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Now, why would someone who's topic is music, talk about a game?! Well, there's a good reason for that okay?! Osu! is a rhythm game involving, 'beats' or commonly known as circles, sliders and spinners. If you've ever played, "Elite Beat Agents" on the DS, it's exactly like that. The difference is that instead of having pre-set maps, you download maps that other people have made. How the game came to creation was when the creator, "peppy" and his group of close friends made a basic play and edit mode. The very first release took about 16 hours and featured virtually nothing. That was way back in July 2007. 

Fast forward to now, and you have an incredibly polished game. There's obviously room for improvement but game is incredibly smooth. How you actually play the game is by downloading the beatmaps. The beatmaps can be found in the, "Beatmaps" section of the site. In there, you'll find ranked and unranked maps. The ones that are ranked count toward your ranking and the ones that aren't do not count towards your rank. Anyways, enough about the ranking, the beatmaps are a vital component of the game. They are in a sense, the game itself. The beatmaps all have a different song, making it truly a rhythm game. Beatmaps are usually are mapped out to have the same rhythm as the song making it an immersive experience. The game is incredibly big even if it's small in size. I'll be covering this game in a multi-part series, so stay tuned!

in the meantime here's the site link! : http://osu.ppy.sh/

-Henry