Internet people have been talking about WiiWare game Bit.Trip Beat, and posting videos of it, and now they are beginning to email me, asking if I've played it. The answer is no, I haven't played it yet, but I feel like I ought to plug it anyway, for two reasons.

Number one, look at it. Just look at it:

If that's not a brilliant videogame, it does a really good job of looking like one.

Reason number two is that according to reader Jesse G Collins, who sent me a very nice email, the sound designer for Bit.Trip Beat is NO NO WRONG fantastic chiptune musician Bit Shifter. Bit Shifter! So I feel like I ought to help spread the word about this game, just on principle.

Jesse writes:

This game is phenomenal. I recently purchased Madworld for $55, but for 600 wii points, I am much more excited and enthralled with deflecting pixels to chip tunes than cutting dudes in half with a chainsaw prosthesis.

So there you go! You can purchase Bit.Trip Beat by turning on your Wii and doing the thing.

EDIT: Oh no, John Constantine!

ANOTHER EDIT: I got another very nice email, this time from Bit Shifter himself. He writes:

I needed to mention though that while I contributed two songs for the game's title and credits screens, that was the extent of my musical involvement -- all of the in-game music was done internally by the Gaijin Games development team. Wanted to bring it to your attention just because I wouldn't want to be unduly taking credit. The in-game music sounds great -- I wish I could say it was mine. [emphasis mine]

So! Trying to make a fool outta me, eh, reader Jesse G Collins? Why I oughta!!

By the way, people are talking about Bit.Trip Beat on the forums now, if you wanna join in.