tagged w/ Video Game Music
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The Cleverlys perform the Mario Bros
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The video game "Guitar Hero," once believed to be helping revive rock a few years ago in the hip-hop era, will jam no longer.
Activision Blizzard Inc. announced Wednesday it will cease publishing the game this year.
"Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing's 'Guitar Hero' business unit and discontinue development on its 'Guitar Hero' game for 2011," the company said in a statement.
The decision was "based on the desire to focus on the greatest opportunities that the company currently has to create the world's best interactive entertainment experiences," the firm said.
The cancellation came as the Santa Monica, California-based company announced a record operating cash flow of $1.4 billion in 2010. Its revenues last year from digital channels grew more than 20 percent to $1.5 billion.
The once-popular video game was even featured in the Vince Vaughn film "Couples Retreat" in 2009.
As rock struggled against rap music, video games like "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" were credited with creating a new appreciation for rock 'n' roll among the millennial generation born in the '90s who didn't know much about Aerosmith, Pat Benatar and other musicians of the '70s and '80s.
At the time, Geoff Mayfield, senior analyst and director of charts for Billboard magazine, said he saw a direct cause and effect for some of the artists who licensed their songs to "Guitar Hero."
"A few weeks ago, when the game featuring Aerosmith ('Guitar Hero: Aerosmith') came out, there was more than a 40 percent increase in their catalog sales," Mayfield said in 2008.
The video games even increased interest in guitars, according to the nationwide Guitar Center chain. Bars held "Guitar Hero" nights. And schools like Roosevelt High in Los Angeles, where most teens have grown up on a steady diet of hip-hop and R&B, sponsored three-day "Guitar Hero Face-Off" in its auditorium, blaring heavy metal.
For now, the art of playing air guitar -- and "Guitar Hero" -- seems a quaint bygone.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/09/guitar.hero.gone/index.html?hpt=T2The video game "Guitar Hero," once believed to be helping revive rock a few... more
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Being an avid consumer (see: shopper) and someone who continually attempts to deconstruct advertisements in order to see how they manage to convince me to part with my hard earned cash, I’ve been thinking about this advert for some time. This point is significant in itself. It is rare that I find myself contemplating adverts for computer games, that was until Call of Duty: Black Ops came along, with its magnificent graphics and Gimme Shelter soundtrack. I wanted the game immediately and came to realize after the six or seventh viewing, it was all down to the song choice; The Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter. Intriguing, no?See full article at... more
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What to listen to while you play video games.
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Every truly amazing game needs an equally amazing soundtrack, one that effectively captures the emotion and excitement of the title, not only complementing the games tone, but also adding a whole new level of immersion and engagement. In recognition of video game music’s crucial place in the medium we love, PlayStation LifeStyle has teamed up with Sumthing.com to giveaway 3 copies of music from some of the PlayStation’s greatest games.Every truly amazing game needs an equally amazing soundtrack, one that effectively... more
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Read it here:
http://www.ugo.com/games/top-25-video-game-soundtracks?cmpid=0201
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~y2010m1d22-Jaw-dropping-video-game-music-covers
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We’ve got 13 incredible videos of The OneUps in concert at MAGFest 8. The songs range from smooth jazz, to funk, to rap, to heavy metal. Special guest A_Rival joins in for a Zelda rap. You can right-click on any video to watch it on Youtube in glorious 720p HD. Watch and enjoy!We’ve got 13 incredible videos of The OneUps in concert at MAGFest 8. The songs... more
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Announcing a football game is hard work. You have to watch the game and talk about what's going on, and you don't even get to pound beer and Doritos while you're doing it. It's just too damn stressful up in the booth. That's why football announcers are always dropping F-bombs and saying really racist and/or homophobic things. Here are 10 Awesome Football Announcer F*ck-Ups:Announcing a football game is hard work. You have to watch the game and talk about... more
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REMEMBER WHEN HIP HOP MADE YOU THINK AND IT HAD A MESSAGE. HERE IS A STORYTELLING RHYME OF EVERYDAY ISSUES AFFECTING AREAS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
by:ARapperNamedBilalREMEMBER WHEN HIP HOP MADE YOU THINK AND IT HAD A MESSAGE. HERE IS A STORYTELLING... more
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I'm going to have to say my favorite is a toss up between tetris and mario.
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this guy on youtube named SupraDarky has a large list of his favorite video game music. This link goes to his channel. Go to his playlists and you'll see it. Be warned, it's 500+ videos.this guy on youtube named SupraDarky has a large list of his favorite video game... more
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In...the name of Remilia-sama, it shall be her week of herself, on the week of July 12, 2009.....It shall be....
Yukari, its time to settle this nonsense...
Over nothing, it you that--
if that is the way, then so it be...
(Ru ru ru ru ru)
Its seems you fail once more again, yukari-sama.....In...the name of Remilia-sama, it shall be her week of herself, on the week of July... more
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.....As I, the gate guard, is very pleased, that I am celebrated on the week of July 7, 2009...whci is..
Hong Meiling WEEK!!!!
Ah, the gate guard is so lazy today, on a lazy afternoon in Gensokyo..........As I, the gate guard, is very pleased, that I am celebrated on the week of July... more
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~Oh, but Reimu-sama, I thought you liked Sakuya-san's tea?~
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Not ....really....
....Well you cannot get through, without an invitation of course!~~~Oh, but Reimu-sama, I thought you liked Sakuya-san's tea?~
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....Ufufufufufufu....
~Fufufufufufu....!!~~~
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Paine: I.....I....this isn't supposed to happen, my plans weren't--
Zoot : Paine-sama!~! ....Master........Ufufufufufufu....
~Fufufufufufu....!!~~~
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Paine: I.....I....this... more
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....~For Suika!~~
For June the week of June 30, 2009, Its SUIKA WEEK!!~~~
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Paine: I..I..don't understand everything should have went according to pla--....
Zoot: Paine-sama!!~~
"~Throw everything in the dark, and you shall have immortality~"
~Infinite Stone of Knowledge.......~For Suika!~~
For June the week of June 30, 2009, Its SUIKA WEEK!!~~~
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Its for Suwako-SAMA!!!!~~
~For June, 27th, 2009 is Suwako week!~
KER◎
~Iku!~
No, its you again, Sanae!
Komachi-san, it could be because you are indeed greedy....
^_^;
Flair + Gensokyo = Yorst 2
Coming in ......Winter 2017
Dear me, Sakuya....
Ah Suika, up for another drink?
Pardon...
~NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!~
~Flair: Reimu, you've manage to defeat me, but my will shall never die....And for that..Zular, Fular, please forgive--
Fular: Flair!!Its for Suwako-SAMA!!!!~~
~For June, 27th, 2009 is Suwako week!~
KER◎
~Iku!~... more
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Yes, Narshen....
i gave him my title of the theme...In the name of Bern!!~
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