Playing Guitar Hero. That's right! Today I got the chance to play Guitar Hero for the first time. I don't know why it has took me this long to get my hands on its small, plastic, colour-coded-fret Gibson SG lookalike and bash out some excellent rhythm-based gaming, but today I did. And, frankly, I am amazed. Feel free to call me an omfg guitar hero NooB! but yes, I can honestly say, those two hours (TWO HOURS!) I spent, standing there in GAME, playing Guitar Hero, was the most fun I've had on any console possibly all year. One person even came up to me and started chatting to me, and this is how the utterly fascinating conversation went : Passersby: hey - is this game for PS2? Me: Yep. Passersby: wow, looks awesome. Me: Yep. Passersby: *observes my extremely average Guitar Hero skills for a few seconds* Hey, listen, can I take a quick go for a sec? Me: *ponders offer* Maybe after this song. *song finishes. I get three stars. The song was, for your information, Ramones' I Wanna Be Sedated.* Passersby: my turn now? Me: no, not yet. *passersby hesitates, possibly wondering whether he should continue this admittedly unfair conversation/argument, and eventually walks over to the Xbox 360 aisle in disgust, hereby becoming attracted to Gears of War* *I smile to myself, and continue playing* So thats that. Two hours playing in GAME. I got lots of stares thrown at me, and I probably looked like a complete idiot, and my legs hurt after standing there for the majority of the afternoon in the same spot, but I loved it. I seriously did. I have little to no experience with rhythm games, but Guitar Hero is unbelievably easy to get the hang of, but tricky to master. Accessible isn't even the word. Its just a consistently awesome rhythm game that almost anyone can enjoy. Competing for higher scores and better star ratings is fiendishly addictive. (hence the two hours. I only four-starred one song, in those two hours.) Plus, I loved the soundtrack. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand is one of my favourite songs of all time, and it was kind of fun trying to master it, cos I found it quite tricky in the game. (note: i played on Medium for the majority of the two hours. The first few songs were on Easy, but then I got headstrong and played Medium. Once, I ventured onto Hard and played Iron Man. I failed.) I'm getting the game (probably the second one, cos its got more songs and a few more songs taht I would enjoy. Trogdor ftw) probably this week. I'm selling one game to get it, I think. My dad says he will swap one of the games he has bought me for christmas for GH2 ... problem is, I don't know what the game is, and he won't tell me. I think it is Battlefield 2142, but I want GH2 far more than 2142. Yeah, I think I'll go ahead with the swap. The other game can go back to the store untouched, because I cannot think of one game as of now that I want more than Guitar Hero, whichever instalment it is. I know I won't be leaving here ... *Walks away, singing Franz Ferdinand.*