 Malik
(2/8/10)On Saturday I finally tried out the last feature of The Beatles Rock Band that I had neglected since the game launched. I'm talking about the multiple vocal track feature. I was able to play with two friends on vocals, while I took the third part while playing expert guitar. Originally, I thought The Beatles was a good game and built on the RB style nicely. However, after doing this triple vocal play, my impression has only improved. I mean being able to get additional vocals is a blast, and it's a bit fun doing the chaos of expert guitar while also adding to the backing vocals. Of course, I didn't exactly hit my pitch too well, or play my guitar part all that solidly when I had both parts to do. Since the backing vocals are not required for the vocals to stay afloat on the rock meter, this was not a huge problem and made it all that much more fun when we could hit a triple fab rating (perfect on all three vocal parts in a vocal phrase). Anyway, the big event of the weekend was the Super Bowl. I have to say I enjoyed the game, even if the announcing team sucked and the ads were mostly mediocre (not to mention insulting to see $2.5 million was spent by the US government on those annoying Census commercials during a budget crisis). I mean the game was excellent and the half time was great (I mean it's The Who). I'm glad that the Saints won. On one hand, they were the underdogs and really deserve to finally make the big time after having such a bad run of post season play in the last 40+ years. Also, when a team plays this gutsy of a game plan, it's even more exciting to see them win with some amazingly ballsy plays. The first quarter was a bit lame with the constant failures of the Saints on defense (if you pressure Manning too many times, he'll just use the run game to humiliate your defense), but it all turned around with some nice high risk plays. For me, the play of the game, and the play that set the tone for the rest of the afternoon, had to be the second half kick off. An on-side kick is a risky move when you're down with only a few minutes left to play. When it's not a distant game (it was four points to start the second half), and after keeping the other team away from the ball for the last 15 minutes of play, it is a statement of who you are and what you're going to do for the rest of the day. Then, when you add in the two point conversion and the interception that was ran in for a touch down...well, it's obvious the Saints came to Miami not only ready to play, but ready to destroy anything in their way. Best of all, with the Super Bowl done, I can now leave the NFL behind for the next half a year. After seeing how low the Seahawks could go this year, I need the break from sports. MLS and MLB are a couple months out, so I can now focus on taking back my weekends for a while and getting back to a reality that is not full of disappointment and pain. Malik |
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