70: Guitar Hero

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And then do it again in a moment now that they're out of Star Power.

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Okay, to start: Guitar Hero is a series of videogames, currently distributed by Activision. Players will use a fake guitar as a controller, which has five buttons on the neck and a switch on the belly. Goal of the game is to (re)play world famous guitar songs by pressing the correct buttons on the neck and striking the switch at the exact moment the colored “notes” (seen on top) enter the circles on the bottom. Playing progressive sections in the correctly earns players "Star Power", which then can be used at an opportune moment by tilting the guitar neck upwards or pressing a button on the guitar. Because Star Power doubles one’s points, the most advantageous time to use it is when there are lots of notes to play (commonly during solos). It can be frustrating to get to a solo and not have enough star power to double your points. Thus to do a second solo right after the first one would mean that no one would have star power available for the second solo, frustrating players, having used it during the first solo.

Megan and Cueball are in a (real-life) band in the comic, with Cueball being the lead guitarist. So, the joke is that when the song they perform will end up in the Guitar Hero series, it will contain an almost impossible solo to play, due to Cueball's “wildly” flail, which undoubtedly will lead to very much notes needed to be “pressed” by the player in a very short time, making it impossible for the player to earn enough "Star Power". The image text continues the joke by stating that a second solo will be in the song the moment the player doesn't have the “Star Power”, thus feeding the frustration to not be able to double points.