People take their pretend superstardom pretty seriously these days. It’s not hard to see why when the media-endorsed variety requires sore little more talent. In fact, I can confidently say that watching a really skilled person pretending to dance (à la Dance Dance Revolution) impresses me a lot more than watching certain ‘celebrities’ pretending to have a talent, while actually driving drunk or preaching some crazy-ass religion.

Guitar Hero is one of those pretend things that has become its own respectable talent. That’s one explanation as to why Guitar Hero has become the runaway success story of the new millenium. Another is that it’s pretty friggin’ fun and I should can all my college-practiced analytical BS.

In any case. You need a pretend guitar to play the thing. And it’s surprising that with the huge success of the games, now joined by Rock Band, the controller alone is really hard to find. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough, or high enough into the top-shelf inventory… but now you won’t have to. It’s available online, here, right in front of you. I couldn’t be making this easier — at least, for owners of the Xbox 360, which has the aptly-named X-plorer, pictured at right, which as we all know is the best-looking one anyway.

Now you can decorate with the stickers you SHOULD have used the first time.

Posted on February 25th, 2008 by katie