{"id":690,"date":"2009-09-18T08:22:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T13:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=690"},"modified":"2009-09-18T22:02:38","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T03:02:38","slug":"what-makes-people-want-to-play-rock-band-and-guitar-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"What Makes People Want to Play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NYU psychologist Gary Marcus wrote an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gary-marcus\/what-makes-people-want-to_b_286386.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> recently in the Huffington Post. He explores the phenomena that might account for the enormous popularity of the video games, <a title=\"Rock Band\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F9%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Drock%2520band%2520beatles%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps%26sprefix%3Drock%2520band&amp;tag=resourcesforprog&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Band<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255F1%255F6%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dguitar%2520hero%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dvideogames%26sprefix%3Dguitar&amp;tag=resourcesforprog&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">Guitar Hero<\/a>. Marcus writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Few games demand less of the player; I suspect monkeys could be trained to play, and know for a fact that robots can cruise through Guitar Hero on Expert.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aside from simplicity and affection for the songs, Professor Marcus&#8217; hypothesis is that the success of these games is based rooted in <em>&#8220;a lust for power.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article is well worth the attention of educators.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gary-marcus\/what-makes-people-want-to_b_286386.html\" target=\"_blank_\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gary-marcus\/what-makes-people-want-to_b_286386.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYU psychologist Gary Marcus wrote an interesting article recently in the Huffington Post. 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