be a hero or a rock star?

So, for a while since it came out, I've been playing Guitar Hero III almost non-stop.  I hardly eat anymore, it's really bad for my health.  My boyfriend bought it for the Xbox 360, and I really love the new black guitar design.  It's much better than the white jagged thing came out with for GH2.  We had a bit of a problem with the first guitar controller we got, the orange key wouldn't work sometimes, but we traded it in for a different one and everything was good after that.
I think that Guitar Hero III got a lot of good reviews, there was even a South Park Guitar Hero episode (which I loved).  I completely love GH3, it's really the best of all the GH games so far.  I have to say, the hammer ons really work best in this game, it's more accurate.  Here are a few of my favorite songs from the GH3 setlist:

• Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream (cover)
• Barracuda by Heart (cover)
• Bulls On Parade by Rage Against The Machine
• When Your Were Young by The Killers ★
  
• The Seeker by The Who (cover)
• Paint It, Black by Rolling Stones
• Cool Thing by Sonic Youth ★
  
• My Name Is Jonas by Weezer ★
  
• Even Flow by Pearl Jam
• Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N' Roses ★
  
• Cherub Rock by The Smashing Pumpkins ★
  
• The Metal by Tenacious D
• 3's & 7's by Queens of the Stone Age ★★
  
• Sabotage by Beastie Boys (from Co-op Career)
• Reptilia by The Strokes ★★ (from Co-op Career)
• Helicopter by Bloc Party ★★(from Co-op Career)

★ = Top Favorites
So, I'm pretty enchanted by the game.  I play it almost every day~ gah.
A friend of ours bought Rock Band, so we went and checked it out with him.  It's similar to Guitar Hero, but the set up is a little different.  I like how Guitar Hero plays better than Rock Band (regarding hammer ons and whatnot), but it's fun to get people together to play songs.  The drums are very difficult, I think.  It's the closest to playing the actual instrument; there are four drums and a foot pedal involved, so it's pretty hard because for some songs you have to hit two drums and the foot pedal at once.  A big drawback of the drums is the amount of noise they make.  The tapping of it can be louder than the drums track on the speakers, so sometimes you hear more tapping on the drums than the drum track.  Overall, the game is fun, but I wouldn't buy it for a couple different reasons: 1) Drum set is big, you need room for that, so it could be a hassle to store.  2) It costs 200 bucks (enough said).  3) It's hard to get people to sing without them being drunk.  4) I don't have that many friends that'd come over & play.   That last one is more of a personal reason, haha.

Obviously, video games rule my life, let's just admit that and move on.  Jon just finished Mass Effect last night, and I have to say, I really enjoyed watching Jon go through it.  I didn't really play it just because I'm not all about first-person shooters, but this has an interactive plot element that's very enjoyable and sometimes humorous.  The plot is very cool, and it's very cool to direct the cut-scenes.  This time we're playing the game as a female character, a renegade instead of a noble hero.  It'll be fun to go through it again and be able to do and say whatever to all the characters.  One thing that was a problem in the game was the frame rate.  It was pretty bad throughout, but oh well.  The graphics could have been a little better too, sometimes the shadows did funny things on people's faces.

Okay, I'm done.