My name is Tim...and I'm a Rock Band Addict

(Hi Tim)

I’m not trying to patronize those that are really addicted to dangerous things, such as gambling, alcohol, drugs, etc. I really think I have a bit of a problem when it comes to the game Rock Band. Now, I had already had my gateway drug with all of the Guitar Hero games (yes, we own them all), and I was feeling pretty good about my ability to play five buttons on a plastic guitar in a fashion only Eddie Van Halen could dream about.

And then we visited my friend who had this game called Rock Band. I had heard of the game, but honestly I didn’t know that it was available for anything other than Xbox, which we don’t own. So when he fired it up and I watched his family—daughter, son, wife and him---play the guitar, bass, drums, and sang all at the same time, I thought it was fun to watch and entertaining, but didn’t think much of it.
Three hours later, I was as hooked as a meth addict. He had told me that it was available on PS2, and I had a chance to do every one of the instruments at length, and I thought that I would “surprise” the boys by getting this—for them---Yes, I had THEM in mind (or so I kept telling myself).

But then, as I bought it from a guy on Craigslist and I carried home the “instruments” four days before the boys were supposed to be there, I knew I couldn’t wait for them to get there. I set everything up and basically ignored my wife that evening as I played song after song and envisioned that my drum playing skills would have Tommy Lee eating out of my hand.

Now, two weeks removed, I’ve started to master some of the songs on the guitar and have spent hours even by myself banging on the plastic drums as if I was headlining an arena tour and U2 was opening up for my band. I was starting to dream about the songs and saw visions of fretboards coming fast and furious in my head.

I have issues.

Luckily, my wife hasn’t left me yet and the boys aren’t bored with the game. And I hear that Rock Band 2 is in the works along with a similar game for Guitar Hero. I may just lose my job over this.

In the words of the 80s hair band Cinderella…Somebody!!! Saaaaaaaaave ME!!!!! (Hey—maybe they’ll have that on the next version!!!)

TAGS: Dads, Fatherhood, Fathers, Humor, Parenthood, Parenting, Rock Band, Video Games
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