https://carl.ac/tags/guitar/Recent content in Guitar on Carl LiebermanHugoen-usThu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800https://carl.ac/five-months-with-rocksmith/Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800https://carl.ac/five-months-with-rocksmith/<div id="outline-container-headline-1" class="outline-2"> <h2 id="headline-1"> Break on Through </h2> <div id="outline-text-headline-1" class="outline-text-2"> <p>I used to be pretty good with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero">tiny fake guitars</a>. Not <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O783UwqYvAo">&#34;Through the Fire and Flames&#34;</a> good but still <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpDY9oII73E">&#34;Satch Boogie&#34;</a> good.<sup class="footnote-reference"><a id="footnote-reference-1" href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup> Many an evening was spent with friends and family over a copy of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_(video_game)">Rock Band</a></em> or <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_World_Tour">Guitar Hero: World Tour</a></em>, but we as a civilization collectively decided after <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Rock_Band">Lego Rock Band</a></em> and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero:_Van_Halen">Guitar Hero: Van Halen</a></em> that the fake instrument rhythm games had gone too far, leaving sales dwindling and relegating our Fisher-Price instruments to the attic.</p>