[Update: As expected, the endless cycle of record breaking continues onward. While we aren't going to report on every incremental change until the end of time, we will point out that Travis Houk played DDR X2 for 40 hours and 2 minutes last month. He's waiting for the Guinness folks to confirm the time, but there you go. Who's next?]
This week, Minnesotan Alexander Skudlarek found out from Guinness World Records that he now holds the title for "Longest Video Games Marathon on a Dance / Rhythm game." And all this took was a mere 16 hours and 18 minutes of Dance Dance Revolution back in October. My legs burn just thinking about it.
Alex wrote in to give us the heads up, and since this story is more or less on par with the normal late-December discussions we have 'round here, spreading the word was an easy decision. Congrats, but be warned -- extra publicity means someone will come after your time. Better start training.
Come to think of it, I'm fairly sure there's something in the water supply up there.
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Jesus CHRIST, seriously?!?
Looks like I have a record to break next year.
I lol'd. Nice one.
as usual this only for known people. there are lots and lots and lots of people from different countries that play more than that.
and lol i feel sorry for the oblivion player losing soo many hours due to bethesda incompetence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEYFeY72QOU&context=C326c538ADOEgsToPDskINPV837C6vnjFEGHxD9idK
we took there hotdog eating, now we take ddr
next, STARCRAFT
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Anyone up for a 536000 step challenge?
Nice job posting a story about a record from almost three months ago and not even checking if it'd been beaten.
The non-Guiness record for playing DDR is 40 hours. The guy who did it apparently has proof and is planning to show it to Guiness fairly soon.
Second:
"the best on DDR are american"
The best at ITG are American. Japan has a monopoly on DDR now because the only good X/X2/X3 cabinets are in Japan.