The Ideology of Rock Band

The Rock Band series is very close to my heart in that it lets me play Livin’ On a Prayer without getting weird stares from my neighbors or the androgynous creature who I’m ashamed to be aroused by. Better yet, I can play it with family and friends without getting a kick in the nuts or a ball to the face, no pun intended.

The charts on rock band two, may it be drums or guitar, are beautiful to look at but there is certainly more to them. An ideology if you will. The colored notes rush down the chart like a graceful falcon floating along a breeze. The notes eagerly await the release from their bindings by the graceful hand of the player. On either side of the approaching are two darkly colored metal locks the hold in the fluctuating, throbbing energy. Breaking the precious energy’s combination lick will be the twitching wrist muscles of anticipating players.

As the delicately colored rectangles pass your combination to the combination lock you strum or hit as you please and send the chains flying down the chart and releasing the energy into a star rating and a score. But the rarity of the colored notes change when the silver steed of the powered notes ride in from Valhalla above. These shining creatures possess the coveted star power energy, releasing these majestic stallions from their rusty steel possessors grants the player an energy boost like no other. The notes grant a fill section where, when the green crash is stricken at the end, will release the star power boost making the wild red, yellow, blue and green wild horses running at you worth even more.

So go forth Rock Band players and play, play, play away. Release the notes from their masters bindings and give them their freedom once more on their rightful place in your score chart. So get the hell off of this computer and rip the shit outta some drum charts. Kick the games ass and FUCK SHIT UP.