Confessions of a Shiftless Mind

Argh. It really annoys me when companies make cheap knockoffs of popular products to market to “Christians”.

Let me set a context. We picked up Guitar Hero: World Tour on Boxing Day. My wife and I had been introduced to it while visiting my in-laws before Christmas, and it was a lot of fun. Yeah, the costumes you could choose for your “character” had some racy options, but they were your choice - it was not like you were being forced to have your character dress scantily.

The other thing was the selection of tracks. Typical rock music. It took a significant amount of gameplay before I encountered a track that was seriously objectionable (Ozzie Osbourne’s “Mr. Crowley” if you must know). Otherwise, typical rock tracks.

Then I read that there is this “Christian” version - Guitar Praise.

I just went to the website, and I was not impressed.  Yeah, they have all Christian music, which is fine, but the graphics look dumb and it looks considerably less slick and enjoyable when compared to Guitar Hero.  It’s less of everything, but ooooh…. it’s got Christian music in it!

I am sorry.  I wish Guitar Hero would just make a music pack of Christian singles.  I’d buy it in a second, but I am not going to go out and buy Guitar Praise.  Same goes for Country.  I’d like to be able to pick my music, not have to buy a separate “guitar” and game for each genre.