Sorry if that makes me sheltered or whatnot, but impressed I am, nevertheless.

Credit is due to Denkitribe, who used the musically inclined gray matter in his noggin to tweak the analog sound waveforms available in DS-10 to sound like words from Daft Punk's Harder Better Faster Stronger. Is it perfect? No. But it's a stellar effort I watched all the way through, so there.

Not bad for a $20 cartridge, and in any event it sounds better than an autotuned Kanye West. [technabob]

This may have arrived about a year too late, but it's better than never, I suppose. To live out your fantasies of techie fame, use the keys from the first two rows of your keyboard to control the imaginary Lemur controller up on screen. Knock yourself out. [iDaft via Everything You Love To Hate]

After initially feeling the burn of Apple's SDK restrictions (not allowing access to a user's own iPod tracks, like in the jailbreak version of old), developers Tapulous have hit a nerve with Tap Tap Revenge, which is now released weekly with new songs from big-label artists like Q-Tip and NIN.

Tap Tap Dance, as its name would suggest, focuses more on the electro bangers, which suits the tapping just fine. More importantly, though, the game is based on an all-new OpenGL-based platform that allows for more variety not just in crazy background graphics, but in changing the layout of the tapping tracks themselves which is a nice switch up in game play. Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem says that the platform also allows for embedded video for even more craziness in the background eventually and interactive music videos of sorts.

Adding embedded video and more craziness might lead to slowdowns, which in a rhythm game is a no-no. The version we played can get a little jerky at times, but on the whole is smooth and looks great. Tap Tap Dance is $5, but the free version will continue to receive its weekly updates and new tracks, and will eventually be ported over to the new Open GL framework itself next year.

Tap Tap Dance's complete song list:

- Technologic by Daft Punk
- Zdarlight by Digitalism
- Phantom Pt II (Soulwax Remix) by Justice
- Stratosphere by Junkie XL
- Disco Lies (Remix) by Moby
- Midnight Madness by The Chemical Brothers
- Goldrush by Tiesto
- Compressor by Soul Magic Orchestra (Exclusive)
- Where's Your Head At by Basement Jaxx
- Daylight (Exclusive Morgan Page Remix) by Sunny Levine

[Tap Tap Dance - iTunes]