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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land You may have noticed by the handy-dandy calendar on your computer screen that we have, in fact, left the month of September behind us and galloped full-speed into October.
Not only have the months proceeded in a timely fashion, but I have not posted the results of my Drum Trainer experiment. So here’s the deal (Yes, an excuse is coming). A week after kicking off my grand experiment, my television went out. Then I had to fly to New York. Now I have to fly to Tokyo. I’m not pulling the plug on the experiment, nor am I changing the rules, really, but I am going to postpone posting the results. I’ll still show you the progress of 30 days of training, but it’s going to come later in October.
For now relish in the official training guide that John Drake over at Harmonix, a drummer himself, was kind enough to put together for me.
Returning from the Penny Arcade Expo earlier this week I was delighted to discover a giant brown box sitting in my house. Inside? The Rock Band 2 instruments: Two guitars and drum set. I haven’t had a ton of time to mess around with the new drums yet, but so far I can say they’re much quieter, and they feel much better to drum on. Those new pads have just the right amount of spring to them.
Hit up the jump for a full gallery of drum pics, including one that shows off the extra jacks for add-ons like cymbals and comparison shots next to the old Rock Band drums. And stay tuned next week for a closer look at drumming in Rock Band 2.
