Rock On

We just got Rock Band to complement our Guitar Hero set-up. So now we have two fake guitars in the house, on top of the 4 real guitars that rarely get touched.

I like these games, but I can't help wondering if it's the equivalent of the "organized" activities epidemic that have taken all the fun out of kids just playing for the sake of playing. Could Rock Band possible be as much fun a playing air guitar (or in my case when I was a teenager, playing the dog, who very much enjoyed the strange kind of scratching I was giving her) or banging on your leg or table or, again in my case, the steering wheel. Maybe, but as soon as you start scoring and having to do things in a particular way to succeed it seems less carefree.

OK, my STOP BEING AN OLD CRANK alarm has gone off again, so I'll just wish everyone a happy (and maybe just a bit more carefree) new year. I'll be back tomorrow with resolutions and some sort of unsolicited advice.