Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 9, 2009 13:42:17 GMT 2
So Mrs C was given an early Christmas present from her folks - Singstar for the PS3. Now there's two things she likes a lot - karaoke and competitions, so compiling the two was an absolute no-brainer.
Unlike my good lady, I can't sing to save my life. I sometimes sing karaoke but it's always in the "ha ha, I'm not taking this too seriously" mold (which, obviously it should be anyway) and always with a limited range of songs (sadly, Prince is never an option). So the first song to be fired up on Singstar was Macy Gray's "I Try."
At first I thought I was totally trouncing Mrs C, and thought I'd discovered a fatal flaw in the game itself. You know how with those Eye-Toy games you can move your controller and it counts as movement? I thought it'd be the same here. So I just followed the words and put on a Macy Gray silly voice, and my score was going through the roof. Turns out I was player 2 and not player 1 though, and I was actually comically awful. Damn. I then proceeded to almost blow my fucking throat out attempting Living on a Prayer, fists pumping and jumping on furniture and everything.
But it really is a fun (if expensive) piece of kit. Mrs C's already bought about £20 of new songs, with Ash, 1990s, Dandy Warhols, Bowie and Lady GaGa all getting downloaded ("we'll have the coolest Singstar list" apparently). As party games go, though, it's addictive and even fun to WATCH.
So has anyone else got in on this yet? Dignity left outside, of course.
Unlike my good lady, I can't sing to save my life. I sometimes sing karaoke but it's always in the "ha ha, I'm not taking this too seriously" mold (which, obviously it should be anyway) and always with a limited range of songs (sadly, Prince is never an option). So the first song to be fired up on Singstar was Macy Gray's "I Try."
At first I thought I was totally trouncing Mrs C, and thought I'd discovered a fatal flaw in the game itself. You know how with those Eye-Toy games you can move your controller and it counts as movement? I thought it'd be the same here. So I just followed the words and put on a Macy Gray silly voice, and my score was going through the roof. Turns out I was player 2 and not player 1 though, and I was actually comically awful. Damn. I then proceeded to almost blow my fucking throat out attempting Living on a Prayer, fists pumping and jumping on furniture and everything.
But it really is a fun (if expensive) piece of kit. Mrs C's already bought about £20 of new songs, with Ash, 1990s, Dandy Warhols, Bowie and Lady GaGa all getting downloaded ("we'll have the coolest Singstar list" apparently). As party games go, though, it's addictive and even fun to WATCH.
So has anyone else got in on this yet? Dignity left outside, of course.
