I haven’t spent this much time playing console video games since my grade school days playing Final Fantasy (the first one, not VII) and Crystalis (how’s that for obscure). Of course, I’m talking about Guitar Hero (and Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80′s and very soon Guitar Hero III and Rock Band).

This is the rare video game that literally hooks you from the moment you first play it. There are other games that draw you into an elaborate tale or enthrall you with incredible imagery or blow you away with sound design. But Guitar Hero is one of the few games that will hook you from the first time you play, just because it’s fun.

It’s also one of the only games that I can regularly get my wife to play. She loves it. Her friends love to come over and play. It’s all the fun of Dance Dance Revolution without the ‘looking stupid’ part or the Japanese anime music. I’ve now gotten to the point where everyone that stops by the house has to at least try “I Love Rock n Roll.” After that they’re hooked too.

I’m going to predict it now. We’ll see what happens down the road.

The Guitar Hero (and related games; ie. Rock Band) will be the most successful video game franchise in history.

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