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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Eight-year-old is better than you at Guitar Hero</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/15/eight-year-old-is-better-than-you-at-guitar-hero/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/15/eight-year-old-is-better-than-you-at-guitar-hero/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/15/eight-year-old-is-better-than-you-at-guitar-hero/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rhythm/" rel="tag">Rhythm</a></p><p><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/01/ddrkid.gif" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />We here at Joystiq have posted a lot of insane videos of people playing <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/06/guitar-hero-2-experts-are-already-better-than-you/">Guitar Hero</a></em> and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/08/todays-danciest-game-video-five-year-old-kid-pwns-in-ddr/">other</a> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/05/happy-crazy-rhythm-game-music-day/">rhythm games</a>, even going so far as to declare one <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/20/the-best-guitar-hero-video-ever/">pizza-fueled shredfest</a> as the best <em>GH</em> vid ever. Well we were wrong. <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=34269">This video</a> of an eight-year old getting five stars on <em>Guitar Hero II</em>'s Psychobilly Freakout on expert difficulty is, in fact, the best <em>Guitar Hero</em> video we've ever seen.</p>
<p>While we can't confirm for sure that this performance isn't faked somehow, the video's frequent close-ups on the frets and consistent, unbroken point-of-view make it seem unlikely. The best part of the video is the way this kid disdainfully turns away from the screen during some of the hardest sections, essentially playing blind <em>just because he can.</em> Now that's rock and roll.</p>
<p>So, to the anonymous little guitar god in this video, we salute you with the new title of best <em>Guitar Hero</em> video ever. Until the next one comes along, that is.</p><br /><br /><object id="gtembed" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" height="409" width="480" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000">
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