Every week I pack up my bag and hit an arcade for a few hours of ITG... so that hour long drive better be worth it!
Sight-reading new files while at the arcade can be fun, but also a great waste of money. Not just because the file can be awful, but you could fail out your round due to technical errors/timing in the file... they just suck.
So here are some awesome files I've been playing this week at home and in the 'cade.
Nick Boys (ex9)
Tomosuke + Des Row
Mootz
Every once-in-a-while someone out there makes a 9 footer that everyone has to play. This is a lower tempo (by ITG standards) around 110bpm, so the 32nd notes feel fantastic. There are some super fun cross-overs during the verse sections, and some great tricky tempo stops/stutters to the music in the opening. 5-star-file.
Heust Mein Tag (ex11)
Blumchen
Mandodo
Leave it to Mandodo to make some super-fun steps. Though he has put out some more difficult files, they never go into the sideways cross-over territory. This is an excellent example of Mandodo at the top of his game. The song is super catchy too, which doesn't hurt.
GEE (ex11)
Girls Generation
whitedrmario
Soooo.. this song has been doing its rounds through the step-chart scene, and apparently popular through youtube too. The steps for this are fscking insane, especially considering the tame song that they are complimenting. There are crazy ass 32nd bursts, strange hands sections, and look out during each bridge to the chorus, those jump/holds are quite tricky to read the first time through. What puts this one in my list is the catchy tune (full version at that), catchy tune, and it was fun to play with a group at the arcade.
So that all of them, hopefully I'll be back around to post some other fun stuff every week. I'll probably get my weekly 10 minute mixes up in here for good measure.
-rob (I'm not a gamer, I just play one game obsessively)
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That said, I'd love for there to be more dancing games enthusiasts around here. I miss the hell out of DDR.
If you liked ddr in the past, get back into it! R21 has opened up a world of new possibilities!
DANLHAAS: you're right though, those cabs are rare to find. But I'll be covering the finer points of Pump It Up and such in future posts.
You can possibly track down these files through Mediafire or FileFront.com... but I like to promote R21Freak.com. It's an excellent source of good files and (sometimes) good critique.