Rock Band

Steven and I bought Rock Band in November. We had actually played Guitar Hero at Stephanie and Andreas' house this past summer and we loved it, so we finally broke down and headed to Best Buy to procure some guitars of our own. We had no idea how big this whole rhythm gaming storm was. There was a entire section of the store dedicated to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. After checking out both games, we decided on Rock Band, as Steven was excited about the prospect of being a drummer. I still got to play with a guitar, so I was happy.

When we got home, we unpacked the big box and got to work on becoming a (faux) rock band. It was a blast. We played non-stop for days. Then nothing. We didn't play over the holidays and didn't drag out the gear again until some of my family was visiting and told us that we could hack the game to allow us to play all the songs without having to go through the game to unlock them. Cool! Except it wasn't so cool. We had Rock Band Special Edition, which doesn't have that feature. Plus, the majority of the songs in this version are really hard core. We were looking for something a little more mainstream (i.e. songs that we had actually heard before).

Fast forward a couple of weeks and our Boston friends came down to see us. We played Rock Band and it was all well and good, but we were all itching for the Rock Band 2 game, so we hiked over to Best Buy and bought it (well, S and A bought it for us, thanks guys!). We were in heaven. The songs are great. We picked up a second guitar so we could all play. Our band was made up of Steven on drums, Stephanie on bass guitar, Andreas on guitar, and me on vocals. We made a great band and got really far before we had to take them to the airport for their flight back to Boston.

When I got home this afternoon it was just me. Itching to keep playing Rock Band 2, I selected the online option and played a few songs with random people on the Internets. It was cool, except that they keep matching me with people who were playing hard or expert levels. I mostly play easy and sometimes will do medium, but the people who wanted to play were hard core and didn't like my skills, apparently. They kept kicking me out. I didn't take it personally, though.

Now I am waiting for Steven to come home so we can rock out some more. Give us a heads up if you're online with Rock Band 2. Our Rock Band friend ID is: 372305962537.