Getting Clone Hero running on my PC seemed like a good candidate for operation Distract Ash So She Doesn’t Turn Into The Joker. After finding a clip of Clone Hero streamer Acai28 during an ill-advised bout of Twitter doomscrolling, I decided that the only way I would break out of my mental hell was by throwing myself into a project. The Derek Chauvin verdict and the news of Ma’Khia Bryant’s murder in Ohio mere hours later once again put Black Death in the spotlight. I found Clone Hero yesterday during an all-time-low mental health day. It features Guitar Hero’s same UI - primary-coloured notes scrolling along a “highway” in the shape of a guitar’s fretboard - while offering loads of customisation options and the ability to import your own Guitar Hero-ified songs called “charts.” Its best feature, however, is its support for a number of Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitar controllers, allowing you to recreate your teenage dirtbag memories of strumming along to “Heart Shaped Box.” Clone Hero is a fan-made PC game made to recreate the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games of the early aughts.
