It began with a dog and an onion. Sure, NanaOn-Sha’s PaRappa the Rapper wasn’t the first video game to demand players sync button presses to a basic beat via on-screen prompts. For instance, the early ...
This essay was originally published in 2025. Less than five minutes into The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, I greet “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” and its pull-apart, inexhaustible ...