Check out this amazing new Overclocked Remix of Gitaroo Man’s ‘Legendary Theme’:
(h/t Dante)
When I went searching for the original tune on Youtube (I found it here) I also discovered a great playlist: It’s called ‘Best VGM’ and it’s by a user called ‘SupraDarky’. Nonetheless, it has a number of my favorite songs from across genres and systems.
Indeed, that’s only the *first* playlist. There are several and at least 1000 songs he’s earmarked in total.
To conclude, here is something fun and delicious, or something like that:
Presented without comment. Also check out the humble bundle – you get to choose how much to pay for Voxatron (3-d iso shooter), The Binding of Issac (Zelda/roguelike shooter), and Blocks That Matter (Puzzle+Platformer similar to Boulderdash)
Don’t know if you guys had seen this, but the Smithsonian (of all places) has created an exhibition called ‘The Art of Video Games’:
The Art of Video Games exhibition will explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking visual effects, the creative use of new technologies, and the most influential artists and designers. This website offered participants a chance to vote for 80 games from a pool of 240 proposed choices in various categories, divided by era, game type and platform. Voting took place between February 14, 2011 and April 17, 2011. The exhibition will be on display at the museum from March 16, 2012 through September 30, 2012.
It’s been ages since I’ve been back to the Smithsonian, but I might go just to see this. The last I checked this page – you can tell it’s been awhile – they had yet to select the winners. Now that they have, I’m quite elated at some of the choices. Earthworm Jim did indeed have very striking visuals, if I may say so myself.
There’s nothing a geek loves more than a game so unknown that even he or she doesn’t know about it. Just as long as they get to play it. Beta and alpha tests are cool, and interacting with the developers (considering many of us ARE developers ourselves) is a bonus. Especially if you end up improving or changing the game with your input.
Anyway, what follows are a list of some interesting independent games (I’ve played all of them that are currently playable.) Some of these are not as recent as others, but others, very recent.
This is coming from Dan Trachtenberg, who has done various professional adverts before. It’s a short, and it doesn’t look to actually be a trailer, but a way to sell the concept. One difference here with the games is the primarily action-oriented use of the gun, and its use against human opponents. Nonetheless, it’s very convincing and I was, the whole time, just waiting to hear GlaDOS’ auto-tune voice chime in.
Question, do you think the plot of Portal (either game) is sufficient for a movie plot, or does the studio or writer have to come up with a new premise? I’d think some things would need to be changed, if only so that people who’d played the game would not already know what was going to happen, but what about more essential things, such as the sardonic humor?
