I am watching this video about Koyasan Monastery,
and suddenly, at 6:00 minute mark, one of the monks is playing Beatmania with a little brother controller.
Now that’s what I’m talking about……..
The type of discipline required to play Beatmania with a normal gamepad, let alone a 3rd party one that seems to have terrible d-pad and shoulder buttons.
This is the degree of devotion I strive for in my practices. It’s why I say 108 prayers each morning before I begin gaming and keep a vegan diet. It’s the only way I manage to beat games on all original hardware and a CRT, without complaining or making youtube videos.
I haven’t spent enough time with the earliest Beatmania games (mostly played Beatmania GB from that era) to know which song it is.
One day I will make my own pilgrimage to Koyasan, to see the Beatmania for Playstation that the founder is still playing and has been playing for one thousand years, in a state of permanent prayer and play.
