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Season 2, #1: Plastic Graveyard: The Rise & Fall of the Rhythm Game
In our second season debut, Robert, Zack, and Angela take on rhythm games, a genre that burned bright in the late 90s and throughout the 2000s, and is now a faded ember. From narratively focused titles like PaRappa to cover band fantasies like Guitar Hero to fitness-adjacent spectacles like DDR, we talk about it all.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.
26:58 - A brief topical discussion of Microsoft’s purchase of Activision-Blizzard.
35:55 - Angela’s and Robert’s introduction to rhythm games, and how we categorize the genre.
43:22 - The lost heyday of rhythm games.
1:02:29 - The spectacle of rhythm games, and performing in front of an audience.
1:05:32 - The strange corner of portable rhythm games.
1:08:01 - Getting older and keeping up with rhythm games.
1:17:02 - Did the flowering of weird plastic peripherals open the door for accessibility in game controls?
1:29:39 - Three traditional gamers hate on Just Dance and Zumba.
1:34:07 - Closing thoughts.
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By Podbert PodskerIn our second season debut, Robert, Zack, and Angela take on rhythm games, a genre that burned bright in the late 90s and throughout the 2000s, and is now a faded ember. From narratively focused titles like PaRappa to cover band fantasies like Guitar Hero to fitness-adjacent spectacles like DDR, we talk about it all.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.
26:58 - A brief topical discussion of Microsoft’s purchase of Activision-Blizzard.
35:55 - Angela’s and Robert’s introduction to rhythm games, and how we categorize the genre.
43:22 - The lost heyday of rhythm games.
1:02:29 - The spectacle of rhythm games, and performing in front of an audience.
1:05:32 - The strange corner of portable rhythm games.
1:08:01 - Getting older and keeping up with rhythm games.
1:17:02 - Did the flowering of weird plastic peripherals open the door for accessibility in game controls?
1:29:39 - Three traditional gamers hate on Just Dance and Zumba.
1:34:07 - Closing thoughts.