lucifer vandross
12-17-2007, 05:09 AM
Simi Valley, CA
In a bold move today Activision has announced that all accesories for their poplur "Guitar Hero" series can no longer be used without written permission from the company. Failure to get permission will result in almost immediate product failure. Items included in this are not limited to the now infmaous Les Paul wireless guitar controller but also include bundled straps, decorative straps available from the website, gig bags, and possibly most shockingly stickers. Once such incident saw a five year old girl whose older brother had given her the sticker sheet that came with his guitar hero 2 game fall off of her desk where she had affixed them. "At midnight last night they just all pealed off and fell to the floor," states the girls mother. Across the country similair events have happened. A musician playing a gig at a club in Kansas City, MO found his guitar falling as failure struck the strap he had grabbed. As his Fender Telecaster fell to his feet he felt his career hang in the balance. "There I am in the Blue Note Jazz and blues bar just wailing away and my strap breaks, i had no idea it was a proprietary piece of fabric." Fender is amazed at this turn of events. " I really want to know how they made the strap fail," Fender PR spokesperson Jona McPhieldsburg stated in a press conference, "was it radio detonated microexplosive that could tell it wasn't on the plastic of an official Guitar Hero controller?" When left for comment activision said the following "we have designed our products and accesories specifically for our game, we would be more than happy to come up with an agreement with any other company that may want to use any of our accesories for any reason other than that intended. I am sure we can come up with some sort of agreemant." At this point the gentleman started laughin, when asked for further comment he said "oh nothing, i'm just doing that finger thing that means ' i want money.'" Of course the real people being harmed by this are the consumers. As bags spit out controllers, stands fall to piecies and strap after strap breaks the gaming public sits and endures what may be the worst thing they have faced ever.
Christopher is not a staff writer for any newspaper or periodical. His weekly column "Why i Hate things" has been rejected by the onion for a record 355 issues.
In a bold move today Activision has announced that all accesories for their poplur "Guitar Hero" series can no longer be used without written permission from the company. Failure to get permission will result in almost immediate product failure. Items included in this are not limited to the now infmaous Les Paul wireless guitar controller but also include bundled straps, decorative straps available from the website, gig bags, and possibly most shockingly stickers. Once such incident saw a five year old girl whose older brother had given her the sticker sheet that came with his guitar hero 2 game fall off of her desk where she had affixed them. "At midnight last night they just all pealed off and fell to the floor," states the girls mother. Across the country similair events have happened. A musician playing a gig at a club in Kansas City, MO found his guitar falling as failure struck the strap he had grabbed. As his Fender Telecaster fell to his feet he felt his career hang in the balance. "There I am in the Blue Note Jazz and blues bar just wailing away and my strap breaks, i had no idea it was a proprietary piece of fabric." Fender is amazed at this turn of events. " I really want to know how they made the strap fail," Fender PR spokesperson Jona McPhieldsburg stated in a press conference, "was it radio detonated microexplosive that could tell it wasn't on the plastic of an official Guitar Hero controller?" When left for comment activision said the following "we have designed our products and accesories specifically for our game, we would be more than happy to come up with an agreement with any other company that may want to use any of our accesories for any reason other than that intended. I am sure we can come up with some sort of agreemant." At this point the gentleman started laughin, when asked for further comment he said "oh nothing, i'm just doing that finger thing that means ' i want money.'" Of course the real people being harmed by this are the consumers. As bags spit out controllers, stands fall to piecies and strap after strap breaks the gaming public sits and endures what may be the worst thing they have faced ever.
Christopher is not a staff writer for any newspaper or periodical. His weekly column "Why i Hate things" has been rejected by the onion for a record 355 issues.
