I was at Fry’s yesterday with Ben, returning some stuff that didn’t work as expected, when I walked past the display for Guitar Hero III. Again. I’ve been saying how I wanted to buy the game for months, but every time I reach for it to head to the register something has stopped me.

That something was wrong. This game is brilliant.

Sure, it’s essentially a purely hand-eye coordination, rhythm-dexterity game; you watch for the little colored blobs to move down the screen and make sure that your fingers are pushing the right buttons at the right time. That’s really it; there’s not a lot of complexity here.

What’s addictive is that because the timing really does line up to the song you’re playing, you get a strange sense that you really are playing whatever song it is. And the song list is great fun.

Anyhow. Enough typing. I need to go rock out.