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Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation?
5:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Get up off your arse. Move, move, move. It’s summertime! No need to go outside. Video games can you become active and maybe even lose weight. This is hardly new, but have we reached saturation? More »
Culture
Get Your Fingers Sweaty With A DDR Alarm Clock
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | This thing is wrong on so many levels. Your fingers shouldn’t have to work at 6:30am. J-pop should never be played at 6:30am. And there is nothing “perfect” about being woken up by an alarm clock. More »
Culture
Dance Dance Remote Control
7:00AM Luke Plunkett | Dance Dance Revolution is great. If you like dancing. If not, its applications are somewhat limited. Note we say somewhat, though, and not totally, as you can still use it to drive… Windows Media Centre. More »
News
Dance Dance Revolution Steps Over To iPhone
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Konami has served iPhone gamers Dance Dance Revolution S, a portable version of its fancy footwork rhythm game that trades in frantic legwork and perspiration for lots and lots of touchscreen tapping. More »
DDR, The Musical, The Pictures
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back when we brought word of the Dance Dance Revolution musical, we didn’t have any pics, just a Photoshop from the fellas at GayGamer. Now we have pictures of the 40 person show — from the opening night nonetheless! More »Konami Launches DDR Community Site
3:20AM Mike Fahey | Has it really been 10 years since DanceDanceRevolution two-stepped into the gaming scene? Even more incredulously, has Konami really one 10 years without building a community portal for the series? No matter, as rectification comes now with the announcement of DDROnlineCommunity.com, a community portal where fans of Konami’s footloose franchise can gather together in peace and harmony, sharing videos, writing blogs, and sprucing up their personal profiles so they look much better than mine up there. The site also supports stat tracking, though currently the only game that supports the feature is DDR Universe 2 for the Xbox 360, which I own and have played exactly three times in the past three months, displaying my powerful commitment to personal fitness. Hit the link to set up your own online DDR presence, or jump right over it for a press release guaranteed to make your body move, probably. DDR Online Community Site [Konami] More »McDonald’s Japan Teaches DDR Exercises
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That’s not Ronald McDonald, it’s Donald McDonald. (In Japan, the character is known as “Donald.”) What’s more, some Japanese people think his name is Mac Donald. Anyway, here Donald is showing how to do DDR-style exercises. Ironically, none of the exercises involve not going to McDonald’s. Teaching DDR [Joystiq] More »
Konami Adds “Jubeat” To Bemani Line-Up
1:40PM Michael McWhertor | The newest member of the Bemani family—which includes ˆ, Guitar Freaks, Pop ‘n’ Music, et al.—in Japanese arcades is jubeat, a touch-panel game that… well, we’re not sure what the hell is going on with this one yet. It’s currently on location test in Japan, so we’re sure to see how the game behaves in motion soon enough, but it appears that players will have to frantically slap display screens in time to J-pop tunes, competing with others via local or internet connection. That mysterious glowing cube on top of the cabinet? Unsure, but it may simply be for decoration and to increase the obnoxiousness of the seizure inducing lightshow. More on jubeat as we learn about it. jubeat [Konami via Arcade Heroes] More »
