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The Soundtrack of Imaginary Places

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A trip to Sin City prompts thoughts of the one thing people usually don’t think about when they think of Games, but something absolutely essential: sound. Music. Melody. The burbles of the casinos to the chimes of pinball to the soundtracks of computer games - it’s an essential part of losing yourself in another world.

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James Lileks

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  • Belt@Belt

    Yup - there must have been some sort of hiccup in the recording. Sounds like they had to restart the recording at that point. Not that I'm complaining, but could you guys increase the sound level for the Ramble? I had to double the output on my speakers to hear this clearly. (I'm not complaining, just remarking, okay?)

    On a different note, I spent many an hour killing demons in Doom. I also picked up the 'Hell to Pay' mod at one point, which gave it a new experience. Also, iddqd.

  • Spicy Food Hiccups@SpicyFoodHiccups
    Oh, man...now here's a topic near and dear to me. My wife regularly ridicules me for how many video game scores I listen to -- but there really are some excellent instrumental pieces. (Even back in the days of the beeps and bloops.) That Halo track was a perfect example of the emotions just hearing that music can bring back, though I'd agree that the more atmospheric pieces would have more impact for players who experienced them firsthand.
  • cirby@cirby

    A shocking amount of the music I listen to is from video games. There's a massive amount of wonderful stuff from the Final Fantasy series, for example.

    Quite a bit is from games I've never even played, for that matter.

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