Dallas Mayor Hits Guitar Hero III with His Best Shot
Dallas Mayor Hits Guitar Hero III with His Best Shot
May 16, 2008
With so many elected officials bashing video games these days, GP naturally has a soft spot for any politician willing to get hands-on with our favorite pastime.
Kudos, then to Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert (R) who played a bit of the Pat Benatar anthem, Hit Me With Your Best Shot at a charity Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock marathon today in Dallas. The event is sponsored by Blockbuster and benefits Education is Freedom, a local nonprofit which is part of Mayor Leppert's Igniting Opportunity for the Children of Dallas Campaign.
The Dallas Morning News reports on hizzoner's performance:
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert attempted to play Hit Me with Your Best Shot during a 24-hour charity event featuring the video game Guitar Hero.
Once the mayor began to play he handed the guitar to 11-year old game whiz Aaron Blockmon to play most of the song. At the end, the mayor grabbed the guitar, dropped to his knees and cranked out the last few fake chords rock-star style...
After the mayor won a coin toss, Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes kicked off the event with School's Out. While Mr. Keyes was playing, the mayor stuffed his guitar strap with $5 bills.
GP: Awesome, Mr. Mayor. Simply awesome... The marathon runs through Saturday. Click here for details.
UPDATE: GP Correspondent Andrew Eisen has tracked down a video clip of Mayor Leppert's GH3 performance.
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Valdearg: @JDKJ: Well, it's not like you were very subtle, there..
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JDKJ: @Val": You got me there. That one was pure troll. And posted in memory of DarkSaber, who hasn't been around much, lately.
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Valdearg: If they really wanted to help the troops, they should donate their money to a legitimate charity with a good cash in/out ratio.
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Andrew Eisen: Val - But they did get something and that's better than nothing. Also, the Freedom Concert site is clear that expenses are subtracted from the donated amount so while it’s not fraud (from what little I’ve seen) it is pretty crummy.
Andrew Eisen: Val - But they did get something and that's better than nothing. Also, the Freedom Concert site is clear that expenses are subtracted from the donated amount so while it’s not fraud (from what little I’ve seen) it is pretty crummy.
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Awesome.
It's a shame he didn't play the whole song, but admittedly I found guitar hero a bit intimidating when I was handed a controller too.
Stuffed the guitar strap with $5 bills?! This guy sounds awesome!
There's politicians for you.
They make a halfassed start on something, pass it off to someone else for the bulk of the work, and then take all the credit.
Blockmon! I choose you!
So he just grabbed the guitar from the poor kid's hands. :(
I respect the attempt. Still, he did take all the glory from the kid... Oh well, he tried.
This whole business of stuffing of bills into a strap does sound somewhat suspect though...
to the mayor
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I find it interesting that we're seeing a lot more of this type of news lately. Perhaps some of the politicians are finally getting the hint that video games arent evil and can even assist in doing good when used properly. Either way you put it, Rock On Mayor Leppert, Rock On!
I saw the video and that mayor looks like a real nice guy, that must've been a really cool event.
Now let's see they got their mayor to do that thing so maybe we can top them and have our governer do it...
Oh shrawcheneggar (sp) I think I know how you can get more respect from gamers (I can dream can't I).
That's pretty frickin awesome.
It's be funny if John McCain were to play Rock Band or Guitar Hero,eh?
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