The continued interfacing of "games" and "rock"

Here's what's gonna happen:

1.) music industry will die on the vine (yes, I'm super-prescient so far! Huzzah!)

2.) as no one actually buys anything and kids can't make money making rock (except those who can somehow afford to drive place to place playing to the disaffected), the natural extension of online gaming will be just the continued accumulation of cred, as opposed to money. So, bands will release their music online, then other bands will "compete" by releasing theirs, and some sort of aggregator will just list who the snarky critics say is best and and rock will effectively be subsumed into the gaming world, like any other niche-y cybersphere such as World of Warcraft. Only kids will "play" rock. A segment of people will decide who to drive to Columbus to see based solely on their aggregate gaming cred, etc.


3.) Some weisenhimer, noticing that stupid shit games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have run their faddish courses, will then come up with a flashy branding of this new, grassroots-y system and ruin that as well.


4.) I will be oblivious by then, as I am old, plus I will only come out of my subterranean base to get Cakesters and be dressed like this:













So, yeah, scoff all you want, and remember more innocent times as off we fob regret.* But as I said at the top: it's gonna happen.






* Gert Frobe anagram!