I kid you not, the Guinness Book of Records has officially proclaimed Chris Chike to be "the best Guitar Hero player on the planet."
The ultimate Guitar Hero champion is a 6 ft 2 high school senior, better known online as iamchris4life, "the Guitar Hero wunderkind whose astronomical scores and YouTube videos of his gaming exploits are, to these fans, as thrilling as actually playing the game," the New York Times says.
You have to wonder, how many hours a day does he spend playing? How will he pass his exams? And will he have trouble finding a prom date, or are modern teen girls into Guitar Hero heroes?
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World's Best Guitar Hero Player
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