Once you feel the groove it’s hard to stop. As is the case with my recent reintroduction to the Dance Dance Revolution series. My previous Modern Classics entry was on the first PS2 DDR game, DDRMAX. The newest entry is none other than the sequel DDRMAX2. With more music, more step patterns, more modes, and more ways to get your groove on, MAX2 is one of the greatest games in the entire series. Too bad then that it was the last game that got it all right.
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Tags: Dance Dance Revolution, DDR, DDRMAX2, Konami, Modern Classics, video game, video games
It’s been a long time since I created the Modern Classics library, and I’ve completely neglected it over these pasts months. With that in mind I set out to reinvent the series, and I wanted to start with a game that easily fit into the Modern Classic criteria:
It has to be a fun, new, innovative, or personal favorite of myself and gamers;
Leaving behind a legacy for the video game world to remember is a plus, and;
There has to be something here that I can teach you about the game.
And what did I come up with? Dance Dance Revolution. And very quickly, actually.
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Tags: Dance Dance Revolution, DDR, DDRMAX, Konami, Modern Classics, Music, Rhythm, video game, video games
As 2011 comes to an end, I thought it would be a cool idea to look back at the year in games. Specifically, the year in games added to my ever-growing library. If you’re a frequent visitor to the site (I greatly hope you are!) you’ll no doubt know I do a weekly blog post about my newest games. So below I’ve collected every game I added this year (well, really only half-year, because I started this blog in late July). I’ve also linked any relevant posts I’ve done about said games, like reviews, Modern Classics, and gameplay videos. Enjoy the small retrospective, and here’s to another fantastic year in gaming in 2012!
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Tags: 2011, 3D Dot Game Heroes, 3DS, A Hero's Tail, A New Beginning, A Wonderful Life, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Another Wonderful Life, Arkham City, Bangai-O Spirits, Barbarian, Batman, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Binding of Isaac, Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar II, Blue Storm, Bomberman Jetters, Brain Age, Brink, Bush Rescue, Bushido Blade, Bust-A-Move, Castlevania, Catan, Children of the Atom, Collecting, Collection, Collector, Crash Bash, Crash Team Racing, Crimson Butterfuly, Dance Dance Revolution, Dark Sector, Darkwatch, DDR, Dead Island, Dead or Alive 2, Deception II, Destiny, Destroy All Humans 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Devil Dice, Devil Survivor Overclocked, DIabolical Box, Dimensions, Dino Crisis II, Director's Cut, Disney Mix, Doctor Lautrec, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest Swords, DS, Duke Nukem Forever, Earth Defense Force, Echoes, Edge of Time, Elder Scrolls IV, Enter the Dragonfly, Escape from Monkey Island, Eternal Night, Eternal Poison, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fatal Frame, Galaga, Gamecube, Gameplay, Gears of War 3, Ghost Trick, Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance, Gotcha Force, Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure, Harry Potter Years 5-7, Heavenly Guardian, Hellfire, Heroes Paradise, Hobby, incredible crisis, Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon, Insect Armageddon, Intelligent Qube, Iron & Blood, Jak 3, Jak X, Jungle Beat, Kagero, King of Fighters 2006, King's Field, Kirby Air Ride, Kirby Mass Attack, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Legend of Zelda, LEGO, Lord of the Rings, Lords of Shadow, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Golf, Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Double Dash, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Master of the Monster Lair, Mega Man 8, Mercury Hg, Metroid Prime 2, Microsoft, Midway Arcade Treasures, Modern Classics, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, NDS, Night of the Quinkan, Nintendo, No More Heroes, Oblivion, Odama, Official Diablo Expansion, Orcs Must Die, Pac-Man, Pacman, Painkiller, PC, Phantom Detective, playstation, Pong, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Professor Layton, PS1, PS2, ps3, PSP, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Reboot, Resident Evil, Review, Rift, rising zan, Rochard, Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV, Samurai Gunman, Scurge, Season of Ice, Shadowbane, Shaolin Monks, Shaolin Style, Shepherd's Crossing, Shin Megami Tensei, Skeleton Warriors, Skylanders, Skyrim, Sonic Generations, Sony, Spider-Man, Spirit Tracks, spyro, Spyro's Adventure, Steambot Chronicles, Street Fighter Anniversary Collection, Street Fighter The Movie, Sunday Roundup, Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario Strikers, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Symphony of the Night, The Baconing, The Tormented, Toadstool Tour, TrackMania 2: Canyon, Turok Evolution, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Unwound Future, Video, video game, video games, War Gods, War in the North, Warhammer: Dark Omen, Warriors of Ravenloft, Wave Race, Wii, wu-tang, X-Men, xbox, xbox 360, Yearly Roundup
Ahhh…
There’s nothing quite like buying a game you’ve been looking for for well over ten years. The satisfaction of thinking you somehow beat the system, found a gem, and finally attained the sought after holy grail of your collection is exhilarating. Until you realize there’s about 400 other rare games you’re still looking for!
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Tags: Dance Dance Revolution, Dancing, DDR, DIabolical Box, Disney, Disney Mix, DS, Konami, Layton, Luke, Music, Nintendo, playstation, PS1, Puzzle, Rhythm, Sunday Roundup, video game, video games
Wha-Wha-What?! Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix? Yeah, it exists, and I was more than happy to grab the game earlier this week and pop it in to the ol’ PS2. Easily one of the hardest to find DDR games available in the US, DDR Disney mix offers up the same DDR dancing experience just with a Mickey Mouse twist. What more could you want?! Well… apparently you can want more content.
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Tags: Beatmania, Dance Dance Revolution, Dancing, DDR, Disney, Disney Mix, Konami, Mickey Mouse, Modern Classics, Music, Review, Rhythm, video game, video games
