Ty's Weblog » Music http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage Things about my life. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Guitar Hero 3 Progress http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/01/19/guitar-hero-3-progress/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/01/19/guitar-hero-3-progress/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:17:24 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/01/19/guitar-hero-3-progress/ I finally managed to get 5 stars on all the songs for Guitar Hero 3 on Medium.  Knight of Cydonia and Raining Blood were the two that took me a lot of practice before I could do them.  That’s done now and I’ve moved on to playing through career on Hard.  I made it through the first stage already, but boy is my hand tired.  Not all 5 stars of course, at this point, I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to manage that.  I guess it’s just a matter of practice though.

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In other Guitar Hero related news, today the Halo Theme was released for free on Xbox Live.  A very nice surprise for those of us that are fans of both games.  It’s a lot of fun to be able to play.

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]]> http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/11/02/gh3-medium-done/feed/ 0 My Aching Wrist http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/10/30/my-aching-wrist/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/10/30/my-aching-wrist/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:56:15 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/10/30/my-aching-wrist/ I broke down and picked up Guitar Hero 3 yesterday (for the 360, of course).  I had a ton of fun with it last night.  The only down side of it is that my left wrist and fingers are a little bit sore today from all the playing I did last night.  It is a tough game, and I’m only playing on the Medium settings so far, which uses 4 of the 5 frets on the guitar.  When I finally decide to go to Hard, that’s going to be a huge adjustment.  The game is a lot of fun though, and the kids are enjoying it quite a bit as well.  I’ll likely let Xander give it a try this weekend, and see if he likes it.

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