I do a tumblr where every now and then I post interesting and cool start screens from video games. Over the weekend I had some free time so I decided to try my hand at video editing (if you can call putting clips together in Windows Movie Maker editing) and compiled 62 start / title screens from games that came out this year. I've covered most of the AAA titles and indie standouts but some game...
Many other people have written much, much better things about Ryan Davis than I ever will but sometimes you just need to write your thoughts down on even if they're incomprehensible. --- "Ryan Davis can't die." Those were my thoughts when reading the news story about Ryan's tragic death last week. "But it's Ryan motherfucking Davis" I kept thinking as I tried to make sense of it all. When you w...
Song: Remember Your Childhood Game: Remember Me Artist: Olivier Deriviere Available from: iTunes , CD Baby
Song: joggers in the park Game: Cart Life Artist: pocketmaster Available from: artist's website (free! Go to the 'Releases' section and it's part of the tin guerilla EP )
Song: Everybody Wants to Rule the World Game: BioShock Infinite Artist: Scott Bradlee (originally by Tears for Fears) Available from: N/A
Song: Short Reunite Long Goodbye Game: Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington (DLC) Artist: Lorne Balfe Available from: N/A
Song : Barbas Theme Artist : Noisia Game : DmC: Devil May Cry Available from : artist's website , iTunes , qobuz
Gun Metal Grey (theme from First World Bank) by Simon Viklund Song : Gun Metal Grey (theme from First World Bank) Game : Payday: The Heist Artist : Simon Viklund Available from : Bandcamp
Had to resurrect this feature because the Hotline Miami soundtrack is brill and the whole thing is on Soundcloud . (The track in the blog title is #3) Hotline Miami - Official Soundtrack by DevolverDigital Song : Paris Game : Hotline Miami Artist : M.O.O.N. Available from : N/A (should be out soon according to the official twitter)
Song : Concept of Love Game : Jet Set Radio Future Artist : Hideki Naganuma Available from : N/A
Click the little down arrow and choose track 20. <a href="http://virt.bandcamp.com/album/double-dragon-neon">Double Dragon Neon by Jake Kaufman</a> Song : Tube Ride Game : Double Dragon Neon Artist : Jake Kaufman Available from : Bandcamp
Click the little down arrow and choose track 3. &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://wblackall.bandcamp.com/album/polymer-original-soundtrack"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Polymer: Original Soundtrack by Whitaker Trebella&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Song : Cola Game : Polymer Artist : Whitaker Trebella Available from : Bandcamp
<a href="http://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/super-hexagon-ep">Super Hexagon EP by Chipzel</a> Song : Courtesy Game : Super Hexagon Artist : Chipzel (Niamh Houston) Available from : Bandcamp
Song : We've Got Hostiles Game : Black Mesa Artist : Joel Nielsen Available from : artist's website (free!)
Song : Apotheosis Game : Journey Artist : Austin Wintory Available from : iTunes (US), iTunes (GB), iTunes (JP), PS Store
Song : Oh, Look! Game : McPixel Artist : Sos (Mikolaj Kaminski), presumably Available from : free with purchasing PC version of the game
Song : Fear Not This Night Game : Guild Wars 2 Artist : Jeremy Soule (composer), Asja (vocals) Available from : Direct Song (album), iTunes (single)
Song : Main Menu Theme Game : JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. Artist : N/A Available from : N/A
Click on the little down arrow and choose track 8. <a href="http://24caretgames.bandcamp.com/album/retro-grade-soundtrack">Retro/Grade Soundtrack by Skyler McGlothlin</a> Song : All Your Bass Are Belong to Us Game : Retro/Grade Artist : Skyler McGlothlin Available from : Bandcamp
Song : Here Comes the Rain Game : Gungrave Artist : Tsuneo Imahori (composer) Raj Ramayya (vocals) Available from : out of print (from what brief searching I did)
Click on the little down arrow and choose track 12. <a href="http://wrench.bandcamp.com/album/unmechanical">Unmechanical by wrench</a> Song : Unmechanical Game : Unmechanical Artist : wrench (Jonas Kjellberg) Available from : Bandcamp
Song : Main Theme Game : Deadlight Artist : David Garcia Diaz Available from : N/A
Song : Reznor's Theme (unofficial title) Game : New Super Mario Bros. 2 Artist : Kenta Nagata (listed as Sound Director in credits so don't know who actual composer, could be Koji Kondo (who's credited as Sound Advisor)) Available from : N/A
Peter Chapman - The Lab by Mr Toffee Song : The Lab Game : Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack! Artist : Peter Chapman Available from : N/A
Whole soundtrack is worth listening to. Song : Trouble in Eden Game : Darksiders II Artist : Jesper Kyd Available from : Amazon , iTunes , eMusic
Song : Toberu Mono (The Flying One) Game : The Last Story Artist : Nobuo Uematsu Available from : CDJapan , Play-Asia , YESASIA , Otaku
Song : Sync Game : Fez Artist : Disasterpeace (Rich Vreeland) Available from : Bandcamp
Track 5. Song : Facepalm Game : A Virus Named Tom Artist : Misfits Attic Available from : Steam (requires game)
Click the little down arrow and choose track 6. <a href="http://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/spelunky">Spelunky by Eirik Suhrke</a> Song : Adventure Begins Game : Spelunky Artist : Eirik Suhrke Available from : Bandcamp
Song : Missions for the Brilliant Executor -2K mix- Game : Persona 4 Arena (Arrange Soundtrack) Artist : Toshiki Konishi & Atsushi Kitajoh (arranged by), Shoji Meguro (composer) Available from : Arrange Soundtrack comes with pre-orders
Song : Mysterious Invaders Game : Kid Icarus: Uprising Artist : Yuzo Koshiro Available from : nintendo.jp (in Japanese, obviously) Song : Slow Moon Game : Streets of Rage 2 Artist : Yuzo Koshiro Available from : N/A
Song : Twister -Kingdom Mix- (originally from The World Ends With You ) Game : Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Artist : Takeharu Ishimoto Available from : CDJapan , Play-Asia , YESASIA Song : Toy Block Tower Game : Wario Land 4 Artist : Ryoji Yoshitomi Available from : N/A
Song : Gourmet Race/Green Greens Game : Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Artist : Jun Ishikawa Available from : pack-in with game (full track list here but it's in Japanese)
I've been replaying FFIX recently and this is my favourite song from the OST. Song : You're Not Alone Game : Final Fantasy IX Artist : Nobuo Uematsu Available from : iTunes (according to Square Enix music website), Amazon.com (import), CDJapan , YESASIA , Play-Asia
Song : Tiny Wings Theme Game : Tiny Wings Artist : Andreas Illiger Available from : Composer's website (free!)
Song : Haunted House Game : Tetris Battle Gaiden Artist : Tomoyuki Hamada Available from : N/A Song : El Blaze Game : Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Artist : AM R&D 2 Sound Staff, Kazuki Takagi, Yasuyuki Nagata, Seiichi Hamada Available from : iTunes
For those who watched this weeks pre-TNT SNES marathon. Song : Title Screen Game : Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball Artist : N/A Available from : N/A
Song : The Battlescene Game : Endless Space Artist : Amplitude Studios (no specific composer listed) Available from : Steam (when purchasing the game)
Song : Play My Ass Off Game : Anarchy Reigns (Max Anarchy in JP) Artist : Josh Clemons Available from : Play-Asia , CDJapan , Amazon.jp
Song : Emperor Napoleon Showdown (JP OST title) Game : Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure Artist : Tomoya Ohtani Available from : iTunes (EU OST), iTunes (JP OST)
Song : White Park Zone Act 2 Game : Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Artist : Jun Senoue Available from : iTunes
Song : Time to Make History Game : Persona 4: Golden Artist : Shoji Meguro Available from : CDJapan , YESASIA
Missed a couple of days so I'm posting two pieces of music. &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://thomaswasalone.bandcamp.com/track/escape"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Escape by David Housden&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Song : Escape Game : Thomas Was Alone Artist : David Housden Available from : Bandcamp Song : Menu Theme Game : The Real Texas Artist : "Yasso" Available from...
Click on the little down arrow and choose track 7. <a href="http://shootmanyrobots.bandcamp.com/album/shoot-many-robots">Shoot Many Robots by Disasterpeace</a> Song : Robot Infestation Blues Game : Shoot Many Robots Artist : Disasterpiece ( Rich Vreeland ) Available from : Bandcamp
<a href="http://souzamusic.bandcamp.com/track/outro-music">Outro Music by Souzamusic</a> Song : Outro Music Game : The Journey Down Artist : Souzamusic (Simon D'souza) Available from : Bandcamp
Song : The Trial Game : Cthulhu Saves the World Artist : Gordon McNeil Available from : Zeybod (free!)
Song : Flip a Switch Game : Quantum Conundrum Artist : Chris Ballew (lead singer of The Presidents of the United States) Available from : Steam (you have to purchase the season pass)
Song : Staff Roll Game : Pokémon Conquest Artist : ? (Looked everywhere but I couldn't find the composer. The only credits I could find online were in Japanese, which didn't help much) Available from : N/A
Song : Douse Shinundakara Game : Gravity Rush Artist : Kouhei Tanaka (vocals by Masako Toda) Available from : Amazon.jp , CDJapan , YESASIA (unfortunately I'm not able to find a non-Japanese release)
Click on the little down arrow and choose track 2. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://jimguthrie.bandcamp.com/album/the-scythian-steppes-seven-sworcery-songs-localized-for-japan"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;The Scythian Steppes: Seven #Sworcery Songs Localized for Japan by Jim Guthrie&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;...
For those of you that don't know (which I expect to be everyone except the one duder who goes to my uni), I do a VGM radio show on my university/community FM radio station . As term has now finished and I am back home for the holidays, the show is on a break until the new school year starts. While I've got all this free time I thought it would be useful to make note of any great VGM I come acro...
I like video games. I like buying them, playing them, discussing them but I always have a problem finishing them. As a child of the internet age I've come to the realisation that I have a short attention span and that means if a game doesn't fully grab my interest, I tend to drift away from it. And it's not as though the games were bad or that I didn't enjoy them it's just that, for some reason...
A few hours to go until the start of 2011 so what better time to post my Best of 2010 list. Best of 2010 1. Mass Effect 2 At first, I was not a fan of many of the changes made to Mass Effect 2 from Mass Effect 1. The focus from RPG to Third-Person Shooter slightly annoyed me but as I got deeper into the game that slowly went away and all that I was left with was a sense of awe. Few games can ma...
After seeing PSEG's awesome work on tracking community Quests I felt like taking a close look at my own Quest progress. Quest Finishing Positions (In Descending Order of Rarity) Average Quest Completion Position: 353 Finishing Position Over Time (In Order of When I Completed Them) Not too bad, I think. Generally, I complete Quests quite quickly if I'm at online at the time but there are those f...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Two blogs in two days? Madness. Full List of Games #150: Half-Life 2 Platform(s): PC, 360, PS3, Mac Release: 2004 Developer(s): Valve Best Quote: 'Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman' - G-Man GB Wiki Page My love for Half-Life 2 is kind of weird, I find remembering the times I played the game more enjoyable then when I'm actually playing it. That isn't a bad point again...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Exams are over and summer has begun so I can finally get back to finishing this. I've got to get through 245 games in 18 days if I want to stick finishing this ordeal in one year and in time for GB's 2nd Birthday. From now on I'm only going to focus on the important games and all the other games in-between will be in a handy list. So where did we leave off? RPGs...
365 Games To Play Before You Die All RPGs or RPG-like games today and this is just part one. Seeing as my backlog is quite large I need to go through many games a day so that I'm back up to the original game a day schedule. Previous 5 Games #96: Bejeweled #97: Picross DS #98: Audiosurf #99: Battlefield 2 #100: Shadow of the Colossus Full List #101: Baldur's Gate II: Shadow of Amn Platform(s): P...
365 Games To Play Before You Die 100 games! Yes, 100 whole games. This is the point where I realise that I might not have played 365 games that I would recommended but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Until that time I'll continue to go through some classics, such as today's choice. Previous 5 Games #95: Jazz Jackrabbit #96: Bejeweled #97: Picross DS #98: Audiosurf #99: Battlefield 2...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I haven't updated this blog in a long time but now I'm back and (I hope) this will be back on a regular schedule (doubt it). Previous 5 Games #82: Freedom Fighters #83: The Orange Box #84: Team Fortress 2 #85: Portal #86: Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Full List #87: Diablo Platform(s): PC and Mac Release: 1997 Developer(s): Blizzard Best Quote: (after clicking on a cow...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #81: Rayman 2: The Great Escape #82: Freedom Fighters #83: The Orange Box #84: Team Fortress 2 #85: Portal Full List #86: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 Release: 2007 Developer(s): Valve Best Quote: 'Prepare for unforeseen consequences.' GB Wiki Page If anyone thought that Episode One was lacklustre then Episode Two s...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #80: Sins of a Solar Empire #81: Rayman 2: The Great Escape #82: Freedom Fighters #83: The Orange Box #84: Team Fortress 2 Full List #85: Portal Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 Release: 2007 Developer(s): Valve Best Quote: 'Remember, the Aperture Science 'Bring Your Daughter to Work Day' is the perfect time to get her tested.' GB Wiki Page Por...
365 Game To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #79: Wii Sports #80: Sins of a Solar Empire #81: Rayman 2: The Great Escape #82: Freedom Fighters #83: The Orange Box Full List #84: Team Fortress 2 Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 Release: 2007 Developer(s): Valve Best Quote: 'Spy sappin' ma sentry!' GB Wiki Page Where do I start with this game? It's been two years since its release yet it sti...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Today is October 10th 2009 and that it means it's been two years since the release of one of the best deals in gaming history: The Orange Box. Previous 5 Games #78: Battlefield 1942 #79: Wii Sports #80: Sins of a Solar Empire #81: Rayman 2: The Great Escape #82: Freedom Fighters Full List #83: The Orange Box Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 Release: 2007 Develo...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I was meant to have this out yesterday but I got caught up in something else. Anyway that just means you'll end up with two blogs today because the other one was specific to this date. Previous 5 Games #75: Donkey Kong Country #76: Crash Bandicoot #77: Mario Kart 64 #78: Battlefield 1942 #79: Wii Sports Full List #80: Sins of a Solar Empire Platform(s): PC Relea...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I seem to be increasing the time between each of these blog posts which means I end up having to write about 18 games in one blog when I originally planned to focus on each of them individually. I quickly realised that plan was infeasible, so for the games I have less affinity towards I'll jam them in with others but for those stand out titles I'll make the extr...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I seem to be increasing the time between each blog but it's only because I've been quite busy lately. I've got 11, yes eleven, games to catch up on so I think I'll just post the games and only give my thoughts on the ones that I really like. Today it's threequels (or a sequel to a sequel). Previous 5 Games #47: Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes #48: Star Wa...
Well they're not must owns but there's a very high chance that I'll be picking up these games: Borderlands Alpha Protocol Left 4 Dead 2 Brutal Legend
365 Games To Play Before You Die I'm only over a week late again but don't worry as I've got a selection of eight for you to consider playing before you're demise. Today it's all about the fan's favourite. Yes it's the sequel. The second game in the series which can either be the next step up or seem like a blatant cash cow. Whatever your take on them they're here to stay and they've been stayi...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I'm going back to the start with some of the original gaming classics. All the games are influential in some way and are part f the reason the gaming industry is here today. They were all originally released before my time but they've all been ported on to nearly every system because of their reletive simplicity compared to today's standards. Also seeing as I'm...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I hope you like adventure games because that's all your getting today. Previous 5 Games #27: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter #28: Braid #29: Left 4 Dead #30: Mass Effect #31: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare #32: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Platform(s): PC, Mac, Wii, DS, GBA and PS1 Release: 1996 Developer(s): Revolution Software Best Quote: George: 'Yo...
365 Games To Play Before You Die A couple of newer games today which I consider to be future classics. Previous 5 Games #23: DOOM #24: MDK #25: The Operative: No One Lives Forever #26: Far Cry #27: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter #28: Braid Platform(s): XBLA, PC and PSN (eventually) Release: 2008 Developer(s): Number None Best Quote: 'Now we are all sons of Bitches' GB Wiki Page When Braid fi...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Today it's all FPS's with three gems from years past. Previous 5 Games #20: Winterbells #21: Advance Wars #22: Sonic the Hedgehog #23: DOOM #24: MDK #25: The Operative: No One Lives Forever Platform(s): PC, PS2 and Mac Release: 2000 Developer(s): Monolith Best Quote: 'You look like you need a monkey!' GB Wiki Page Who would have thought, a funny first person-sho...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #19: Grow Cube #20: Winterbells #21: Advance Wars #22: Sonic the Hedgehog #23: DOOM #24: MDK Platform(s): PC, Mac and PS1 Release: 1997 Developer(s) Shiny Best Quote: 'Flange Orbits' GB Wiki Page Why does no one ever talk about this game? MDK is easily one of the most original third person shooters that I've ever played but it seems that nobody...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #16: The Movies #17: Tropico #18: Knytt #19: Grow Cube #20: Winterbells #21: Advance Wars Platform(s): GBA Release: 2001 Developer(s): Intelligent Systems Best Quote: Can't remember GB Wiki Page I never owned a GBA so when I got my DS I went back and played many games that I'd missed out on. Advance Wars was one of those games. I heard lots of p...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Not all good games have to be bought or cost money. Today I going to list three of my favourite flash/downloadable games that I've played. I think a lot of people assume that all flash games are crappy, badly designed games but that's only true for some of them. There are loads of brilliant free online game on the web so I recommend people to check out jayisgame...
If you mean football (which you Americans call soccer) then yes. If you mean American football then I don't care.
365 Games To Play Before You Die A double dose of management games today. Previous 5 Games #11: Pac-Man #12: Tekken 3 #13: Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) #14: Worms Armageddon #15: Lemmings #16: The Movies Platform(s): PC and Mac Release: 2005 Developer(s): Lionhead Best Quote: Nothing in particular but the background radio DJ's were all funny. GB Wiki Page Lionhead has a good history with management...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Well I've got no real excuse for not posting a game yesterday except for laziness. Previous 5 Games #9: Peggle #10: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time #11: Pac-Man #12: Tekken 3 #13: Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) #14: Worms Armageddon Platform(s): PC, PS1, N64, Dreamcast, Mac and GBC Release: 1999 Developer(s): Team17 Best Quote: Hallelujah! GB Wiki Page Everybody l...
Well it was never given a proper 09 release date but I'd still like to have played it this year.
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #8: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #9: Peggle #10: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time #11: Pac-Man #12: Tekken 3 #13: Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) Platform(s): Nintendo 64 Release: 1997 Developer(s): Nintendo Best Quote: I know what you're all thinking but I'm not going to use it GB Wiki Page Surprisingly this is the first Nintendo game to...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Another day missed so another two games in one blog. Previous 5 Games #6: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 #7: Rise of Nations #8: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #9: Peggle #10: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time #11: Pac-Man Platform(s): Arcade and everything after Release: 1980 Developer(s): Namco Best Quote: Wakka-wakka-wakka GB Wiki Page Who hasn't played thi...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Well I was quite busy yesterday so I didn't post any blog so today you guys get a double dose of pre-death gaming. Previous 5 Games #4: Quake III #5: Castle Crashers #6: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 #7: Rise of Nations #8: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #9: Peggle Platform(s): PC, XBLA, iPhone and several others Release: 2007 Developer(s): PopCap Games Best Qu...
365 Game To Play Before You Die Previous 5 Games #3: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 #4: Quake III #5: Castle Crashers #6: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 #7: Rise of Nations #8: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Platform(s): Xbox and PC Release: 2003 Developer(s): BioWare Best Quote: Anything by HK-47 but my favourite is 'Exclamation: Damn it, Master! I am an assassination droid, not...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous Games #1: The Secret of Monkey Island #2: Transport Tycoon Deluxe #3: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 #4: Quake III #5: Castle Crashers #6: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 #7: Rise of Nations Platform(s): PC, Mac Release: 2003 Developer(s): Big Huge Games Best Quote: None GB Wiki Page As an RTS fan, Rise of Nations was a game that exceeded all my e...
365 Games To Play Before You Die I'm kind of cheating by doing 4 games in one day but I have a good excuse. I'm going away for the weekend so I won't be here on Friday, Saturday or Sunday so I thought I'd just cram them all in to one blog post and get them over with. I always like to be ahead rather then in a defect. A slight downside to this is that I'll only be able to write a smaller amount...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Previous Games #1: The Secret of Monkey Island #2: Transport Tycoon Deluxe Platform(s): PC, Playstation Release: 1994 Developer(s): Chris Sawyer Best Quote: No dialogue but awesome music GB Wiki Page Controlling transport infrastructure of a city doesn't seem like a fun concept for a game but somehow TTD takes a mundane task and turns it into an addictive simula...
365 Games To Play Before You Die Well GB has reached the 1 year milestone so I thought it was finally time to do a proper, continual blog. I'm not the kind of guy to write in-depth blog posts about what's happening in my life or trends in the game industry or anything like that but I wanted something that a feature where I could talk about games I like and keep it going. As there's 365 days in...
Yeah I said it, I don't like booth babes. I mean they have nothing to do with games (maybe they're acceptable at the DoA and Soul Calibur stands) and they just take space.
If I had the money then I'd always buy new games as it helps the developers. As I don't I'm not going to spend £40/$60 on a game that I might not get much enjoyment or replay value out of. I can understand why developers don't like it as they don't see any share of the profits but we're just like them as we're trying to get the most out of our money.
Almost any game by Tim Schaefer is hilarious but Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island series are his funniest games.
Please, please, please let this game come out next year. Maybe with Portal 2, it could be called the Turquoise Box.
The game just looks soooo good.
He may not be able to talk but then that's what Alyx is for. What can be better then having to genius scientists, who've saved the world several times from an alien race, in the White House.