This is an ongoing account of my time with a Cobalt Flux dance pad. It is a high-end home solution to Dance Dance Revolution arcade gameplay. The pads themselves have been discontinued since 2011, so the only way to get one nowadays is by obtaining a secondhand pad. Accompanying this story will be a review... Continue Reading →
osu! enjoys one of the most polished and intuitive custom song editors in my opinion. To my knowledge, there are only three things that someone needs to create an osu! custom song (also known as a beatmap). A song (usually in .mp3 or .ogg format)A dreamA graphic is nice as well. Laying the first circle... Continue Reading →
osu! is a game that I picked up after my co-worker threw his drawing tablet out in the trash. I fished it out while he was on his lunch break and if this sounds like fate to you then it's because it is. osu!'s gameplay is heavily based on Nintendo DS rhythm games Osu! Tatakae!... Continue Reading →
Profile About Jason Jason S., 33, is the definition of a rhythm game veteran. "I met SIM [Jason's 3-letter acronym and nickname from his high-scores] fifteen years ago at the arcade. The first time I saw him was on the DDR machine", says Eldon E., 32 (also a rhythm game veteran). Eldon recalls SIM being... Continue Reading →
Dance Dance Revolution (abbreviated: DDR) has recently turned 20 years old. It's come a long way. Most of its popularity lies overseas, in Japan; but it was in high demand in the states in the 2000's and maintains a niche following to this day. So, in those times, when you wanted to play DDR, you... Continue Reading →
So, I assume we are aware of Stepmania (and maybe OpenITG). They are programs that allow you to play Dance Dance Revolution at home. So, we have established that USC can emulate the Sound Voltex experience, and Stepmania can emulate the DDR experience. What else can we run at home (for free)? Beatmania IIDX (Stepmania)... Continue Reading →
So... lets take it back. Back sometime around this time. The arcade had just introduced a Dance Dance Revolution machine! This was a post from a friend back in 2015. Those are likes from some of my friends today. The tagged friend writes step charts for the game now. Except.. I didn't know these people.... Continue Reading →
It was hard to pick a game to show off first, so I figured I would go with my most recently picked-up game: Sound Voltex. My story with Sound Voltex starts at Mechacon 2018 in New Orleans, where they have recently hosted arcades alongside the anime convention. The lines for popular games can get pretty... Continue Reading →
A "full combo" is coloquially known as the completion of a song in rhythm gaming with no notes missed, as you play through the song, you rack up a combo, and if you complete the song with no notes missed, it is considered a full combo. The feeling of scoring a full combo is insanely... Continue Reading →
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