Mer is out at a spa night with a friend tonight, so I am bachin’ in at home. What better time to break out one of the new Wii games that Meredith let me get a few weeks ago? Tonight’s selection was DDR, or Dance Dance Revolution, for the less-video-game savvy. I’m not really sure what led a 37-year-old awkward white guy to get DDR, but there you have it. I thought it might be fun for CVCA students that we have over, and I wanted to try to get decent at it so I could play it with students. I also think it might be fun to play with Meredith if we ever get slightly competent at it.
I started at beginner, and I sucked, big time. The Wii adds hand motions to DRR (the original games were feet-only), as well as obstacles in the dance pattern, and special effects, and so on. I quickly turned all of those extras off. Now that I have the game on feet-only, I have scored a resounding “D” in the game. Dance that funky music, white boy.
I will say that DDR is quite a workout – I was sweating up a storm!
Here, for your edification, is a small clip of me doing DDR. You have been warned (I thought an alternate title to this blog would be “Please never show us that again.”).
I would think your Irish dancing training would give you a pretty good base for DDR. Stronger than my RPG training, for instance.
At least you are still trim enough, despite the grad parties, that your dance video had no awkward jiggling bits, so that is all good.
I was also thinking that in the absence of owning DDR on the wii, I will have to come up with my own “Revolutions” to challenge my prowess. My latest is HaIwUtDwR or “Holding an Infant while Unloading the Dishwasher Revolution”.
That is a different kind of beat (usually caked-on).
Wow. I love that you were listening to 99 Luftballons. My favorite line: “Everyone a Captain Kirk”
I found that I danced best to disco tunes. I’m not sure what to say about that.
Oh, and the on-screen dancers were dancing like Sprokets-style German dance to 99 Luftballons. It is important not to watch them while trying to hit the right steps.
Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive! Ah-ah-ah-ah, stayin’ AAAALIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVE!
Actually, Burn, baby, burn! Disco inferno!
I’m still laughing too hard to post a proper comment. š