Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 36 minutes ago

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After a one year of hiatus from the podcast, it finally returns! Today's episode is a very honest conversation about various things in rhythm games with rhythm game YouTuber Tokaku.
There's a few lag spikes that cause Tokaku's camera to go off sync at times. Sorry about that lol.

Tokaku's links:

YT: youtube.com/channel/UCMteIF4ZD5-hgZ8YhSN454g
Twitter: twitter.com/topkaku
Instagram: instagram.com/c.tokaku
Twitch: twitch.tv/tokaku

Time Stamps:

Intro 0:00
First Rhythm Game We Started Out With: 1:12
Handheld Rhythm Games 4:05
Guitar Hero/Clone Hero 6:37
Music Genres in Rhythm Games/”Dump Charts”: 7:53
Making “Controversial” Content: 12:11
Difficulty Cap/Meta in Rhythm Games: 16:33
Charting in Rhythm Games: 21:02
Hitsounds in Osu: 24:09
Tokaku’s Content Beginnings: 28:32
Osu Content: 29:36
Commentators in Rhythm Games: 32:10
What Rhythm Game Tokaku Would Want to be a Top Player at: 37:36
Favorite Rhythm Gamer: 42:48
Competitive “Shaming” & Mentality in Rhythm Games: 44:29
Training in Rhythm Games: 50:49
Genetics in Rhythm Games: 54:24
Random tangent about lifting & Fitness YT channels LMAO: 56:56
Lifting & Rhythm Games 1:00:50
Technique in Rhythm Games 1:02:15
Arcades/ Arcade Owners 1:08:58
GH controllers/Some Other Controllers Too: 1:11:57
Talk About Vertex: 1:22:30
Tokaku’s Experience With Making Custom Controllers: 1:29:06
Etienne Finds His Etsy Controller + HR Monitor Talk: 1:35:29
Tokaku’s Video Ideas/DK Bongo Controller Talk: 1:40:24
More Keyboard/Controller Talk: 1:52:06
Tokaku’s Neat Editing Console Thing: 2:01:22
Outro: 2:04:33

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