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Wil Wheaton has written an excellent review of Guitar Hero for PlayStation 2. I’m having Sony-Envy again. When is PlayStation 3 coming out and will I be able to play Guitar Hero on it?

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His evaluation of the game isn’t like some of the guitar geek reviews. He actually uses the phrase, “flippy lever thing.”

“The game is outrageously fun: you have a mini guitar controller (which you can outfit with stickers, including a totally rockin’ skull and some ass-kicking lightning bolts) that plugs into your PS2. There are five color-coded buttons on the fretboard, and a flippy lever thing on the body. You play along with the songs, DDR-style, by pushing the correct button (or combination of buttons) as they stream down the screen at you, while you strum along on the flippy lever thing. You get points and bonuses, including the totally rockin’ star power bonus, the more accurately you play.”

I love his final evaluation of the game:

“Did I mention how much more fun this game is when you play with people who aren’t afraid to be total dorks about it, and talk in a bad english accent and yell at the “audience” who are deep inside the TV?”

I have long been a fan of Konami and their DDR and Karaoke games. Guitar Hero sounds like it’s right up my alley and I’d love to play it, but it’s only available on PS/2 right now.