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[insert inane rambling about how analog is better than digital] 😉

I’m sure the gearheads out there who can afford the space, maintenance and cost of having the actual hardware will argue that these ‘modern’ modellers can’t compete with the actual hardware. I think they’re just insanely jealous that even a total noob like me can get some pretty neat sound-effects for cheap.  Why spend thousands of dollars when you can get a cheap-ass digital replica that sounds good enough for a beginner ?

It’s also funny to think that it all started because someone had a defective amplifier and thought it sounded ‘good’.  This was when valves were a thing. Idiots wanting to get back to that era really don’t understand why those things sucked unless you wanted to heat the room as well … 😉

Which reminds me that I really should try to get Rocksmith up and running. It was fun to pretend to play an actual guitar instead of pressing buttons like Rockband/Guitarhero (although it was really really hard compared to the rythm games).

If only Activision and Rockband hadn’t tried to milk the genre dry in such a short time. I think the last iteration of Guitarhero is now unplayable as the ‘live’ content has been taken offline. Such is the life of these ‘on-line’ service oriented games.

Maybe that’s kind of why I’ve been refocusing on tabletop gaming. Those things will work even if the internet is down and out.

/rant