August 16, 2005
Dance Dance Immolation
Lighting up the Burning Man Festival
So, what’s better than video games? According to the good people at Interpretive Arson, video games with fire, of course. If you don’t risk your life enough by slipping on dance pads (or by embarrassing everyone you love who’s watching you), then this Dance Dance Revolution hack, called Dance Dance Immolation, might be just the thing for you. What happens in DDI is that you dance like in any iteration of DDR, but when you do poorly, instead of simply losing points or possibly failing a level, you get blasted in the face with flamethrowers while in the protective suit you see here. (Though, to tell the truth, they’re using a DDR PC “simulator” to actually run the game.)
If you’re ready to step to the beat, and step into a full aluminized proximity suit (like the ones used to fight fires at airports), then stop by the 2005 Burning Man festival in Nevada, scheduled for the week leading up to and including Labor Day weekend (August 29-September 5), and give this hot twist on an already niche genre a spin. And if the author of the got-next.com article (linked below) which interviews the DDI Project Leader is to be believed, then you may be able to catch the crew as they’re testing in West Oakland each weekend prior to their big Burning Man debut. The original test run was held at the Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival in Oakland back in July.
Disclaimer: I try not to bother my downstairs neighbors by dancing furiously above them, but please (for the love of God), don’t try this mod at home. If DDR doesn’t get you hot enough under the collar already, just wait till the fire department has to clean up after you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. [posted Dan Choi on joystiq]
Posted by jo at August 16, 2005 09:49 AM
