Activision announced today that it is going to stop making its Guitar Hero game. Guitar Hero just isn't profitable enough any more. Instead, Activision is refocusing its attention on its more successful games, like Call of Duty.
This bums me out. I don't play either game. My experience with video games is limited to my time at Pudgie's Pizza in Elmira. I would go there during lunch in middle school, get a slice of pizza, and play a game or two of Space Invaders or Galaga. I also spent some time there during Monday night religious ed for a couple weeks during 8th grade -- up until someone (I think it might have been Chris Coggins) told Father McCabe that Hugh Thorner and I weren't in class because we were over at Pudgie's playing video games. My punishment was an immediate confession. It wasn't too bad. Right off the bat, I said "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I skipped religious ed to go play video games at Pudgie's." Father McCabe burst out laughing from the other side of the screen and gave me my 10 Hail Mary's and 3 Our Father's and that was that.
Anyway, the real reason I'm bummed about this news is because it cements it for me that Jay has grown up. There was a time when Guitar Hero was his favorite game. That was back when he would still share the couch with me while we watched TV and he'd let me fall asleep on top of his bed at night. Gradually, he moved past Guitar Hero to Call of Duty. Now, I'm lucky if "Killer" and I can agree on the same TV show to watch and I can't remember the last time I went in to tuck him in at night. I think I'm going to give it a try tonight for old time's sake. We'll see what happens.
This is where the magic happens.
