By Find Hudson on Twitter: twitter.com/hudsonfelker/ Hudson Felker (a.k.a. KAZE.573) is an elite Dance Dance Revolution competitor known for his seemingly endless drive and training discipline. He was a finalist for the 6th Konami Arcade Championship in 2017 and has numerous victories/top finishes in major tournaments throughout his 20+ year career. He
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 11 – Sega Jeanasis
Jaz (a.k.a. Sega Jeanasis) is an intermediate-level Dance Dance Revolution player and a co-founder of Black Flag Academy, a platform where other intermediate players can compete and hone their skills alongside one another. She is also a powerful Valkyrie, cosplays from time to time and has quickly become a fixture
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 10 – Grant Siegel
Grant Siegel (a.k.a. GEM) is the lead organizer for The Big Deal rhythm game tournament series based in the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex. He is also the owner of The Big Deal Gaming LLC, a Pump It Up specialist with a wide array of tournament experience and a skilled linguist. In
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 9 – Ben Madsen
Ben Madsen is a co-founder and instrumental operator of LIFE4DDR, a community interaction platform and ranking/leaderboard system for Dance Dance Revolution A/A20. He is also a husband, father and 15-year DDR veteran with a recent Upper Division Top 16 finish at Infinity Stage. In this episode, we discuss the origin
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 8 – Steven Lo
Steven Lo (AKA VivaLaMooChicken) is an accomplished dance game veteran from the southeastern United States with over 15 years of tenure. He is also the lead organizer for the DDR Storm tournament series, recently paired alongside CEO Fighting Game Championships located in Florida, USA. In this episode, Kris and Steven
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 7 – Roger Clark
Roger Clark is an 18-year dance game veteran known especially for his precision timing ability. He is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a founding member of SF Evolved and is heavily involved with dance game tournament coverage and community engagement. In this episode, Kris and Roger weigh
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 6 – Sarah Kilpatrick
Sarah Kilpatrick is an accomplished dance game veteran who loves to juggle several plates in the air at once. In addition to holding down a 9-5 job, she is a mother, a web content producer and designer for LIFE4DDR, owner and operator of hackmycab.com and a dance game tournament organizer.
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 5 – Kyle Dobay
Kyle Dobay (a.k.a RiOdO) is an influential figure in the competitive dance game scene, particularly with In The Groove (ITG). He is an experienced tournament organizer, founder of the East Coast FA tournament series and a top performer when he competes himself. In this episode of the KrisCast, Kyle and
[Podcast] KrisCast Ep. 4 – Leon C Brunson
Leon C Brunson is a high-level dance game competitor, Neuroscience student at Florida State University and up-and-coming chef from the Florida panhandle. in this episode of the KrisCast, Kris and Leon discuss the benefits of cross-training with different dance games, the southeastern U.S. dance game scene, lessons learned from 9
[Podcast] The KrisCast Ep. 3 – admstyles
In this episode of the KrisCast, Kris and admstyles discuss the competitive dance game scene in the early to mid-2000’s, using lower difficulty charts to build a foundation for precision timing and how he became known as “Coors Man.” We also discuss the merits of cheap booze and its role
