still want full charting with separate cymbals for the drums.

If you actually believe Obama is working with the community then you have been grossly mislead.

Obama is in the pockets of big companies (like the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries) just as much as Bush was. They are just two sides of the same coin.

Back to the story- this is what happens when government regulates industries. The industries always worm in and get their way. Its happened with Big Oil, Big Railroads, Big Healthcare, and of course Big Automotive.

What we need is regulation, and then the companies will have less power over us (because we can choose to use their products or not, unlike now where they can use the government's monopoly of force to their advantage.)