Tag: Music

  • Going loopy – Resynth review

    Going loopy – Resynth review

    Resynth livens up the Sokoban formula with a musical twist – but at its core, it’s a deep and demanding puzzle game.

  • My favorite uses of licensed music in games

    My favorite uses of licensed music in games

    Kieran takes a look at why music is really important in games

  • Guitar Hero Live

    Guitar Hero Live

    Can Guitar Hero Live reinvent the rhythm genre as its predecessors did?

  • Cute Chronicles – Currently Playing Groove Coaster

    Susan explains why Groove Coaster Zero on the iPad, a trippy and catchy rhythm-action game, is so awesome.

  • Video Games Live Kickstarter gets exclusive Diablo track

    Now so close to hitting its funding target Tommy Tallarico’s Video Games Live Level 3 continues to receive the blessings of World of Warcraft creator Blizzard Entertainment.  Blizzard have even lent the campaign one of their composers! Being packed into the third Video Games Live album, which this Kickstarter is funding, will be an exclusive…

  • Olympic Hero…

    Ah, Guitar Hero. Despite the fact that my living room is still festooned with plastic tat, I had started to feel slightly more kindly disposed towards the franchise. Mostly, I suspect, because Activision pulled the plug on Guitar Hero back in February and since then the number of times I’ve had to hear Rock and…

  • The Reason I’ve Changed My Mind About Ocarina of Time

    So, you know how I was banging on about how Nintendo need to stop re-releasing Ocarina of Time and find a new cash cow? Small confession: I may have changed my mind a little bit. The reason for my rather abrupt climbdown? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4u5L4um0c&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] It’s Zelda. Remixed. As a can-can. It was created to coincide with…

  • Never Say Die

    Out of sheer luck, I had struck gold. Rock Band 3 was sitting on the shelf. I swooped towards it. Gracefully, it leapt into my waiting hands. As one we sailed, onwards to the checkout for what seemed both an instant and eternity. We had been parted for nigh on a single month. Too long!…

  • …And Justice For All

    I was first introduced to metal when I was in Primary 4 or so; I was at a friend’s house and he showed me a video of Metallica’s Enter Sandman. I hated it and never wanted to listen to it again – little did I know, those four horsemen would later become my favourite band.…