Nov 19, 2025
The music
is fading and the lights are coming up on our Rhythm miniseries.
Time for the final encore as each host picks one more game for this
rhythm Arcade Obscura.
The first pick is a helluva ride that features a very familiar
arcade character. The next pick takes us to heaven with a
development contract made in...
Nov 5, 2025
It’s our
penultimate episode of the Rhythm miniseries (and hey, we also hit
episode 150)! We return to BEMANI to explore their sub-sub-culture
game that allows you to ruin good music just like real DJs, Sound
Voltex (or SDVX as the cooler kids say).
What is it about the Bop It nature of this game that
causes...
Oct 8, 2025
Sega is
no stranger to the arcade rhythm games but they really hit their
stride with their Performai series of games. So scan your Aime
card, select your song, and let’s play the game that literally
translates to “pre-teen kids who think they’re cooler than they are
playing a rhythm game” - Chunithm.
What is it...
Sep 24, 2025
This “Behind the Music” is an 8-part retrospective of the biggest rhythm game franchise to ever hit the States (and the reason so many of us still have plastic guitars stashed in our hall closets). Featuring opening acts Harmonix and Red Octane, and headliner trio that gave us Guitar Hero Arcade - Activision,...
Sep 10, 2025
Namco set out to create a super popular rhythm game
and accidentally created the most popular mascots since Pac-Man.
Don-chan and Katsu-chan are unavoidable as we talk about the
extremely popular in the East but largely ignored in the West drum
game, Taiko No Tatsujin!
Why was this game never released in the U.S. until...