It’s official. Tim is the spawn of Beelzebub and has forever burned my soul with the sounds and visions from the Playstation 2 thriller, “Mad Maestro”. In keeping with the phrase “Good things come to those who wait”, Mad Maestro takes the wit of B.A. Baracus, the soothing voice of Uni from Dungeons and Dragons, the likeability of Scrappy Doo, and the velvety skin of Edward James Olmost and wraps it up into, truly, the most horrible, but for our purposes, most wonderful Secret Satan Game EVER.

If you don’t get this right, Mothra will dump this coffee on me.

Basically, the game involves hitting the X button to the tune of all the beats of famous classical pieces. Thank God that Bachman Turner Overdrive didn’t make its way into this gem. It’s more or less Dance Dance Revolution with your thumb – half the exercise, twice the carpel tunnel.

You get points for landing the beat perfectly and the amount of pressure can vary depending on the note. If you miss the note too quickly or slowly, you lose points. This format is integrated with wonderfully conceived Japanese to American storylines throughout the game. The depth of the dialogue rivals “Revenge of the Sith” and “Resident Evil 1 (I hope this isn’t Chris’ blood)”.

Is this the entrance to the Norway ride in Epcot?

Strangely enough, I will forge on as I want to see if indeed I can conduct even the most difficult of classical pieces with a drunken thumb. Apologies for the delay in the Secret Satan post. Like pulling a band-aid off that hairy part of your arm, just wasn’t emotionally ready to do it yet.