Trombone

Twelve years ago, Noreen Davies had a dream. In it, the artist and cafe owner, then 72, saw herself wielding an unusual instrument. “There was a jazzy tune on in the background and I was playing along on a trombone, bending the notes and having a great time,” she says. “When I woke up, I knew I had to learn it.”She headed to her cafe in Leominster, Herefordshire, and had a meeting with her accountant. “At the end, I asked him if he knew anyone with a trombone I could try out and he said he had five! Turns out he played in…

Trombone Champ is a blast to watch, but a beast to play even compared to some other rhythm games — you try nailing a slide during the "William Tell Overture." Thankfully, developer Holy Wow Studios is putting the game within reach of more players. It's introducing an "Autotoot" option that takes away the need to press buttons. If you have hand mobility issues, you'll have a better chance of squonking your way to an S rank. Your score is halved to prevent leaderboard cheating, but you can advance the story. The update is…

Dr Leighton Watson doing volcanic field work on Villarrica in Chile. Credit: University of Canterbury University of Canterbury (UC) postdoctoral researcher Dr. Leighton Watson (Ngāi Tahu), in collaboration with researchers at the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and Boise State University, has developed a modeling tool that uses sound waves from volcanic activity to help understand and forecast…

The meme potential of Holy Wow’s Trombone Champ just refuses to die, with a modder adding Dragonforce’s ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ to the game. READ MORE: The 8 best PC games you need to play in 2022 The mod comes courtesy of DerpyChap (via PCGamesN), bringing the 2005 Dragonforce classic ‘Through the Fire and Flames’. If you thought that song was challenging in Guitar Hero, you haven’t seen anything yet. As seen in DerpyChap’s video below, the mod creator himself seems to struggle to toot his way through it all –…

DragonForce's 2006 rock epic single Through the Fire and the Flames is now finally playable in one of the hottest music games of the year, Trombone Champ. Thanks to some modding work done by DerpyChap, every sick lick and unbelievable guitar solo has been translated into a series of actions that looks downright impossible to perfectly nail.On the plus side, seeing a miniature trombonist struggle to keep pace with a song designed to murder the fingers of any guitarist who tackles it, is absolutely…

Everyone relates with a sad trombone A couple of times a year, a “Phenomenon Game” pops up out of nowhere and is suddenly the talk of the town. Trombone Champ fits that description. It became a viral meme seemingly overnight, but this genius comedy game didn’t come from nowhere. The people who made Trombone Champ had to stick with it for three difficult years, working only on nights and weekends, to put it all together. The game was created by industry veterans Dan and Jackie Vecchitto. They’ve been self-publishing games…

Indie rhythm game Trombone Champ has become something of a viral hit since it released earlier this month, plumbing the rich comedic potential of the iconic brass instrument. While the developers currently recommend playing with a mouse and keyboard while controller support is being ironed out, one resourceful streamer has already figured out how to play with the ideal controller--an actual trombone.Streamer and content creator Rudeism is known for his use of unconventional controllers--GameSpot has…

It was only a matter of time In my opinion, Trombone Champ is one of the best things to happen to gaming all year. It’s easy for anyone to pick up, it’s well-designed, and it’s laugh-out-loud goofy. I was skeptical when I heard someone say it’s a Game of the Year contender, but it only took a few minutes into playing it to make me a believer. Now that the game’s popularity has launched into the stratosphere, thanks to word of mouth on social media, we’re starting to see the mods slowly roll in, which is exciting for…

A modder has added VR support and motion controls to Holy Wow’s Trombone Champ, describing the project as a “silly meme mod for a silly meme game.” Created by Raicuparta, a modder who specialises in making games VR-compatible, BaboonVR allows fans to play rhythm game Trombone Champ using any “OpenVR-compatible VR headset.” Raicuparta describes BaboonVR as “a silly meme mod for a silly meme game,” and outlines that “the game screen is shown as a projection in front of you, while you use your hands to control the…

The “NASTY!” message when you flub a note is inspired. | Image: Holy Wow Studios Trombone Champ has been the star of my timeline this week; I’m constantly running into absurd renditions of songs like “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” But in a conversation with Dan Vecchitto, the founder of Trombone Champ developer Holy Wow Studios, he brought up something I think is a major factor in the game’s success: we just don’t see a lot of comedy in gaming right now. Games have been pushing the boundaries of…