Alright, I have been lurking on this site with a membership for over a year now, but this topic has inspired my first post:
To preface,
-I am a 26 year old who has played video games for 2 decades
-My tastes in video games are about as diverse as it gets. I enjoy pretty much any genre.
-I am a Wii and DS owner. I had an NES and subsequently a SNES between the ages of 6 and 12. I was big into PC gaming when I was a teenager, but then it started to become too expensive to constantly have to upgrade the computer to keep up with computer gaming; when the Gamecube price went down to $99 I thought it was a great opportunity to get back into video game consoles.
-An added bonus of me owning a Wii, is the wife enjoys playing it.
Anyways, on to the topic at hand. I own Wii Music and think it is an absolutely great game; as an avid Blues Guitar and Harmonica player, I really enjoy the freedom it gives you when you play any selection. Unlike Guitar Hero/Rock Band (which I also enjoy), you do not have to play fixed notes (getting penalized when you miss one). Anybody who plays music or even has some sense of rhythm can really enjoy this game.
Matt Cassamania seems to be the kind of guy who is probably tone deaf and has absolutely no rhythm. Articles like this really take away any shred of legitimacy the gaming media has left.
The problem with the gaming media is they have created the false dichotomy of Casual and hardcore gamers. I would be considered "hardcore" because of the time I dedicate to video games, however I often contradict this classification as I spend a fair chunk of my gaming time playing "casual" games. Yet I also really enjoy games like No more Heroes (I am particular to Suda ever since Killer 7). End of the day there are many different types of gamers, not just two.
Wii Music may not be for everyone, but anyone who enjoys playing music and has even a decent sense of timing and rhythm can enjoy the game alot.
Enjoy th weekend everybody.
