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Hi, I'm Jared, a games industry writer, living in the Bay Area who currently has a lot of time on his hands! If you're going to stalk me, do it right and check out my personal site!
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11:20 PM on 12.15.2007

What's more shameful than hanging out with yourself on a Saturday night while playing
guitar and vocals at the same time in Rock Band? Having not just one of your instruments
fail upon starting, but two instruments find their way to an early grave. Sweet jesus!

So here I was, locked up in the house and hyped up on Vitamin Water, when I felt the
sudden urge to rock. Maybe it was knowing that I could be in the city right now watching
some local punk rock, or the Flight of the Conchords I was watching on YouTube, but I
wanted to get up and do something ridiculous.

I push the drums aside and make way for the microphone stand (LOL). I strap on the
guitar, pick "Little Sister" by Queens of the Stone Age (Expert guitar, Medium Vocals even!)
and I get about ten notes in before I realize that the strumbar on my guitar has died.

Again.

So I pause, fiddle with it for a few moments before trying again. Upon pausing the game, a
warning pops up. The controller that's in charge of my microphone has run out of battery.
Why does Rock Band hate me so much?

In related news, I swung by EA's campus earlier this week to play the game on PS2. The
word is out on the (lack of) features, but damn does their setup always seem to impress
me-



I shall retire to bed with a wired controller, a bottle of something and my second
playthrough of Mass Effect. I'd kill for a Wrex plushie.



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That sucks about your guitar, Jared. When did your first one die?
i want a lesbian sex scene dollhouse. :)
complete with rank insignias.

also, very nice background banner EA has.
Variable: About a month ago. I ended up taking it apart and doing a fix for it, but it sure didn't last long :(

Zii: The room is filled with neat crap like that! Also, the entire area is sound proofed ... even the floor are these crazy, puzzle-piece-like foam thingies.
Damn, that blows about your guitars and such dying on you, Jared. I've heard similar horror stories, but at least EA seems to be on top of the whole repair thing pretty quickly.
Little Sister... good choice. For some reason it took me a while to figure out the beat to play the drums on Hard and above.
Oh and I completely blow on vocals on that song. Even Easy gives me a hard time.
That does suck.

A Wrex plush would certainly be win.
I was playing yesterday with a friend and just heard a small "crack" during Highway Star, what was that crack? Whammy bar broke =(.

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