Letters to the Editor
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Rosenkavelier, you've hit on an important point.
There are plenty of reasons to critique Guitar Hero as a game, and none of them have to do with "reality deprivation" or killing the hookers you've just scrozzled in Grand Theft Auto. There is something intrinsically wrong with wanting to experience the fame of being a guitarist, and spending hours to copy the on-screen commands of a game, all at a cost greater than buying a real guitar and learning how to play it. God help us if those overpriced game consoles ever encouraged us to learn something useful.
But Breathed didn't say anything about that. He probably has never seen anyone play Guitar Hero or Rock Band in the flesh, and only read a sarcastic article in Time about the game. That's the real problem; Breathed basically phoned this strip in. Which wouldn't be bad if it didn't seem to be a recurring problem for him.