Last Wednesday (09/09/09), the entire Beatles collection was re-released, having been digitally remastered. To coincide with this eventful day, The Beatles Rock Band was also released. Ben and I got a chance to try one of the earlier games at a friend's place, and found it extremely entertaining. Living in an 800sqft apartment, however, with only one bedroom and two small closets, however, have made daunting the idea of purchasing a video game that required at least one plastic guitar and a plastic drum set. We already have one real guitar out (plus another under the bed), and a real piano. But who could possibly resist the Beatles?
We found ourselves at our local, western-themed Fry's, standing in front of the "special edition" set ($250) and the "value edition" set ($140). Having a "Beatles" drum set and a plastic replica of Paul McCartney's guitar has always been one of my life goals--alas, we have the simple set and $100 still in our pockets.
Since we picked it up on Thursday, we've played at least once every day. This includes our trip up to visit Ben's parents in Berkeley, where we got both of them to try it. ("I can play this on a real guitar!") I've discovered that I pretty much suck at "guitar playing", my singing is passable, and the drum set is fun. My next experiment is to see how well I can play without drumsticks--bongo style?
Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun(Edit: bongo Rock Band doesn't work so well.)
If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain
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