While I find this post hilarious, I'm surprised that I didn't see the inevitable counter-metaphor:
"Rock Band has turned the world of pretending-you're-a-famous-band into tactical button-pushing. It stripped the experience of all the features that simulated girls, drugs, and roadies, and those features made a band what it is. It's no longer about hanging with my friends and making music, it's about pushing buttons on my WoW treadmill."