i also got into guitar hero,frets on fire,drum mania,keyboard mania and beat mania as well. basically loved every single music game just about even if i had to buy some of them overseas and order them straight from japan. i still have my japanese DDR games and modded PS2 to play foreign titles. just haven't bothered with it since the cobalt Flux pad i had broke cause of me being dumb when i tried fixing a plastic panel and i can basically do it on my computer now as well.
not much into nowadays since i been having tons of other interest but still play every now and then and still love it. i'm guessing some people play some rhythm games since lot of people like music? i just find it good to learn how to fellow a beat and help with hands, feet, and eye coordination, but i mostly used my ears more than my eyes since for some reason i have no issues picking up rhythm and i know when a song is not stepped right and off-beat. that's why i get so annoyed when switching back and forth from ITG and DDR(same thing can be said about stepmania and FFR).














