Orange Lounge Radio

Ok I admit it I dropped the ball! Better late than never though. Here's what you've been playing last week through the magic of Twitter your gaming week!! Also happy belated birthday to DJRanmaS!

DJRanmaS MT: I think I have everyone beat... Played DDR 4th Mix Plus! @GoldAntro Today is my birthday.

sbhale Playing lots of Brain Challenge on #xbox360. Very similar to Big Brain Academy but a fun $5 purchase when it was on sale recently.

poorleno111 Sacred 2 Fallen Angel for me, kinda buggy but great game to me.

AlphaCananogram Super Mario World 2: YOSHI'S ISLAND on SNES

GimmeTOKYO pokemon silver|platinum|sapphire|diamond, final fantasy IX and chrono cross

MarronMarvel Gaming week? Lots of motion sickness w/ FEAR 2 & fun with Prince of Persia.

13xforever: All of the Fallout 3 DLCs (Anchorage was cool, The Pitt was entertaining, Broken Steel just started). Also, a little bit of FF XII.

RyanBelknap Here is mine, Beat all of the 2nd season of Sam and Max, and working on LOST for the PC. Oh, also beat the game of Plants vs Zombies.

djtyrant World of WarCraft, Peggle (WoW), Peggle (iPhone), Final Fantasy XII, Little Big Planet, Puzzle Quest (original and Galatrix)

act_deft Rock Band 2 and Forza 2, yeah that's it... slow gaming week for me this time.

DarkTetsuya more GT Pro Racing (only a few more races left!) an embarassing death in La-Mulana, and the Red Faction demo (meh :/)

VxJasonxV Eternal Darkness, NHL 09, Crackdown (need to find someone to help me get the purple rings), Braid (Mac), and uhhh. I think that's it.

rasprague guitar hero arcade (really just gh3); a little bit.trip beat; a little of my own game, hExistentialism for the iPhone (shameless plug

Kroze Plants Vs. Zombies. That's the only game my PC will handle properly while the graphics card is dead.

ScruffyK I haven't had a gaming week, got my reapaired PS3 back on Tuesday, it broke again on Thursday... it's on it's way back to Sony again :

Ray_Ayanami At Fanime: Pop'n Music 14 AC, Tetris TGM, NiGHTS Into Dreams, Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix, Gradius Gaiden, Radiant Silvergun, and more!

Corey31 Transformers: The Game (Loki was right, this game sucks), Rock Band 2, 1 vs 100 Canadian Beta, and finally Punch-Out!!!

bresslol gears 1 and 2, arkanoid live, rb2, halo 3

magicalnathan Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, Audiosurf, Plants vs. Zombies, Rock Band 2.

akeripper sims 3, prince of persia, mass effect, lost odyssey, phantasy star

iamNiceonKeys Wolverine

Surtur I've been playing, really trying to understand, the Monster Hunter Freedom Unite demo for the PSP. Looks great though.

Deekman Team Fortress 2 (PC), Space Invaders Extreme (XBLA). I think that's it but I've been playing TF2 for nearly 17 hours!

Due to legal reasons I can't make this song available for download directly.

When I say the name dj TAKA, what songs come to mind? Rainbow Flyer? Sure, if you're into the newer styles. (For the record I may actually do that song one week, so watch for it!) But perhaps the most popular selection of his has got to be Absolute from both beatmania IIDX 4th Style, and Dance Dance Revolution 5th MIX.

The song itself is very memorable... TAKA's trademark style shines through in this track, with an unforgettable melody that anyone can enjoy, whether you're stomping on arrows or hitting the keys/turntable.

There have been quite a few different remixes, such as the 'Rock Guitar' remix done by good-cool for Pop'n Music 9, and a rather disappointing (imo) remix by Thuggie D that appeared in the XBOX Ultramix games, as well as DDR Extreme 2 on PS2. (EDIT: Shout-out to act-deft, there was also a great remix on dj TAKA's 'Milestone' album, which features some of his best work, as well as remixes of his songs by other infamous BEMANI artists.)

Personally I'm hoping this song gets selected to appear in Dance Dance Revolution: Volume 1 slated to appear on PS2/Wii/PS3/360 later this year!

Random Trivia: Absolute was the very first winner of Orange Lounge Radio's 'Listless' segment, way the f*** back on Episode 5, in 'best beatmania IIDX song ever'... as chosen by yours truly. :3