This 9-year-old is better than you at Guitar Hero

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 27th 2007 at 1:00PM }

It's sort of like the perennial Rubik's Cube gag. You see some guy fiddling with the famous puzzle toy, saying something like "these things are impossible; nobody could solve this." At that moment, a plucky young tyke will come along, pick up the toy, and solve it within seconds. Now apply said gag to Guitar Hero III and the song "Through the Fire and Flames" by DragonForce ... on Expert. Watch the video above and see 9-year-old Ben crush every ounce of Guitar Hero pride you ever had. Gasp in terror as the boy even has enough time to glance away from the screen in order to smile at the camera. In the end, he winds up landing 95% of the notes and earning a score of over 750,000 points.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to weep softly in the corner for a few hours.

[Via Gamertag Radio]

Tags: activision, ghiii, guitar-hero-iii, red-octane

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

toper @ Dec 27th 2007 1:05PM

Speaking of sharing OLD youtube GH clips, I recommend this one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3hZXfNZOE

hellvetica @ Dec 27th 2007 1:07PM

/wrists

Big Wizz @ Dec 27th 2007 2:33PM

*crying*

Where's my big vial of pills?!?!

betsworth08 @ Dec 27th 2007 1:11PM

he has easy expert on. you can tell because some notes he hits the strum bar way before he has to.

Phazzer @ Dec 27th 2007 1:12PM

That's the video lagging. The video lags behind the audio here. Because holy fuck this is amazing. I could barely get a 4 star on medium.

andyg8180 @ Dec 27th 2007 1:13PM

its a youtube video.... the sound never matches the vid 100%... This is the DEAD! kid from GH2... Same retarded wavy kid... But that is definitly full expert...

hellvetica @ Dec 27th 2007 4:22PM

wtf is easy expert?

Gemini Ace @ Dec 27th 2007 1:13PM

I sent this to you guys weeks ago, but whatever.

andyg8180 @ Dec 27th 2007 1:21PM

lmao 6:30... "HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" kid got winded!! that is awesome

Dragod @ Dec 27th 2007 1:27PM

Yeah... I wish I could play TTFaF, but I can't.. So right now I'm focusing on improving my Halo 3 skill. Level 42 in Lone Wolves, woot!

ZenGaijin @ Dec 27th 2007 1:35PM

Preist a 20 something GH player is the best I've ever seen he 100% FC's songs I didn't think possible his latest being "cult of personality"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG0Y_Ehi5nc

mirage @ Dec 27th 2007 1:45PM

U R F@*S

zlionsfan @ Dec 27th 2007 1:57PM

Jesus.

I'm going to go home and play Rock Band on Easy.

HalfAzn @ Dec 27th 2007 2:01PM

*Obligatory* By golly if that kid would stop playing games and played a real instrument...

LOL no that is crazy tho, and that song makes my hands, arms, and face cramp.

Steve @ Dec 27th 2007 10:30PM

his parents should definitely hand him a real guitar, so he can develop some real talent. this game was made for twenty-somethings like me who will never learn to play guitar and just want to jam out with slash. little kids have so much more ability. what a waste!

PETE @ Dec 27th 2007 2:19PM

If you're impresed with him looking at the camera take a look at this video of the same kid with his back to the TV ripping it up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEjyuw42YY

NukeAssault @ Dec 27th 2007 2:24PM

Yep, its the same kid who did Psycho Billy freakout. He may have done Jordan too. I cant remember.

Noxat @ Dec 27th 2007 2:27PM

Thats incredible. I'm only decent when I'm doing medium, and I am still completely mystified by the hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Anthony @ Dec 27th 2007 2:29PM

I cant believe you guys havent seen this before... step your game up X3F

DjDATZ @ Dec 27th 2007 2:29PM

LOL...i have problems with songs on easy. never touching GH3 again! :P lol

spambot @ Dec 27th 2007 2:38PM

Isn't that the point at which the game's achievements start telling you to go start a real band?

zlionsfan @ Dec 27th 2007 4:30PM

That's GH II: five-star all songs on Expert.

I'm going to guess that he's got that achievement.

james @ Dec 27th 2007 2:40PM

Now if he puts all that effort towards something useful.

DemonGSides @ Dec 27th 2007 3:02PM

Like what?

Etchasketchist @ Dec 27th 2007 3:37PM

Life is meaningless. There is no such thing as useful. We're all gonna die anyway.

GregA @ Dec 27th 2007 5:43PM

It is worse than that even... At some point, one of the galaxies in the near by cluster is gonna go active and destroy our galaxy with a death ray. For all we know, the kill shot could already be on the way.

Ranus Studios @ Dec 27th 2007 3:17PM

That kid better do something even more legendary when he's older, or that will be a talent wasted.

Maybe he will cure cancer, with the power of music.

Jake @ Dec 27th 2007 3:32PM

I knew this kid was familiar.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yha7YL3jsiY

SoxFan13 @ Dec 27th 2007 3:45PM

Guys, give the bloggers here a break! They have to save something to post when there's no news (like the week between Christmas and New Years)!!

BTW-- I want to say how fake this kid is, just so it doesn't hurt my pride so much, but he is incredible!

Sky Shark X2 @ Dec 27th 2007 3:47PM

Bleh its people like him who give the game devs of GH to put impossible songsfor most people on Giutar Hero.

gonzo @ Dec 27th 2007 3:55PM

I think that he actually plays the real guitar as evidenced by the guitar that was next to the TV in one of the videos...either that or on of his parents plays which makes it plausible that he's good given that they have the music gene...

Jared @ Dec 27th 2007 3:55PM

to all you people who are saying stuff like: "let him do something worthwhile" and the like...look at the expression on the kids face and the tone of his voice when he gets that achievement.

THAT is what it's all about.

Joel Kerr @ Dec 27th 2007 4:00PM

I want to believe this is legitimate, but how is the kid activating star power? He doesn't tilt the guitar (as far as I can see), but star power automatically activates. Is there some other method to activate star power that I don't know about? If not, then I call shenanigans.

Pedro Monscooch @ Dec 27th 2007 4:20PM

You can activate the star power by pressing the back button. It's right above the whammy bar. I'm sure it's an easier method than tilting the guitar sideways during something that intense.

George McBain @ Dec 27th 2007 4:11PM

You can also hit the select button, which is what I usually use.

ry38read @ Dec 27th 2007 4:11PM

you can activate star power by hitting select button. you don't have to lift the guitar.

DavidH @ Dec 27th 2007 4:06PM

YOU ARE......FAGS!!!
no this kid is kickass but can he play it Accousticly

elmersglue @ Dec 27th 2007 4:11PM

Why do they make expert so effing hard that only 10 year old kids can play it?.... oh wait.... wtf?

I'm still convinced they need to dumb down the difficulty so that NORMAL people can potentially play through the entire game on all difficulties as opposed to having to just stop after getting to the last destination on hard because you no longer care enough to overcome failing a song. And expert isn't even an option.

quesadia19@hotmail.com @ Dec 27th 2007 4:31PM

oh not this kid again... back in my day all i had was 2-d mario not this. im sure hes gonna get alot of ladies (ha he looks like a troll)when he gets older cause of this. i bet he can't play a lick of real guitar either, and if he wants to get the ladies ever he has to stop wasting his young life on this. and his parents/whoever is taking these videos makes him slave to play the game. wow what a way to show off your son, your family comes over for the holidays, and they aren't impressed... where is your God now?

Rob @ Dec 27th 2007 4:49PM

Why does everyone keep saying "play a real instrument"? Guess what?! He's taking guitar lessons, entirely because he became interested in the guitar from playing Guitar Hero.

But video games are bad and stuff.

rhseyegeg @ Dec 27th 2007 4:59PM

That kid needs a girlfriend. :-D

Boff @ Dec 27th 2007 5:58PM

I haven't even finished TtFaF on medium yet! Fair play he's good.

Rob Z @ Dec 27th 2007 6:03PM

Too all of you crying about how good this kid is hes, not, I am calling this video a fake, at the begining he doesnt even strum, and at times during the video he is only hitting hte bottom three buttons when there are green and red buttons being hit on the screen. You can say what you all want about me, but I am calling this video a fake.

ian @ Dec 27th 2007 6:45PM

Idiot, it's called a hammer on, have you played GH3 before? Die for being so skeptical.

Amber @ Dec 27th 2007 6:35PM

Uh.. I don't see how his age is relevent..

Rob Zimmerman @ Dec 27th 2007 6:53PM

Even when you hammer on you still ahve to hit the button, havent you ever played GH3 before??

betsworth08 @ Dec 27th 2007 7:08PM

He is using codes. easy expert. and the singer is different than normal too.

Easo @ Dec 27th 2007 7:49PM

Why does it sound like someone is playing rock band drums. Is that possible? Would it help? How much time would it take an adult to master the same song?
and why does my wifes cat sleep under my computer desk and snore? I didnt even know cats snored.

Randy @ Dec 27th 2007 11:52PM

insane

Tony @ Dec 28th 2007 12:51AM

It's really disgusting how people are reacting to this kid. Not here, but where the video is originally hosted. For every nice comment there seems to be like three comments from assholes. How is anyone calling a 9 year old kid a "homo" or telling him to get a life while likely spending exorbitant amounts of time online? These posts always make me feel bad for humanity, it seems like every video site is full of people like that lol.

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