The Dragonfyre Association is a collective of unique individuals who share a deep and abiding passion for several things. Beer, games, and movies are primary among these. Formed in 1995 under the less-than inspired name of The Red Dragon Club, it morphed several years later into Clan Linnorm (taken from the linnorm dragons found in the 1st Annual Monstrous Compendium for AD&D). Somewhere around 2000 or 2001 the name was changed to the Dragonfyre Gaming Association, or DFGA for short. We are a closeknit group of friends living in the western suburbs of Minneapolis, MN.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Rock Band Rawk Out!

I'm just gonna throw this out there ... Rock Band is way fun. Seriously, way fun. Guitar Hero's a good time, don't get me wrong, but there are few things better than rocking out on a set with three of your buddies on the same song. The "single player" game seems to be there only as practice, since you just go through the songs. Which is not a bad thing.

I've completed Drums on Hard, and feel pretty confident playing any random song on Hard (though I still shudder when Run to the Hills or any Metallica song comes up). So the next level is Expert ... and damn is it hard. Really, really hard. I went through the first ten songs in solo play and thought "This isn't so bad." Yesterday I went through the next five and COMPLETELY FAILED on two of them, aced one of them, and suffered through the other two to a successful completion. I need to find something that works with my foot without breaking the kick pedal, 'cause that's what I'm terrified of, being I've already broken one. That and I need to train my left hand/wrist to work faster, hold the stick lighter, and utilize the bounce. I've got it down with my right hand but Ol' Lefty is having problems.

But the bottom line: Rock Band = teh r0kz, w00t. Or something. I can't wait to get to the Endless Setlist (all 58 songs in the core release as one setlist). Ha! Ha! Ha. Ha. Ha... ha... ha... ha... hmmm.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So, how about VGF this week then? You'll get much of the SM Dev team there, after I pitched it today.

-J'Ha