An interesting post, and the first thing that I've read on livejournal in a long while. As a guy who just finished university, I've played more than my fair sh

An interesting post, and the first thing that I've read on livejournal in a long while. As a guy who just finished university, I've played more than my fair share of guitar hero and rock band. I like the games, and rhythm games in general. To address the author's points: * Maybe I'm not the typical person, but I would have no problem paying $120 for songs that I don't know. In each guitar hero or rock band game, I estimate that I know fewer than half of each set list, but I still enjoy the games. * I played the demo in the store. I was too focussed on the controls the first time I played to give half a hoot about whether what I was listening to was any good. * Finally, and this is the meat of the post - the game is too hard for a mainstream audience. I agree with the sentiment, but disagree with many of the points he makes to get there.