While My Guitar Gently Beeps

Recently, While My Guitar Gently Beeps appeared in the New York Times' Sunday Magazine. It's a very good article about the forthcoming The Beatles: Rock Band video game.

Now, this blogger is a 60-something old fogey who well remembers when the real Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show. He has no kids or grandkids, but he knows younger adults whose kids play rock 'n' roll video games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. He's even tried the latter in its Wii version (and turned out to be a real klutz at it).

Daniel Radosh's article has filled him in on why these participatory, if faux-performance, music games are loved by so many, and loathed by some. Read the article to find out why!