Showing posts with label Guitar Hero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guitar Hero. Show all posts

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ready, Aim, Push the B button!

Cnet reports that a study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that playing action videogames like Call of Duty can actually improve vision! Playing these games resulted in improvements in contrast sensitivity in the vision of the test group by up to 58%.
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I think too often the media reports the negative side effects of playing videogames. This report is a step in the right direction. How can we possibly expect videogames to teach kids how to commit murders if they can't see their targets? I'd like to see a book that can cause kids to become killers AND give them the precise vision they need to do it.
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Now if only Guitar Hero were able to influence not only our fashion sense, but our actual guitar playing ability...

Friday, March 13, 2009

Dress for the Video Game You Want


I am by no means a "fashionable" guy, but I like to look like I'm not a total slacker. But after my recent efforts to update my wardrobe, I must say that guys' fashion has taken a turn for the monotonous. Nearly every piece of clothing you will find in the men's department that isn't taken directly from the pages of the bro uniform handbook is adorned with guitars and skulls. Guitars and skulls are everywhere. I assume this is due to the growing popularity of the game Guitar Hero, which seems to be obsessed with guitars (obviously) and skulls. This presents a problem for me, since I don't play Guitar Hero nearly enough (or have the money to keep buying the games) to be good at it, or to advertise it on my clothing.


Therefore, I have come up with a solution on how to be stylin' without reaching so deep into my wallet. My plan is to wear the decaying corpse of Jimi Hendrix. I believe this will kill two birds with one skeleton, serving to fulfill both the skull and guitar requirements that society demands. I just hope he doesn't shrink in the wash.


Sure, it may smell a little foul, but the grungey, unshowered look is in nowadays as well. Plus, with the time previously spent on making sure I'm clean and smelling decent, I'll be able to play more Guitar Hero.