T3: GHWT Songs I’d Like in RB2

Guitar Hero World Tour has been out for more than a week now. Reception has been mediocre, with the consensus being that its good but not as good as Rock Band. Which is fine, since I don’t plan on owning two sets of plastic instruments and I’ve already invested so much in Rock Band.

Have you seen those ads? Pretty fucked up. There’s the one with Kobe, A-Rod, Tony Hawk and Michael Phelps, and then the other one with Heidi Klum. But that song isn’t in the game, and even though they have the instruments, it doesn’t look like they’re playing the game. I just don’t get it.

But GHWT does have a fairly strong track list. There are several songs that I wish would make their way over as Rock Band DLC. So I’ll list them, since I know no one else will be doing a T3, and I can probably crack this out before I go to bed. I’m not including Guitar Hero DLC, because then I would need to constantly revise this list. But if I was to pick the best DLC song right now, it would hands down be “Jessie’s Girl.”

Instead of pictures, I’ll just link videos of the songs in GHWT.

10. “Weapon of Choice” – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Guitar. A catchy little number that I think Harmonix could make pretty damn fun.

9. “Assassin” – Muse
Band. Rock Band needs more Muse. This seems as good a choice as any other.

8. “Crazy Train” – Ozzy Osbourne
Guitar. This would be awesome. Like totally awesome.

7. “Beat It” – Michael Jackson
Drums and guitar. Fun for everyone. Well maybe not drums. I’m not quite sure about that.

6. “Hotel California” – Eagles
Guitar. I know everyone’s tired of this song at this point, but it should have been in one of these games by now. I’d just like to play it once. Especially the solo.

5. “Love Me Two Times” – The Doors
Drums. The Doors would probably be pretty fun to play.

4. “Rebel Yell” – Billy Idol
Band. “White Wedding” is a good second choice, but this is the song we wanted.

3. “Purple Haze” – Jimi Hendrix
Guitar. Yeah. Guitar Hero owns Jimi, so don’t expect this any time soon. He’s even a character in the game.

2. “Hot for Teacher” – Van Halen
I hate these developer guys. Oh my god. Nothing about this song would not be fun. That’s the reason they advertised it first, that’s the reason they foolishly made it the hardest song in GHWT.

1. “Band on the Run” – Wings
Guitar. It was a tough call, and “Hot for Teacher” would probably be more fun, but how incredible would it be to get to play this song?

So what did I learn from this list? Rock Band needs more classic rock. Who knew?

R.I.P. Michael Crichton

Beloved author Michael Crichton has lost his battle with cancer. He was 66.

Most people know Crichton for Jurassic Park and it’s sequel The Lost World, and the movies based on them. He was known for stories of the dangers of pushing the technological limits of science and medicine.

Crichton wrote many other books that have been made into movies such as The Andromeda Strain, Congo, and Timeline and was also a creator of hit TV series ER.

He will be missed.

At 6’9″, Crichton probably had to deal with lots of height-related problems all his life. As a fellow taller, I know what that’s like. When us tall people die, we fall the farthest.

Yes We Can

I don’t have much to say, but I really felt like saying something here. It was quite a moving experience today seeing Barack Obama elected president. I was glued to the TV and radio pretty much all day with the exception of when I went to vote. I voted at Peter Kirk Elementary and though it was slow and tedious, it felt pretty good to fill out my ballot at one of those rickety little covered desks. Not only was this exciting due to the fact that this was my first election, but to be alive to see such a a historic moment take place in US history, it makes me proud to be an American and almost gets me a little choked up.

Barack has really won over the hearts of this nation, I mean to see a Democratic candidate take a state like Virginia (Which hasn’t voted Democrat in 44 years) along with other swing states like Ohio and take such a commanding lead really shows that this nation is ready for some change and I welcome it. Last time I checked most of our personal Washington state positions, amendments and propositions were going in a desirable direction too (at least that is for me) and I look forward to the final results. I’ll keep it brief here as I could go on and on regarding my excitement, this was a very special day that I’ll never forget.

Beard It Up

I hope all you men out there spent the last moments of Halloween with razor in hand, because November has begun. Yes, November, month of turkey, sales, and unbridled facial hair. It’s No Shave November. I believe the official rule is that you can shave nothing on your face from now until midnight December 1. Sounds horrific.

I think the whole Cat Fancy crew is going to give this a shot, but I can’t say we’ve talked about it in a while. Really, though, what have we got to lose? Sure, gross facial hair might hurt our social lives, but the end result is increased masculinity, right?

Personally, I’m confident that this month will result in me growing a vicious neck beard, and little else. But that badge of nerdom is one I’m willing to bear. It should at least make for an interesting Thanksgiving.