Guitar Hero is Dead. Long Live Rock!

In the corner, beneath my window, is a proud collection of CD’s, a stuffed seal I’ve come to love as Calvin and a Guitar Hero controller preserved in layers of dust. Yes, it has been a while since GH was fired up on my PS3 but I am just not able to bring myself to hide the plastic axe away.  Each day it sits there as I hope my neglect hasn’t eaten away at my expert-level prowess. Yet, it’s other games that take priority and monopolise my affection.  Last night that changed.  My love for the series rekindled by a group Rock Band session (yes, I know they are two separate games!) that took me back to my time at Uni when I played in a band and my hair grew unkempt all the same. Our signature song: Blue Orchid. Okay, so it may not have been a “real” band" with “real” guitars, a “real” drum set or even “real” groupies but we had a lot of fun.  So, this article is a [very late] obituary for...