Ok…. I finally gave in.
I now have a blog.
Why start now? Well, for one….. I haven’t had an outlet to rant for a long long long time, so I figure since the blog train is hot, I better jump aboard. Besides….. I guess this would be a good way of releasing the "inner anger" my anger management coach says I have….. Oh wait. That was Jack Nicholson. Nevermind….(I side track a lot, in case you didn’t already know. Think of it as Family Guy cutaways)
Now where was I? Oh yeah. The ranting.
Ever since I heard that my favorite band in the whole wide world, Black Label Society would be appearing in Guitar Hero back in 2005…. I KNEW I had to buy this game. Buy I did, and low-and-behold, it was the most amazing "beat" game I have ever played. Unfortunately, we in Malaysia can’t get our grubby little paws on the official "Guitar Hero SG Controller" that makes the game oh-so-playable. So for 7 months, I’ve been playing it with the regular PS2 controller and after a while, gave up on it. Fast forwards to June 2006…. I find myself standing at the cash register at EBGames in the Fashion Mall in Las Vegas…. clutching a very big box containing the converted SG Controller and Guitar Hero. As soon as I came back from The States, I ripped open the box and hooked up the PS2 and for 3 straight weeks, played nothing BUT Guitar Hero, trying to master every song on the set list. I think I really stopped playing it a month ago.
But Yesterday, the greatest thing happened to my PS2. I popped in the brand spanking new Guitar Hero 2 and find myself constantly playing it. I also bought an Xbox360 on the same day…. but I ended up playing Guitar Hero 2 the most.
Just when I thought playing Guns & Rose’s Sweet Child O’ Mine and Lamb Of God’s Laid To Rest was awsome enough…. I flipped through the bonus tracks, and I literally wet my pants. DethKlok’s Thunder Horse was on it…. and Strong Bad’s Trogdor….
In case you didn’t know, Dethklok (Or rather the show Metalocalypse) and Strong Bad are 2 of the most fan driven cartoon characters today. Metalocalypse will be geared towards the shredders and metalheads (Like me) and Strong bad is from an Internet Cartoon called "Homestar Runner"…. I just can’t describe the sheer excitement when I played these two tracks. At the time of writing, I still can’t master the elusive "5 Star Rating" on Thunder horse….. but I can pull off some neat tricks. Will film ‘em and post it on YouTube for you guys (or gals) to check out soon.
Bottomline, if you’re a metalhead and a guitar freak…. go get Guitar Hero 2. Get a friend from America (Or Canada…… *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink* Say no more!) and get them to send you the SG Controller….. It’ll be the best investment you’ll ever make. If this was an arcade machine, I wouldn’t hesitate to pull off the awesome tricks in front of complete strangers (Or in a guitarist’s mind, millions of groupies).
But I’ve already wasted enough time on this blog and not enough time playing Guitar Hero 2!!!!! I promise my next rant will be much more…. um…. whatever. I can’t think straight now. All I can think about is nailing that solo from Freebird!
So Drunk on your own self righteous
