Beat Saber is a musical Jedi obstacle course

Developer Hyperbolic Magnetism’s Beat Saber is the virtual reality rhythm game I never knew I wanted. It arms you with pseudo-lightsabers and barrages you with neon cubes to slash and obstacles to avoid — all while grooving to some funky techno beats. It’s out now on in Early Access on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.

The rules are simple: You have a red laser sword in your left hand, and a blue one in your right. Each cube flying towards you is one of those two colors and has an arrow on it, and you must slice it in the right direction with the right saber. Occasionally, land mines pop up, which are no bueno if you hit them. And walls will zoom toward you, which you must avoid. (Or, if you’re like me, successfully dodge them but then accidentally slam your Oculus controllers into your desk. My play area is pathetically small.)