Guitar Hero III

Bringing Back the Old and Mixing in the New

So I know someone has already posted about Guitar Hero III, but I am not here to ask who wants to go head-to-head with Slash or anything. I am not here to give you a review of the game. I am simply here to discuss, if you will, the publicity that the artists get from having there music on such a popular game. Not only does it let old school rockers reminisce on some old school tunes, but it broadens their horizons to the new and up coming bands. All three of the Guitar Hero installments have new songs from the garage bands and indy bands alike, trying to get a name for themselves. Having their song come after Bark at the Moon or More Than a Feeling really makes them look good. I know when I played Guitar Hero I and saw Freezepop for the first time, I was like, "WTF, who are they?" After you hear them, you can't help but love them. My friends actually went and saw them in concert just after Guitar Hero came out. Now who saws that Guitar Hero doesn't sell? It helps all bands just like Freezepop gain popularity and some name recognition goes a long way.

Who can't forget some of the best classics that they brought into the 3 Guitar Hero games. Some of my favorites are Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group, Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas, Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, School's Out by Alice Cooper, and Cities on Flame and Rock and Roll by Blue Oyster Cult.

Overall, I love the games. I'm not that great on them just yet, still have to play on a Medium and Hard difficulty, but it is fun and exciting and the music is the best picked. Rock on!

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A New Way to Surf

And by surfing, I mean the web. My boyfriend and I talk a lot on the internet and almost every time I call him using Skype or MSN Voice, he's surfing the net. Now, back when the internet was young and people were just starting to use it, surfing the net meant going to different websites and exploring by branching.

Well, now there is a number of ways to do this that, I would say, are better.

Websites have been linking to each other for a long time, but usually which websites were linked to and how they were situated depended on the website owner. Now, we have sites where the user decides.

Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon are sites where users join the community. They make websites or visit websites and say what they think about it. Then, their thoughts, usually in the form of voting whether is was cool or not cool, is posted online.

I think this is pretty awesome. I like getting link after link of cool pictures or weird news from Digg from my boyfriend. And its easier to tell when you will like something because it'll have more votes. This was bound to be developed eventually, I think. This society is getting to become more and more about choice. Fast food now lets you choose different sides and how you want things made. There are tons of questions I had to ask as a cashier when ringing up people's orders.

Well, if you get the chance tonight, go check out these sites. They are very addictive and quite fun.