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
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.
• retrocult les paul
• PS2 gibson sg
• PS2 mayflash wireless
• 360 gibson xplorer
• the fucked up evil pdp riffmaster
• crkd les paul
WISHLIST
• PS2 kramer striker (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 own a yuancon full-size controller, for those very few times i want to lug it out to play. i'd play it more if the buttons weren't SO LOUD! i've realized that ambient arcade noise does a good job of masking just how loud these machines are, lol.
i admittedly haven't taken a full deep dive of the console series yet - rhythm game emulation can be real difficult! i've played plenty of the most up-to-date version, however. (pop'n music jam & fizz at the time of writing this)
my biggest dream is to own a real pop'n cabinet... if you know anyone with a good deal, please let me know. (i'm serious)
my fav characters are..!
• pochiko ♥
• nyami & mimi
• alt
• sergei
• parabo
• kinoko boy
• nia
• flow flow
• anzu
• c-noid
