I haven't gushed on a game lately, so you better damn well realize the importance of this one that I am.

Guitar Hero (PS2)is for all you air guitarists out there, all you strummers who think you can't play, all you people who never picked up a musical instrument before. It's a rhythm game along the lines of Gitaroo Man, Donkey Konga, Taiko,Amplitude and Frequency, and what makes it rock like twelve motherfuckers is that it comes with its own guitar peripheral. Now it's not a full fledged guitar. You pick/strum what is basically a switch where the pickups would be. There is a whammy bar, and you have five colored buttons that are up on the fret board. And it comes with a strap.

And you play along to a lot of rock guitar anthems. Boston, Franz Ferdinand, Ozzy, Hendrix, a nice mix of many many others. And you start in basements, and work your way up through playing in stadiums. You win the crowd over by playing accurately. And after about four songs in a row and you simply start getting the game, you are in the zone. You feel like you're really playing, that it's you doing those solos. You have several characters and guitars to choose from. I go with the Gibson Les Paul out of love for my stolen one. My girl is a natural at the game, and she started playing as Death, hehe.

Great design, great music, and lots of unlockables to buy with your well earned cash from shows. On and stickers to decorate your axe. Get it. It rawks! You can rawk too. \m/

I actually get more dumberer and kill more and more brain cells watching The Flavor of Love.