Wow

Boingboing has posted the animation sequences from Beatles Rock Band, and they’re amazing.  The intro video is especially good, going through the Beatles’ live career and then transitioning into something completely wild.  It’s almost enough to get me to buy the game.

My only experience with these type of games is the time I spent with Guitar Hero 2 on the PS2.  Admittedly it’s a lot of fun and I really liked the song selection on the game, but I felt that it was just wasted time when I would finish it.  That’s odd because I don’t have that feeling after playing Halo for a similar amount of time.  I think I just had the feeling that I could have spent the time practicing the guitar or the banjo and at least I would have gotten something out of it.

A lot of old-timers like me tend to badmouth these types of games, saying that kids think they’re able to play an instrument after playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band for a few hours.  I disagree though - as someone who’s been playing video games since the Atari 2600, it’s amazing that they have come so far and are so accessible to people.

Of course, in my opinion Guitar Hero was never as much fun as my all time favorite musical video game - Donkey Konga.