Guitar Hero 3. Finally!

I love midnight launches. While the rest of Chicago is out in their slutty nurse outfits and “I’m Dr. Dre from the 80s!” costumes, I got my jollies tonight by hitting up my local GameStop for their Guitar Hero launch party (they had Dr. Pepper!). I was the fourth person in the store upon my arrival at 11:14, but after settling in with a Guitar Hero 2 session, I became the tenth person in line when midnight finally struck.

Fortunately, I was home by 12:15 (traffic and all!) and before I become a hero of the guitar, I wanted to snap a few photos for you guys. If anybody needs me, I’ll be rocking some early carpal tunnel syndrome for the next 18 hours.

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One last note: the GameStop clerk was pressuring me into reserving Rock Band. No big deal, except that he was trying to get me to put money down for the Wii version because “it’s officially coming.” Start the presses!

UPDATE: I just defeated Tom Morello in a guitar battle. I feel like a million dollars. Oh wait, now I have to play a Killers song. Rats.

SUPER UPDATE: I unfortunately had to go into work tonight, but I am on the final set of songs (on expert, of course). Sleep will not be enjoyed until completetion. I will be working on some video and a full review for later this week. How are you enjoying the game so far?

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  • http://my.opera.com/Beeks/about/ Beeks

    But did they have DIET Dr. Pepper?
    And Rock Band for the Wii, WHO KNEW! :)

  • Michael

    I’m hoping to track one down for me and a friend tommorow. We’ll see how it goes..

    For some reason I can’t bring myself to pre-order games. It must be the excitement of actually finding a copy somewhere after an hour of driving around, panicking and such. The actual satisfaction of walking out of the store with game clutched firmly in hand is unbelievable for those brave enough to try. ;)

  • white_mog

    awesome about Rock Band. i’ll be picking up my GHIII copy at the newest GS in Chicago, at 11 (since their first day was Friday and they didn’t do the midnight thing).

    thanks for the review/pics.

  • drktrpr1

    Good work! I love midnight launches too. I really hope there’s a launch party thing for Brawl.

  • white_mog

    ok so how do you save a profile? the + button is not doing anything.

  • Hax0rz

    Haha this game rocks I am currently having trouble beating Slash.

  • Michael

    It was a long adventure, but me and a friend got 2 copies of GH3 at Toys’R'Us, after about 2 hours of looking around! What a rush! lol Actually it was horrifying..

  • Michael

    at white_mog: I have no idea, sorry. It shouldn’t be too hard to troubleshoot yourself though.

  • earliodookie

    … i’m on the last set of songs and i bought all the bonuses.

    so much for studying.

  • DrDew

    Just beat the game on medium a little while ago. Thought I’d warm up before I jumped back into hard. I’ve never owned Guitar Hero until now, so here we goooooo!

    PS: Fire. Flames. AWESOME. But RIDICULOUS. :-P

  • earliodookie

    that song is ridiculous O_o

    when are we going to be able to buy another guitar by itself!?