Is This The Only Song You Know?

So in the past week or so leading up to Christmas, I have seen at least three different versions of the Guitar Hero ad where various people recreate the famous scene from Risky Business. I get that that is an iconic scene and all, but aren't there other equally musical clips from other movies that we could use too? How about something from Flashdance, Grease, Dirty Dancing, or even the dancing in the library scene from Breakfast Club? There are tons of movies out there with just as unforgettable imagery - can't we have a little variety? It's a little boring to just see the same thing over and over, and frankly it makes me less interested in Guitar Hero because it makes me doubt the extent of their song selection. And who wants to play a game if it's the same song every time?

Is This Supposed To Be Fun?

Now that it is the holiday season, commercials are springing up for all sorts of games and products that we wouldn't normally see. One of these is Pictionary Man, and I must confess this doesn't look the slightest bit fun to me. It is apparently like regular pictionary, where you draw out clues and your teammates guess, but instead of paper, you draw on a man shaped doll. And maybe there are some charades thrown in too, judging by the ads - probably to compensate for the inadequate drawing surface. This just looks really lame to me. Regular pictionary can be really fun - and with regular paper you can start over new anytime you want. Drawing on a stupid figurine doesn't look fun at all - definitely not an improvement on the original.