Family Bonding Over Guitar Hero

Posted by Dexie

If your kids are into video games, you've probably heard of Guitar Hero. Now if your husband is into video games, you've probably been suckered into somehow getting one. or being worked on into getting one. I must confess, my husband worked on me for months. He came up with reasons why we should get this play system and why this game. Frankly I didn't care one iota coz my idea of video games are trivia games and tetris. Maybe a little bit of Pac-Man.

But, a week before our daughter's birthday, my husband found a refurbished PlayStation 2 at a local mall and his eyes were glowing trying to "plead" with me. So I said why not. See, my husband loves to play guitar and he's a metal music blogger as well. Besides, it's not like he's asking me to buy a Keg, hah. I have to admit, after watching him and my son rock it out with their cool mini guitars and bopping my head to the cool music, I had fun. It was nice watching them both spend time with music.

So one afternoon, in my attempt to look "cool", I decided to pick up one of the guitars and told my son we were going to play Guitar Hero. I lost of course. There's nothing more attractive than seeing a 30 yr old mother getting pummeled into the ground by a 9 year old. But like everything else, it takes practice. And that's what I've been doing with my husband at night. About 8pm, as soon as the kids go to bed, he and I bond over Guitar Hero. Of course he wins all the time with our face-off jam session but that's not really the point. Husband and wife, rocking out in their mini-guitars, sipping coffee in between, thinking they're soo cool is priceless. And guess what?, I won 3 times against my son yesterday. Hah. That's on easy mode though. I failed miserably when I tried on medium mode against my husband last night. Like I said, practice.

So why not try it yourself? Guitar Hero is not your regular video game where you use controllers. You're holding a guitar. Not a reaL guitar per se, but a mini-guitar that has 5 buttons in different colors that match noteS and chords. You get to strap it on your shoulder like real rock stars do. I mean don't you want to look cool in your children's eyes? I know my son's eyes light up whenever I say, "Ok, let's play" :)

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