It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the Guitar Hero phenomenon.  To recap for you if you’ve just tuned in, I’m a big fan.  OF THE GUITAR HERO PHENOMENON.                                                                                                                                                                      

I have Guitar Hero 1, 2, 3 and the 80′s version, all for the Playstation 2 (PS2), with two guitars.  The whole family loves the game and we all play it often.

When Guitar Hero 3 (GH3) came out, I had an important decision to make – do I buy the game for my existing PS2, or do I buy the game plus a guitar for the Wii? 

For all intents and purposes, the GH3 game for Wii is a clone of the GH3 game for PS2, XBOX and PS3 platforms.  I had done some research ahead of time on the differences between playing GH3 on PS2 vs playing GH3 on the Wii.  My primary concern was, of course, cost.  Moula.  Dinero.  Money is not something of which I am made, and the idea of paying more for a game AND buying new guitars wasn’t very appealing to me.

If you read the extended entry (below), I go more into the differences between the two, how I chose and the mistake I ultimately made.

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Jaden and I have had a wonderful time trying to play Transformers: The Game for the Playstation that we rented from Blockbuster.

He’s 5.  I’m 36.  Both of us are having a great time but still feel like we’re getting nowhere.  The game is very challenging (which is good) but also very fun, even when failing.

It’s like people’s fascination and addiction to golf.  It’s easy to get the swing of things (haha, pun intended), but it’s hard to master.  You sometimes get these little glimpses of excellence, and its those times that keep you going.  But for the most part, you suck.

The game is like that.  Some of these “sub missions” or “challenges” are incredibly annoying!  One is where you have to pick up 20 cogs within 2 minutes, and they’re hidden all over a power plant.  I’ve gotten as high as finding 19 of them, but most of the time I just get 12 or 14.  Part of the problem is when you’re in “car mode” (duh, you can transform between a robot and a car) and you get stuck on something in front of you.  It’s so darn slow to turn around!  ARGH!

One of the cool things about the game is you can choose if you want to be an Autobot (good guy) or a Decepticon (bad guy).

Now, I got a sunburn over the weekend.  We went to Six Flags again in San Antonio and I chose to put on sunscreen waaaayyyyy too late.  So my shoulders and chest are flaming red and, yes, they hurt a lot.  Tea Tree Oil and Aloe Vera has been applied in a lavish manner, but still, it’s a bit of pain. 

And this morning I…
sneezed. 
really. 
hard. 

And anyone who’s had a sunburn and sneezed hard knows how instantly the pain can shoot through your upper layers of skin.

Sometimes you wanna be a Decepticon.