In 2005, video game developer Harmonix released the rhythm game Guitar Hero. The game has become very popular, and has two sequels (Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock). It has been on most major video game consoles such Playstation 2, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, and PC. It has become quite competitive, with people trying to break records and playing online. But how is it effecting whether people play real guitar?
One effect can be that the person enjoys the feeling of playing guitar and wants to play it for real. They usually play once in a while for fun, and use it to practice rhythm, timing and finger speed.
On the other hand, some people chose to play Guitar Hero to get an easy feeling of playing guitar. These people are sometimes too lazy to put in the practice to play real guitar. As a result, they often take the game too seriously, and therefor may be susceptible to becoming obsessed.
In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with Guitar Hero, but it is how some people take the game. Some people take it too seriously, waste all their time playing the game. They are too lazy to put in an effort, but the lazy people wouldn’t play real guitar anyway. I think Guitar Hero is a fun game that is positively effecting whether people play guitar, as long as people take it for what it is: A Game.
Do you think whether people play a musical instrument has been effected by rhythm games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band? Explain why or why not using information from the text and your own ideas.
3 comments:
Yes, I think whether you play a musical instrument has been effected by rhythm games because people might get more of a feel for and instument before they would by one and start playing it. I think this because they might not know a thing about the instrument and they might want to just buy a game before they spend lots of money on a high priced instrument. In the text it says that one person might already enjoy playing guitar and want to use one of the games for fun or to practice thier finger speed. It also says that people choose Guitar Hero to get an easy feeling for it. I could connect to this because I have both Guitar Hero and Rock Band and I think it is pretty good practice for guitar and drums if you don't want to put in as much effort or want to have fun and practice speed, style and other things. After playing and owning both of the games I have a slight feel for the instruments and I am inspired to maybe start taking lessons and buying some instuments.
Yes i do believe that when a person plays rock band say drums..they are able to play it in real life because i have never played drums before and i played them at my friends house and it was alot easier to keep beat and play with my foot while hiting the high hat and snare. And guitar also.
No, I don't think that GH and RB make people interested in REAL guitar. Mostly because the people will see how easy guitar hero is and underestimate the REAL difficulty of guitar. Basically people will just be more interested in it just because it is on the t.v.
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