This is not recommended. Even if you are really good at Guitar Hero, it’s not worth dropping out over.

North Carolina native Blake Peebles, there’s no such thing. Guitar Hero is his title of choice. “I usually play till I can’t anymore,” he says, in this profile from the News & Observer.

In fact, young Mr. Peebles is dropping out of high school… in order to focus on Guitar Hero full time. Peebles hopes to join the small but growing crew of players looking to make gaming a job. Citing his victories in Guitar Hero tournaments, which include “gift certificates, gaming equipment, and chicken sandwiches,” Peebles thinks he has the chops to play competitively and earn actual money in the process. As the story notes, top gamers on the competitive circuit can earn up to $80,000 a year (though $25,000 is more common). Peebles, of course, can count his 52 Chick-fil-A combo meals toward that total.

This is for all you die-hard Cook fans out there in Kansas City, and whoever else likes him too.

I will admit though, his Risky Business Guitar Hero commercial was way better than Archuleta’s.  David Cook looked way better in the get up, and it actually made me laugh.

It doesn’t make me like him more, just makes me like the commercial.  Good Luck Cook.

I haven’t personally played Rock Band yet, but I hear it is fantastic.  A friend of mine is a huge fan of it, says it is way better than Guitar Hero [any version] and he can’t put it down.

Rock Band is more awesome than Guitar Hero, not only because you can modify it into a real drum set, but because you can purchase a stage kit.

The allows you to really get into the game, not that you necessarily need to, but it might be more fun that way for those super hard core Rock Band fans.