Guitar Rising will allow players to use any real electric guitar and actively learn how to play real cords. There will be an adapter where players hook up their guitars to their PC or Mac and start playing songs. The game progresses in difficulty to help those that have never played a guitar before. It took me about two years to become even remotely good at playing the guitar, while just the other day I went from being a complete idiot at Guitar Hero to passing every song on medium relatively well. This game seems like one of the better ideas to come out of the video game industry. No release date has been set.

The post Guitar Rising: Guitar Hero with Real Guitars first appeared on College Being.]]> https://www.collegebeing.com/guitar-rising-guitar-hero-with-real-guitars/feed/ 0 326 https://www.collegebeing.com/time-stops-at-grand-central-station-for-five-minutes/ https://www.collegebeing.com/time-stops-at-grand-central-station-for-five-minutes/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:12:43 +0000 http://www.collegebeing.com/time-stops-at-grand-central-station-for-five-minutes Last Thursday, the New York comedy group Improv Everywhere played a prank on all those walking through Grand Central Station. The 207 participants completely froze for a full five minutes. Take a look at the video below to see how people react. [youtube jwMj3PJDxuo nolink] [Improv Everywhere]

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Possible reasons for Damon taking Silverman away include Kimmel’s lack of time for Matt (1), Guillermo from Jimmy Kimmel Live “blowing off” Damon (2), and the same Guillermo trying to bump Damon from his own movie (3).

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Yes, that is a sheep eating a man’s face. Courtesy of IMDB.

Let me start by saying this: Black Sheep is a movie about genetically engineered, man-eating sheep. If that makes you think “Oh man, what a great idea for a movie!” continue reading. If you think that sounds retarded, skip this article. This movie is not for you.

So you think a movie about genetically engineered, man-eating sheep is awesome. Good. You really can’t do any better in that category than Black Sheep. The plot, such as it is, involves a greedy farm owner who, in his attempts to create a better breed of sheep, has accidentally engineered evil mutant sheep, who not only eat people, but have the ability to turn humans into one of them.

Yes, you read that right. This movie has zombie sheep in it. I don’t know that this film could be improved in any way.

Anyway, a couple dirty hippies sneak onto the farm with the intent of liberating the poor sheep. Of course, as dirty hippies tend to do, they overlooked the fact that it might not be a good idea to fuck with things you don’t understand, and release the plague of killer sheep.

This movie is not for the weak of stomach. There is plenty of gore (both animal and human), some rather distressing nudity, and insinuations of sheep-shagging. But if you can enjoy a movie like this, and you have an odd/New Zealand sense of humor, you’ll love Black Sheep. Do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Dove Onslaught:

Jump for the original Dove Evolution commercial.

Dove Evolution:

I’m not much of a liquor person. I used to chug Captain Morgan by the bottle, but since I learned to like beer, and found that I can actually enjoy alcoholic beverages instead of choking them down for the sole purpose of getting hammered, I haven’t been much for liquor. Gin, however, has always been an exception to this rule. My favorite gin thus far is Tanqueray, but that shit is expensive. So I went looking for a cheaper alternative. Now, cheap liquor is generally bad; I’m not a hobo and therefore I don’t like things that come in plastic bottles. However, every once in a while, you find a cheap liquor that’s actually good, or at least pretty tolerable. Burnett’s is such a beverage.

Burnett’s looks classier than most of its low-end liquor store counterparts, largely due to the fact that it comes in a classy green glass bottle. You wouldn’t know just from looking at it that you would get change back from a $10 bill upon purchase. Burnett’s is mediocre if only slightly cold, but if chilled in the freezer for a little while, the taste becomes exponentially better than anything else you’d get for the same price. It’s not a bad gin to drink straight, but it also goes well in a Tom Collins or even as a martini (note: the proper martini is made with about a half drop of vermouth and a glass of gin. Anything else, and that includes any and all “vodkatinis,” is for suckers).

Where Burnett’s stands head and shoulders above the competition is the value. At the Utah state liquor stores, it’s $7-10 for a fifth, depending if it’s on sale, and I’d guess these prices are the higher end of most liquor stores in the country. When chilled, it’s almost as good as an expensive gin, for a fraction of the price. So if you really need two bottles of liquor, but you and your roommates can only find $15 in your rooms and the couch cushions, go with Burnett’s. You won’t be disappointed.

The textbook industry is a 14 billion dollar a year industry, and professors and colleges push that number as high as they can through a variety of means. These can include: slightly “updating” popular, expensive textbooks every few years, inflating prices of both new and used books, and conveniently “running out” of used books. The newest thing is renting – why sell a student a book when you can rent it to him/her for basically the same price. After the class is over, the bookstore gets the book back for free.

#1 Buy Older Versions Online

Perhaps the most lucrative way to save money is by purchasing the previous version of a particular textbook – often for a fraction of the price of the latest version. You’ll need to ask your professor if this is okay, but I know from experience that it usually is. Don’t buy one that’s four or five versions back – try to get the most recent discontinued version. Professors “update” these books just to make more money – rarely because there’s new content.

#2 Don’t Rent, Unless the Price is Right

Renting anything is usually a bad idea, whether it’s houses, cars, or textbooks. The bookstores often don’t rent you a book for much less than you can buy a used one online – then you have to just give it back to them at the end of the semester. You can’t sell it to make some of your money back. Campus bookstores would not be renting textbooks unless it was equally or more profitable than selling them.

Students often get caught in the rain while walking to class, and textbooks in backpacks often get wet. It’s happened to me more than once. Bookstores may charge you a “damage fee” when you bring it back at the end of the semester – just because they can.

#3 Buy and Sell to Other Students First

At the University of Georgia, I did my best to sell my used textbooks to other students who were taking my current classes next semester. The trouble here is obvious – you have to know lots of students in your classes, which can be hard at a big school. Here’s a tip: as the semester goes by, start thinking about who might need your books and who might have books that you need.
This is always the best route because you can sell a book for more and buy it for less by cutting out the middle man – simple economics.

#4 Do Your Deals Online

Amazon is eating campus bookstores for breakfast – as are many other online retailers that offer better prices, prompt shipment, and amazing buyback prices. The campus bookstores can’t compete.
Most of these companies will ship your book for free, whether you are buying a copy for selling them a copy. They do their best to make the process as seamless and convenient as possible, and they are not trying to price gouge any one person – volume is the name of their game.

#5 Use Price Comparison Sites

Sometimes purchase and buyback prices can differ by significant amounts, and there are many services out there that will do a quick search of all of them and let you know where you can get the best price. It can be over a fifty dollar difference sometimes – it’s all about supply and demand. All you have to do is enter the ISBN-10 or ISBN-13. Just do a Google search for “textbook buyback”, and you’ll see a plethora of results.

Author Bio: Ben Warren is an author and software developer. He recently created a textbook buyback comparison service and also teaches local coding classes.

If you feel comfortable with an old lady talking about sex, then jump to see the video.

Jump to see the DVD covers I made using the worst of my Photoshop skills. This is probably not safe for work.

Can you guess the real name of the movie it came from? Hint: All these are currently in theaters.

Suggest names for next volume and we might use yours.