hep ''ulan profesyoneller nasıl da döktürüyordur.'' diye düşündüren lakin aksinin ispatının, gamespot'un blind guardian ile yaptığı röportajda ortaya konulduğu şahane oyun.
gs uk: as professional musicians, what do you think of music games like guitar hero and rock band? would you be happy to see blind guardian's music in them?
hk:
* sure, but to be honest i'd be more comfortable if we had the chance to create something particular for the game. i know that in most cases they use an existing song and put it in the game, but andre does a lot of challenging stuff on guitar and it'd be important for us to make it interesting for the guys being guitar heroes.
ao:
* i think we would be a good fit in games like that. those games are great, especially for kids, although just as many dads play too, i think it's a great thing bringing music into the video game genre. there isn't the same emphasis on music as entertainment this generation; it's switched towards video games and movies. music feels like it's lagging behind sometimes, so i like that music, and rock music in particular, is coming through in this medium.
ms:
* i have guitar hero myself. i was kind of sceptical about it in the beginning, until my wife and i played guitar hero 2 at a friend's place, and found it was actually a lot of fun. we went out the next day and bought guitar hero 3 and played through, unlocking all the songs! as a party game rock band looks like fun; the only danger i can see with it is kids thinking, "ok, i'll buy this game for my playstation as a way to be a musician"--no you're not!
gs uk: don't you think that these kinds of games could help inspire a passion in people, for playing real music?
ms: that might be the case of course. if they grab guitar hero, play a little plastic guitar and love doing that, they might get attracted to it and say, "i'd like to try the real thing"--which would be a good thing. as i said, the game is fun, it's entertaining and that's ok, it just shouldn't be confused with being a musician.
gs uk: blind guardian's music is driven by your guitar work, but are you any good at playing guitar hero?
ao: no! i tried it once and couldn't figure it out! it's strange; i think i just need more time to get used to it.
ms: the funny thing is that if you're actually able to play the guitar, the game's more difficult, because what the game expects you to play is not what the real guitars are playing. as a real guitarist you tend to try to play what you hear--it gets complicated! we wouldn't miss the chance of putting a song into something like guitar hero 4, it would be fun, but if i played our song in the game, i'd fail! i'd be trying to play the real song--either that or it would mess up our live performance on the next tour. i'd be screaming things like, "where's the green button!" perhaps i should speak to gibson about getting us guitars with buttons!