Hello I am addicted to Guitar Hero Two

by Jon Seaborn, editor-in-chief

Welcome to my first opinion of the first student newspaper for which I now serve as editor-and-chief.

I know that I have some big shoes to fill, coming in to lead after Ray Buffington, a great editor. But I think the paper is going no where but up.

I look forward to working with this semester’s staff as well. We have really great editors right now, and some writers who put me to shame. So I know that you are in for a treat this year.

I thought that I would start off with something light, and not my usual "crazy liberal" banter. I know that we have had opinions about being addicted to WOW, or World of Warcraft, a video game where you’re wizards or something. I am not really sure. But my video game addiction is not a RPG, or role playing game, but Guitar Hero Two.

I think that you should know that I don’t consider myself to be a video game person at all. I actually get sick while playing most games, mainly first person shooter games. I guess it has something to do with the way they move. But there is something about Guitar Hero that I just can't stop playing.

The game is not a lot like playing a real guitar, but it’s close. The game is set up kind of like DDR, or Dance Dance Revolution. It shoots colored dots at you that you have to hit on beat with the song that you are playing.

For a while, I thought my addiction was one of a kind. But I now know of large groups of people who can't stop playing Guitar Hero. Even my best friend’s mother plays, and she just turned 50.

My friend Mitch and I will stay up all night playing the game. The longest we have played is around six hours. The crazy thing is that we have beaten the game, so we are just playing with no goal but to rock out as hard as we can.

At first, I really didn't want anyone to know I loved a video game. But I no longer care. I love this game, and will be happily playing Guitar Hero Two until the third installment comes out.

You see, I was not writing that it’s sad that there is this addiction, or that video games are bad, but that Guitar Hero rocks. And that, my friends, is my opinion.