lol gotta love the real guitar.

Good for Tristan. If I told my parents that games do help some times they'd probably call me an idiot.

Good call referring to something he knew and understood to compare to what he was doing. I stand by the fact I learned to drive a five speed by playing race drivin' in the arcade.

indiana jones has no time for your useless guitar story. Guitar is for sissy's who can't handle a revolver.

Ah video games, they have their negative and positive effects. :)

ahh videogame life lessons, ive been tricked by them... This reminds me of the time i learned about ethers in Final fantasy, then i got to organic chemistry in uni and i learned how horrible they truly are..

I don't think that would work for me.

I always do everything at a slightly faster rhythm than the actual rhythm.

@cresente: I am now the master of the D string. Woot!

just wait til your a master of the g-string like me!

ok, really sorry, but when you said that, i had to go for the lame one. it's not my fault, i was allowed to watch mad tv as a kid, honest!

...tell me that ya love me more."

@Indiana Jones: Goodbye Mr. Jones.

I declare thumb war?

Did you guys get that email I sent about the awful GTA parody in "Meet the Spartans"?

So you had to relate playing the actual guitar to a guitar-emulating videogame for your son to understand it?

Sorry, but that's just backwards! haha.

Hopefully you actually keep up with this.. I know I didn't.

@vibe:

HOw is that backwards. He related the more complicated to the more basic to make it easier to understand.

@Witzbold: That was quick. I dont think we want fake posters here. That can get old fast.

@Crecente: Did the guitar teacher then shake his head at you? (sad thing is, I accidentally typed guitar hero the first time)

Hehe. Crecente said "woot."

I'm really glad you're taking guitar lessons man! Your son's a lucky kid. While my parents bought me my first guitar at 12, (I haven't put it down since) my father will never have anything positive to say about me playing music. sigh.

Crecente, if I may say, you are one of the perfect models of a gaming parent. If the technology-fearing masses were to read the story of any parent, that would be your story.

Then again, "Gaming proven to be completely healthy" isn't a good headline.
Man, mass media sucks.

@NeoAkira:
Well, it's kind of like learning to drive from playing racing games, when for most people their experience driving makes them better at the game instead of vice versa.

I guess for a kid it would be a little different. But the principle is still the same.

@Witzbold:

Lol. Dr. Jones! Dr. Jones!

Bad date.

@MasterSauce: I was so gonna say that XD

@Witzbold: that was swift, brutal, and funny. Awesome.

Also, Guitar Hero has helped me so much with manual dexterity in my left hand. I started playing more often in an attempt to make my pinky stronger for softball (I wasn't holding the glove open enough because of my wuss pinky). Now it is strong! And I can comfortably reach the fifth button! I can't pass a hard song yet, but I can reach the button, and that's saying something I think.

I learned driving from Cruising USA, SF RUSH, and a half a mil Rx7 in GT2. Now Im the champion of the mountain ;-)

GTA taught me how to jack cars! Video games ARE good for something! :)

@Witzbold: the humor with which you wield the hammer amuses me endlessly

@Fierfaerie:

I went through a similar strengthening process with my left pinky. The first day I had the game, I played for literally 8 hours straight, and I thought it was going to fall off. Now it's much stronger and adept.

@Master of the D string:
congrats on your first lesson!
now learn the D chord:
[www.justinguitar.com]
then the A and E chords:
[www.justinguitar.com]
finally, rock out to "Wild Thing":
A-A, D-D, E-E, D-D, A-A, (repeat) :-)
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rock on!

I learned everything I know from Metal Gear Solid.

Ah, the blessings of digital knowledge.

The D-string is the string. Keep practicing!

That rocks. My son is almost 2 and at 3 we're gonna let him start fiddle lessons (he tries to play all my instruments so I gave him an old guitar and uke). I'll keep the Guitar Hero explanation in mind for rhythmic value as an alternative to whacking his hands with a metronome :)

That's awesome Crecente. Learning to play guitar is on my list too. Right now I'm trying to learn another language for fun, musical instrument's up next.

@Witzbold: Aww..You should've told him the best line:
"Dr. Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away."

It just works so well there.

Either way, it was still pretty funny.