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Drafthouse Films Picks Up The FP, Brings Futuristic DDR Fighting To The Masses

Max Abrams — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:40:00 EDT

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Dance dancing has never been so deadly. The FP is a film about a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world in which gang settle scores through Dance Dance Revolution-like gaming. More »

A Robot Begins His DDR Odyssey

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:00:00 EDT

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What are you doing this summer? This dude is having his robot friend Darwin pick up Dance Dance Revolution. Beats cutting grass! More »

The Heroes of Arcade Insanity

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:00:00 EDT

They might look like regular people, but their gaming skills are anything but. They're superplayers. They take gaming as far as it can physically go. More »

A Dude In A Fursuit. Dancing. For Charity.

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:20:00 EDT

WolfPupTK, the dude in the suit, is on a mission to raise awareness for the American Red Cross. More »

The FP Is A Perfectly Bizarre Blend Of The Warriors And Dance Dance Revolution

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:40:00 EDT

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One part futuristic gang movie, one part tribute to Konami's hot-stepping rhythm game Dance Dance Revolution, The FP is a movie that's goofy and gritty enough to make it a must-see. More »

Father And Son Gang Up To Annoy DDR Player

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:00:00 EDT

Meet "NOB". He is a talented Dance Dance Revolution dancer. He is also, and I'm trying to be kind, somewhat vain. More »

Dance Dance Revolution Coming To PS3

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:40:00 EDT

You know it, you love it, Dance Dance Revolution. Konami's rhythm game is apparently coming to the PS3. More »

Nothing Says Fit Seamen Like Wii Fit

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:00:00 EDT

New sailors! Time to get in shape. More »

Brave Man Conquers Super Mario Bros. With Dance Dance Revolution Pad

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 07 May 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Footloose Dracula slayer Nick Hagman and his stuffed anipals have done it again. The man who bravely defeated Castlevania using nothing but his feet and a DDR dance mat has danced his way to another victory, defeating Super Mario Bros. More »

Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:00:05 EDT

Get up off your ass. Move, move, move. It's summertime! No need to go outside. Video games can help you become active and maybe even lose weight. This is hardly new, but have we reached saturation? More »

Get Your Fingers Sweaty With A DDR Alarm Clock

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:30:00 EDT

This thing is wrong on so many levels. Your fingers shouldn't have to work at 6:30am. J-pop should never be played at 6:30am. And there is nothing "perfect" about being woken up by an alarm clock. More »

Dance Dance Remote Control

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:00:00 EST

Dance Dance Revolution is great. If you like dancing. If not, it's applications are somewhat limited. Note we say somewhat, though, and not totally, as you can still use it to drive...Windows Media Centre. More »

Dance Dance Revolution Steps Over To iPhone

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:40:08 EST

Konami has served iPhone gamers Dance Dance Revolution S, a portable version of its fancy footwork rhythm game that trades in frantic legwork and perspiration for lots and lots of touchscreen tapping. More »

Subway Teams With Konami To Promote Healthy DDR Sales

Mike Fahey — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST

From now until the end of March, succumbing to that damnable "Five Dollar Foot-Long" jingle could net you some plastic DDR crap and a $10 coupon good towards your next living room-eating dance pad game. More »

DDR, The Musical, The Pictures

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:00 EST

Back when we brought word of the Dance Dance Revolution musical, we didn't have any pics, just a Photoshop from the fellas at GayGamer. Now we have pictures of the 40 person show — from the opening night nonetheless! More »

Konami Launches DDR Community Site

Mike Fahey — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:20:00 EDT

Has it really been 10 years since DanceDanceRevolution two-stepped into the gaming scene? Even more incredulously, has Konami really one 10 years without building a community portal for the series? No matter, as rectification comes now with the announcement of DDROnlineCommunity.com, a community portal where fans of Konami's footloose franchise can gather together in peace and harmony, sharing videos, writing blogs, and sprucing up their personal profiles so they look much better than mine up there. More »

Colbert V Rain: DDR

Brian Crecente — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Click to viewColbert is many things, but a graciously loser isn't one of them. After going off on Miyamoto for swiping the top spot in Time's 100 most influential people list (and calling Donkey Kong a game about hate crime), he settles on the person he's rally mad at. No, not himself: RAIN!!! More »

Delicious DDR!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Dance Dance Revolution makes you sweat. Cake makes you fat. This? This looks yummy. Created by blogger Lafemmereaper, this 20cm Dance Dance Revolution cabinet fruitcake (yes!!) is covered in marzipan and fondant icing. More »

DDR Workout Benchmarked, Found Healthy (Again)

Mark Wilson — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:20:09 EST

DDR might not still be all the rage with Wii Fit around, but its health benefits are legitimate according to the American Council on Exercise (ACE). We just came across and interesting study from late 2007 testing people ages 12-25 in which ACE calculated that teens burned 5.9 calories per minute on easy, and 6.7 and 8.1 calories on standard and difficult, respectively. For adults, probably because they weigh more, those numbers were even higher. So let's compare DDR to some standard aerobic activities and see how it holds up, shall we? More »

McDonald's Japan Teaches DDR Exercises

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:01 EST

That's not Ronald McDonald, it's Donald McDonald. (In Japan, the character is known as "Donald.") What's more, some Japanese people think his name is Mac Donald. Anyway, here Donald is showing how to do DDR-style exercises. Ironically, none of the exercises involve not going to McDonald's. More »

Konami Adds "Jubeat" To Bemani Line-Up

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:40:10 EST

The newest member of the Bemani family—which includes DDR, Guitar Freaks, Pop 'n' Music, et al.—in Japanese arcades is jubeat, a touch-panel game that... well, we're not sure what the hell is going on with this one yet. It's currently on location test in Japan, so we're sure to see how the game behaves in motion soon enough, but it appears that players will have to frantically slap display screens in time to J-pop tunes, competing with others via local or internet connection. That mysterious glowing cube on top of the cabinet? Unsure, but it may simply be for decoration and to increase the obnoxiousness of the seizure inducing lightshow. More on jubeat as we learn about it. More »

Want To Play Your GBA With A DDR Pad? Of Course You Do

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:40:00 EST

Fulfilling your life long dream of playing Pac-Man on the Game Boy Advance using nothing but your feet is within your grasp. Thanks to the folks at Instructables, who provide a step-by-step tutorial on how to hack together such a contraption, fat kids everywhere will be able to combine their two favorite things: eating (dots) and shedding pounds by frantic shuffling. They call this a "win-win." More »

Boom Boom Rocket Updates

Brian Crecente — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:01:45 EST

The interesting, though overtime boring, Xbox Live Arcade title Boom Boom Rocket has gotten a bit of a work over. Starting today, the game will be getting a handful of new capabilities and five new songs. The best part is that all of this is free until Dec. 16 if you already own the game. It will cost you 250 Mpoints after that. More »

Red Octane Has No Plans For Xbox 360 DDR Pads

Mark Wilson — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:40:26 EDT

With Konami's second DDR game coming to Xbox 360, a lot of us have still been waiting patiently for the announcement of a better Xbox 360 dance pad—you know, a non-plastic version that won't cause us to get permanently injured and subsequently permanently need to lie about the cause of said injury. While MadCatz produces a few better-than-stock pads, you can't find metal pads anywhere. And hardcore DDR players are left unable to really enjoy the newest DDR titles on the 360. More »

DDR Universe 2 Set List

Brian Crecente — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:57:06 EDT

Do people still play Dance Dance Revolution? I think it's still doing well, but it seems like the hot rhythm games nowadays are Guitar Hero and Rock Band. I know the three could peacefully co-exist, but I suspect they don't. Why is that? More »

Chocolate Rain Rhythm Game Mash Up

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:30:05 EDT

You know it, you love it. That's right, StepMania. The computer keyboard version of the ubiquitous Dance Dance Revolution gets its Chocolate Rain remix on. Internet meme or not, I quite like Tay Zonday's original song. I mean, the lyric "History quickly crashing through your veins"? Epic. More »

The EyeToy Creates Real Sweat

Mark Wilson — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:00:29 EDT

After studying 16 participants playing Eyetoy: Kinetic in laboratory circumstances, Dr. Alasdair Thin (yes, that's seriously his name) proclaimed that fake sports can be just as good as real ones:

We were interested in measuring the levels of exertion from an exercise physiology point of view and compared the average heart rate that each subject was exercising at to the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) recommended exercise heart rate range. Our findings reveal that playing these video games can provide an effective workout.

Physical Education Final? Twilight Princess!

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:00:06 EDT

DDR Gets Its Groove On

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:43 EDT

At a recent health and fitness exhibition in Japan, Konami introduced GROOVE MOTION DDR. It's based off the company's Dance Dance Revolution game, but includes six programs like yoga and martial arts-style exercises. While a DDR-type mat is used, GROOVE MOTION differs in that a motion sensor belt is worn. It calculates individual data like calories counted and "score." This title most likely won't find its way into Japanese arcades, but rather, into Konami's own fitness clubs. Yes, there are Konami fitness clubs — hence the exercise games. Makes sense! Brian Ashcraft More »

Laser Dance Matrix - Don't Call It A Pad

Maggie Greene — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:30:02 EDT

I had to play DDR with a boring, run of the mill pad that slipped all over the place on my hardwood floors - irritating and perhaps dangerous. But someone has a solution for that problem with the "laser dance matrix" - not a pad - that functions with (duh) lasers. It's designed to work with any game that will support a USB input, and the designers want to know if people would be interested in purchasing a matrix or a kit to you get to assemble yourself, for you DIY types. More »

DDR Continues to Invade Schools

Brian Crecente — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:00:09 EDT

The NYTimes Seth Schiesel takes another look at the DDR phenomenon and how it's invading schools nationwide. More »

Gaming's Guilty Pleasures

fdemarco — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:00:00 EDT

The ever lovin' Faith over at Destructoid has posted a great list of what she considers to be fourteen of gaming's guilty pleasures. It's quite a list and populated, as one might expect, with a lot of cutesy poo games like Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon and the Pokemon Series. Reading over the list, I was mortified that I play almost half the games on it. That is a lot of guilty gaming for one person, although I tend not care so much what people think of my game choices. I mean come on, I have a pink DS with Mario stickers on it. Does it sound like I care? More »

Rock Band Videochecks DDR, Guitar Hero

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:40:38 EDT

Safe-rock outfit Switchfoot have released a new video for their latest radio friendly jam "Awakening" and it makes some not-so-subtle allusions to rhythm games Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. Everything is all cardboard covered and stop motion animated, but it's clear what they're trying to get across. Arrested Development fans will be heartbroken to see the talents of Tony "Buster Bluth" Hale go to waste in the video, but Switchfoot lovers will probably enjoy the hell out of it. More »

DDR For Your Fingers Part II: Electric Boogaloo

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:00:21 EDT

DDR finger pads are nothing new and hardly spectacular. John Travolta-looking finger puppets for old hat DDR finger pads, well, that's nothing short of BRILLIANT. Brian Ashcraft More »

Clip: Cartoon Clinton, DDR Dancer

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:00:39 EDT

This has been making the internet rounds: An animated version of Bill Clinton playing DDR on The Family Guy. Not funny "HA HA," but funny "he he." Well, kinda. Brian Ashcraft More »

Rhythm Nation

fdemarco — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:00:00 EST

Upon looking over the games I've been playing lately, I realized that quite a number of rhythm games have been creeping their way into my collection. Ouendan!, DDR (I'm trying to shed a few pounds, so sue me), Guitar Hero 1 & 2, Donkey Konga, Space Channel 5. Now, these are definitely not games I play all the time, but I like them because they provide a great counterpoint to the often long winded games I love to play like Twilight Princess and Final Fantasy III. After wandering around the same part of the game map for an hour or two trying to level up, it's somewhat of a relief to take a break and pound out the beats on a couple of Ouendan! songs. They are quick (but not easy!) and can be played for a little while and then put down without fear of forgetting what side quest you were on when you saved last. More »

DDR Parties On The Wii

Mike Fahey — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:40:48 EST

We saw this one coming a mile away. DDR enthusiasts around the world are going to have to learn some new moves, now that Konami has announced Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party for the Wii. Using the wiimote and the nunchuk (Kung-Fu Fightin' better damn well be included), Hottest Party goes beyond fancy footwork to include arm movement as well, much like was seen in Wario Ware's dancing level, only more complicated. Music from the past four decades will accompany up to four players dancing in synch, or horribly, horribly out of synch. I except YouTube to be flooded with videos once this little number hits the streets later this year. Michael Fahey More »

Clips: NSFW Dance Dance Revolution

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:30:30 EST

This is not the first of its kind, nor is it the last. Details are scant (clothes, too), but here are a trio of teams in some sort of upskirt Dance Dance Revolution event in which the competitors pay more attention to their pole dancing moves and less to the DDR screen. Our reason for posting? The song "High On Emotion" by Chris de Burgh is a stomper. Brian Ashcraft More »

Burger King Does DDR

Mike Fahey — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:40:12 EST

Burger King takes another bold step towards winning the hearts and wallets of gamers everywhere as 8 exclusive Dance Dance Revolution toys start showing up in restaurants across the U.S. today. If this doesn't spawn a creepy dancing King commercial I will be utterly crushed. The promotion will run through December 31st. The toys include a spinny glowing thing, shoelace noise markers, a DDR dancer figure, a water bottle, a sound mixer, and a flash band for your wrist. It's the BK Mini-Raver Meal! More »

Lego DDR Dance Off Video

fdemarco — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:00:36 EST

It always fascinates me how long it takes to make one of these stop action videos. The time and care that people put into these clips is truly amazing. More »