Guitar Hero is air guitar. You're lucky I don't just blow this post off the page. It may be fun but it takes away your ability to really learn an instrument. Play a real guitar, you bunch of wimps. Or...just go outside the house and get some sun. I go to Best Buy and get on the set up and I draw a crowd. If I were playing a real guitar I would get thrown out of the store. No offence. ; )

Air guitar is still fun.

I know plenty of people that play both the guitar and Guitar Hero. Hell, Slash plays Guitar Hero and loves it.

Would you tell a group of Gran Turismo players to go race real cars?

No personal offense, BB. I'm just tired of people making the assumption that Guitar Hero players care about playing a real guitar. Some might, some might not. Guitar Hero has just as much to do with guitar playing as Halo 3 has to do with military combat.

Agree. I feel that after 30 years of learning how to play a real guitar I should have a take on this "Game". Halo 3 is also a cool game. It was on in my house for about 10 hours this past weekend. So was Grand Theft Auto 4. You don't learn much from these games. Hand eye coordination is good...but the real life situations leave little to be desired. Both my sons are gamers...but, they also are (real)piano and guitar smart. My son ElSuper is in his 4th year at UC Berkeley on a music scholarship. He is a prodigy. His brother, Jetka, is in 11th grade and is a piano wizz kid. Good answer to my post, Mersh. You know I think of you as a major player in the world.