Exit Karaoke....
May. 21st, 2007 05:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundShredding the competition - At Guitar Hero nights, rock 'n' roll wannabes get their kicks from joysticks
"On Sunday nights at Orleans in Davis Square, Red Sox games are shown on small flat-screen televisions by the bar. The big projection screen by the window is reserved for something else: ax -grinding and shredding.
Sundays are Guitar Hero nights , which means the bar is taken over by gamers who battle one another with guitar-shaped joysticks that are used to play anthems by bands like Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and Nirvana.
"Sunday nights were our slowest nights , so it's been a big help getting people in the door," said Mike Cotter , an Orleans manager. "I didn't realize how popular it was."
The video game, which doesn't require any actual guitar knowledge -- flashing lights tell you where to hit the frets on your guitar that correspond with notes displayed on the screen -- has become big not only at Orleans but at bars across the country. There are Guitar Hero nights in clubs from New York to Los Angeles. There has been one at River Gods in Cambridge for about a year."
"On Sunday nights at Orleans in Davis Square, Red Sox games are shown on small flat-screen televisions by the bar. The big projection screen by the window is reserved for something else: ax -grinding and shredding.
Sundays are Guitar Hero nights , which means the bar is taken over by gamers who battle one another with guitar-shaped joysticks that are used to play anthems by bands like Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and Nirvana.
"Sunday nights were our slowest nights , so it's been a big help getting people in the door," said Mike Cotter , an Orleans manager. "I didn't realize how popular it was."
The video game, which doesn't require any actual guitar knowledge -- flashing lights tell you where to hit the frets on your guitar that correspond with notes displayed on the screen -- has become big not only at Orleans but at bars across the country. There are Guitar Hero nights in clubs from New York to Los Angeles. There has been one at River Gods in Cambridge for about a year."
