on a fateful day in early 2006, my older brother brought home a copy of guitar hero for the playstation 2. i was immediately hooked, and introduced to so much music i had never heard of before.
the controller was so unique, and i spent hours just trying to get good enough to finally tackle that orange fret.
i didn't know it at the time, but this game would shape much of my entire being.
we jumped to rock band on the ps2, then to guitar hero II and III on the 360, and then spent an ungodly amount of hours with rock band II - my family would spend hours just playing the game together
and discovering new music, bringing me some of the best memories i can think of, free from any fear or sadness.
this game series has always stuck with me and i love it to death. i absolutely adore how everything came together to create such a visceral product -
the art direction and design taking direct cues from the scrappy nature of underground culture, embedding it directly into the gameplay and creating a world you could embody being a performer in.
my guitars / instruments
the bappyparadise FAGOCASTER
the fagocaster is my magnum opus. forged from the body of an xbox gh5 stratocaster, and fitted with the finest solderless kit from retrocultmods. it features LED mech frets that radiate the trans flag colors, a mech strumbar, a usb port for authentication in the back, and a joystick in place of the d-pad. all of this lovingly put together with a custom decal and a lesbian strap. this is the finest guitar controller of all time. except for the better ones that are out there. the big ass star power button is the greatest thing redoctane ever invented.
• crkd les paul blueberry burst
• crkd cherry sg
• retrocult les paul
• PS2 cherry sg
• PS2 target sg
• PS2 mayflash wireless
• 360 xplorer
• 360 keytar
• 360 dj turntable
• 360 microphone
WISHLIST
• PS2 kramer (to be modded)
• 360 precision bass
game collection
i have a modded 360, but i also like the idea of owning every game. here's my collection so far.
• guitar hero I and rocks the 80's
• guitar hero II for ps2 and 360
• guitar hero III, world tour, and 5
• guitar hero warriors of rock
• guitar hero aerosmith & van halen
• rock band 1, 2, 3, and 4
• lego rock band
• green day rock band
• frequency
• amplitude
• guitar hero on tour
• rock band unplugged
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pop'n WORLD
i absolutely adore pop'n music...it's my favorite rhythm game outside of 5 fret! i love how nonserious, cutesy, and silly it is. rhythm games are supposed to be fun, for christ's sake!
i admittedly haven't played as much as i would like -- rhythm game console emulation can be difficult, and there's only so much time to spend with an arcade cabinet. i at one point had a pop'n music hd cabinet, but i didn't have the space for it and unfortunately had to send it away... nonetheless, my little time with it was really wonderful. it's really relaxing to be able to sit back with your own arcade machine, without worry of cost or time, free from the sensory nightmare that is your standard public arcade. getting to work on it from a operator standpoint was also really fun - slowly understanding the inside mechanics and getting to use the tactile switches was greatly fulfilling. one day i'll try my hand at getting my personal arcade up and running again, and that's a promise ♥
my fav characters are..!
• pochiko ♥
• nyami & mimi
• alt
• sergei
• parabo
• kinoko boy
• nia
• flow flow
• anzu
• c-noid
