<![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> This quote reminds me of this video I once saw of John Cage, saying, "What is music?" Something to the effect of, "Is music anything more than sounds arranged in a specific order? Do sounds need to be arranged at all? Is this music? Do we have music? Why, if this is music, you can make music just as much as I!"

I can't find it on Youtube or Google, though. Which disappoints me, because it deserves to be here.

BtownDesignGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> @ABigSmall: Holy crap, you're right! I never realized that Parappa outdates beatmania by a year. However, its safe to say that beatmania was the first peripheral based rhythm game, but ultimately, beatmania, DDR, GH and RB owe their existences to Parappa.

josh924

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> eck! Just looked up PIU on Wikipedia. Yes, I've heard of the Koreanized DDR "Pump," but not "Pump It Up" hahah

ABigSmall

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> @josh924: PaRappa the Rapper, designed by Maatsuura, was released in Japan in 1996. Beatmania came out in arcades in '97. DDR came out in '98. Never heard of PIU.

ABigSmall

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> Before the interview starts, Chris Kohler says that Matsuura and Mizuguchi created the rhythm game genre, but doesn't that honor go to beatmania, DDR, or maybe PIU?

Anyways, great read! I love when artists talk about their philosophies on games, music, and/or movies, so I definitely loved that interview.

josh924

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> Hmm... So Matsuura is a penguin...

A long-lost relative of yours, Witzbold? ;P

BPMΣ

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> @Kcet: Not really, since it can't be spoken universally. The universal language is us ourselves. Everything living has something in common that makes up that language. The materials that comprise our being and the vast universe around us.

That is the universal language.

Black-Dog-Howls

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> "I couldn't understand English, but I felt emotion or something, sort of... I want to love somebody! It's the power of music, of chords... very physical things, very emotional things."

soo true, 'cept in my case i would replace english with japanese but the overall point still stands, music transcends language barriers, it is in esscence, THE universal language

Kcet

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> Music is a better platform than language to express feeling and emotion.

myxylplyx

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> @Kirbytheslayer: No Disassemble:

Agreed. They sound like loonies but these two are the smartest on the block.

Dudemeister

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> Music means what you feel it means.

ABigSmall

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> They must get high off of Jazz.

Black-Dog-Howls

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> I love these guys. I'm glad someone understands music isn't just about lyrics or just one thing. It's all about harmony.

Kiwi Kamikaze

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> They're totally high. Now make my Meteos DS sequel please Miz, I don't want to have to go buy that Disney lameness.

SpishackCola

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> sounds like a discussion previously only held in smoke filled garages, and you know the smoke im talking about.

SwordandSorcery

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> Proof that genius is crazy.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> I love these people. Great conversation, I've been asking myself what music really is for years.

TheCleaningGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Mizuguchi, Matsuura and Music]]> Collab. NOW.

CeeJay005

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