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Non-instrument rhythm games seem to be on the up and up these days. Runner 2 and HarmoKnight are two recent examples that really stepped up their game and did a perfect job of blending music and gameplay into one e...
| Patrick Hancock |
Remember music games? Yeah, those were fun. With the genre's better (or at least its mainstream) days behind, I'm always interested to see in what weird and unique ways it will pop back up. Enter KickBeat, from the house that...
| Abel Girmay |
Here's a quick lesson on Japanese pop culture: Yamaha sells a software called Vocaloid, which provides the digitized voice of a singer and allows users to incorporate it into their own music productions. Each singer is repres...
| Bob Muir |
Recently, Zen Studios revealed that they were broadening their horizons from the pinball games they're best known for. One of their new projects, Kick Beat, is a rhythm/music title with a martial arts theme planned for releas...
| Conrad Zimmerman |
Does the market really need another guitar game, and one that teaches you how to play guitar at that? The answer is "yes." I'll tell you why in only two words: Zakk Wylde.
| Holly Green |
We've already given you the full preview rundown of Harmonix's return to track-based music games, Rock Band Blitz, but we're back today with an update preview that reveals new songs and other game features that we missed last time. Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass to Rock Band Blitz.
| Dale North |
Last week, Jonathan Holmes talked about a new advertisement for Orgarhythm, a combination rhythm and real-time strategy game he likened to a cross between Pikmin and Space Channel 5. I’m inclined to throw a Patapon comp...
| Steven Hansen |
Ska Studios, responsible for I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1 and The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, has this other game called Charlie Murder. It's been cooking for quite a while. All that extra time in the oven has done wond...
| Tony Ponce |
I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I was invited to see a new, previously unannounced music game. Internet hyperbole states that music games, or rather rhythm games involving guitars, are dead, killed by over-satura...
| Bob Muir |
We've all had a song -- sometimes one we don't even like -- stuck on repeat as we go through our daily routines. It can be agonizing at times, but there is a reason even the worst song becomes infused in the recesses of our s...
| Wesley Ruscher |
[All this week, I'll be bringing game coverage from indie game festival Fantastic Arcade in Austin, TX. Be sure to check Flixist for my coverage of film festival companion Fantastic Fest.] At first glance, Retro/Grade looks l...
| Allistair Pinsof |
If you ask me what my favorite Nintendo DS games are, it won't take me long until I bring up Elite Beat Agents and Professor Layton. Imagine my surprise when I discovered Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure, a game f...
| Allistair Pinsof |
I'm good, man. Totally good. It's only the first day of Tokyo Game Show but I'm already good. I found my game to love, and I can't quit talking about it. I've told everyone how much I love Theatrhythm Final Fantasy after play...
| Dale North |
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