Game Axis Guitar Hero 2 Chamionship!

Game Axis offered a battle of epic proportions at our very own HOME as a console and single participants came together in a head to head to find out who came on top for the Guitar Hero 2 Championships. It resulted in a show down in three parts with 6 participants. As they went head to head they would leave only one to be the final champion showing his or her skill and agility to be unmatched. In the end it was Riyunoa who won.

After the winner was unquestionably decided for the Guitar Hero 2 face off, the event went into a more creative element whereby participants showcased their own interpretation of the sounds originated from video games.



The first participant, a HOME resident, gave insight into the influence computer game have on the sounds of drum and bass. Relentless in his approach, seamlessly mixing track to track, he brought together pieces to highlight sounds within the genre.


Next up was The Karl Maka, a group consisting of three elements, Ableton Live, a keyboard and an MC who bore a Darth Vader Mask. They definitely looked the part and continued with the sounds of super Mario hooked up to their keyboard, full of coin sounds and 1-ups. A slow rock synth ballad would be my description; they definitely took the cake for the most involved participants in more than just the musical sense.


Next up were Dracula, Guitar, Keyboards and a healthy attitude for horror video games. These guys dressed in a shiney red jacket with an overly sized collar and sequins. Their set involved high-speed guitar solos with fewer samples than the band that had previously performed. It was clear that Castlevania had influenced these guys. This was reaffirmed by the vocal sample at the end of their set.

Next Rueben Kee played along a keyboard to the sounds that he provided on a CD. He played with such flare and ferocity it was hard to tell exactly what was coming out from the cd and what was coming out from the keyboard.


Last but absolutely not least IKUMA who decided to plug in his old school gameboy created a technoish 4/4 sounding song with shakey hi hats, gameboy synth stabs and long notes only able to be produced but such a relic of our universal historic childhood. Truly a standout for his originality this was one act that took the crowd by storm.


At the end it was The Karl Maka with their track entitled ‘no more cheat codes’ with a much more social contextual aspect than the rest it applied to our daily lives and how nowadays there are no more cheats. IKUMAR came next with his out of the box instrument of the O.G. Gameboy we all grew up with. The last runner up and who could blame with the effort they put into their performance and costume was Dracula.

All in all I must say this was an unusual and insightful event for HOME club those who were involved and participated had a great time and spectators definitely learnt more than something just about simply music and video games, but the synthesis of the two. Hat’s off to Game Axis!