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Learning Bastion’s OST on the Guitar
Bastion is a game by Supergiant Games. If you haven't played it yet, you really should. The music playing in the background? It's a pleasant mix of spaghetti western plus modern electronica. Darren Korb, the in-house composer, says he used Logic (and I can hear some Apple Loops in there, too) to sequence it. That gives ...
Is Video Game Music Essential?
THE SETUP A Kotaku article about someone gaining the "courage" to ignore video game music was published online recently. A blogger I respect, Cruise Elroy, wrote a response to it. I am now writing a blog post responding to both. THE ANALYSIS The former article recounts the experience of one person who went from lionizing video game music as canon to ...
Fallout: New Vegas Wrapup (Spoilers, Duh)
The exciting conclusion to Fallout: New Vegas was finally within my grasp last night. Be warned: there be spoilers abound. THE FATE OF NEW VEGAS For the record, I played on Normal difficulty, Hardcore mode. Most of my time was spent with Rex and Veronica as companions (halfway through until end), and I was more or less ...
Adventures in Sneaking
Through repeated plays of many games that require you to overcome enemies to progress through a narrative, I've come to a conclusion: save for a game that actually punishes you for it, by dint of its overall treatment (e.g. Metal Gear, Thief), the best way to win is to Rambo, not stealth-play, the situation. This all ...