Rock Band and xBox 360

Dec 19, 2007 2 Comments

After all the delays waiting for the PS2 version of Rock Band, not to mention all the features that I would have been missing had I got the PS2 version to begin with, I went ahead and bit the bullet tonight. I went out and bought an xBox 360 and Rock Band. I’m so stoked.

New Toys 

The store was out of the middle of the road sized xBox 360, so I ended up getting the Halo 3 Special Edition. It comes with a couple games (not Halo 3, which I thought was odd) a battery charger and the unit itself is green and has some Halo 3 markings. I doubt it was worth the extra bucks I plunked down, but I was on a mission… they had me by the short and curlies.

After getting home with the goods, it took roughly an hour to unbox, unwrap and hook up all the pieces. The first thing I did was set up the video camera to capture the first time I played drums. I played on the easy level and I wasn’t entirely horrible. 92% playing Celebrity Skin by Hole.

I then played a few songs with my son. We switched back and forth between drums and guitar. I tried hooking up the microphone, but it didn’t seem to be working. Turns out, if you read some instructions once in a while, sometimes they have valuable information. I didn’t figure that out early enough, so I haven’t sung any songs yet. But, there’s always tomorrow.

I asked my wife if she wanted to play the drums. She played a couple songs and enjoyed it. She even mentioned playing some more in order to get better at playing. This makes me happy.

I sure hope I’m not too sick tomorrow and not able to make it in to work… That would be a real shame. OK, fine. I have 9 days off in row starting Saturday… I guess I can wait until then to rock my face off.

We’ll see.

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2 Responses to “Rock Band and xBox 360”

  1. Jason Dec 20, 2007 at 7:29 am

    Nice! Good Job too. You’re going to be sick of that song in after 9 days. Good thing there’s a ton more you have to unlock.

    Oh yeah…GET A LIVE ACCOUNT! It tracks your scores and achievements for you plus you can jam with your friends as well as mortal enemies.

  2. Gianthaystax Mar 03, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    Out of interest is are the drums and guitar still working? My guitar broke the day I got it and unfortunatly I imported it from the US into the UK so that was that. The drums still work but the footpdeal has a nasty looking crack in it.