A benevolent benefactor bequeathed to me a fantastic gift; the official Guitar Hero Wireless Controller. Now I come to report on it.
Its been a long time coming. There have been several unofficial wireless controllers on the market since the release of GH1, and people have found ways to modify their wired controllers, but it took until after the arrival of GH2 for Red Octane to launch their own wireless attempt. This is crucial because while third party wireless devices are still hit or miss with their responsiveness, official wireless stuff has proven to be quite reliable across all consoles. Second, most DDR players will tell you that Red Octane builds some quality stuff for the price, while their knockoffs usually suffer.
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Both points prove to be true in the case of Guitar Hero controllers. I spent some time in the fall with the Flying V I previously linked to, and I wasn’t impressed. It uses that stupid chrome paint that usually gets nasty and discolored after a lot of wear and tear, it felt way too light, and the buttons felt like mush when you pressed them. → Jet fuel can’t melt videolamer.