Texas teen DANNY JOHNSON has entered the Guinness Book of World Records after playing a seven-minute version of DRAGONFORCE's THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES on videogame GUITAR HERO in New York. The 14 year old scored close to one million points during an official record-breaking attempt on Wednesday (04Feb09). Already an accomplished musician, Johnson has become a YouTube.com sensation, performing Guitar Hero classics for fans nightly.
Two things are apparent after watching Danny Johnson set a Guinness record for points scored playing Guitar Hero. The first is that, unlike football and basketball, man has almost reached his ultimate potential with regard to virtual music video games. Were it not for a lagging blue button, Johnson's nearly perfect score would have peaked even closer to the mythical million points. The second is that not even the prospect of setting a Guinness record could make mashing buttons rhytmically for hours seem fun at all, particularly when accompanied by Dragonforce. To each his own, however, and a hearty congratulations to Mr. Johnson on his singular accomplishment.
