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This Awesome Music Video Thinks It’s A Very Old Video Game

8:30PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

After I posted Sole’s new video yesterday, I was inundated with emails from people saying “OH YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS MUSIC VIDEO THAT’S LIKE A VIDEO GAME”. Most of them were rubbish, but this one, from Polinski, was great. More »


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This Rap Video Was Made By Game Artists

7:00PM February 8, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Rapper Sole, who we’ve featured once or twice here on Kotaku before, has a new video out with his Skyrider Band (pictured above), and it’s one that might be right inside a gamer’s wheelhouse. More »


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A Dorky Hip-Hop Tribute To Mass Effect

12:00PM February 7, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

However you define “Nerdcore”, I’d say that once a guy is dropping rhymes about the ins and outs of Mass Effect, he probably qualifies. But let’s not get caught up in labels — these tracks, which premiered over at Destructoid, are a goofy good time. More »


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Did Three Japanese Guys In Afro Wigs Just Accidentally Cover The Super Mario Land Theme?

10:30AM February 7, 2012 | Chris Person

Game music can show up in the most random places. Rarely, however, does it involve rock bands in bad wigs. More »


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Put Your Lighter In The Air For This Rock Remix Of The Skyrim Theme

2:30PM February 3, 2012 | Owen Good

As a fierce, cold land of rippling muscles and town guards who speak like Col. John Matrix, Skyrim has always struck me as a kind of ancestral home for hard rock, much in the same way Iceland is where the Supreme Council of Metal is seated. That makes this rock remix of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim especially appropriate. More »


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Plants Vs. Zombies’ Best Music Meets Shredding Finger-Style Guitar

8:30AM February 3, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

I adore the music to PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies. I bought the soundtrack from composer Laura Shigihara, and I still listen to it pretty regularly. More »


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Ryan Adams: Singer, Songwriter, Skyrim Fan

8:15AM February 3, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Indie alt-rocker Ryan Adams is many things: Reformed troublemaker, husband to Mandy Moore, provocative interviewee, and damned good songwriter. More »


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Music Video Is A Total Homage To Old Sega Arcade Games

6:40PM February 2, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Me and You, by Nero, is kinda famous right now as it’s been used as the jingle for the Beats by Dr Dre line of gear at Best Buy. More »


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Going To Miss BlizzCon In 2012? Not As Much As This World Of Warcraft Guild Will

4:30AM February 2, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Last month Blizzard announced that it’s annual fan convention would be skipping a year, returning in 2012 so the developer can focus on things like developing games. Some fans took this well. The Elysiam World of Warcraft guild on the US Shadowmoon server took to song. More »


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Lumines Electronic Symphony Is A 34-Track Love Letter To Electronic Muisc

2:40AM February 2, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Years of playing games like the original Lumines, Harmonix’s Frequency, or Squid in a Box’s PC shooter Waves have left me with a voracious appetite for electronic music, which is why the 34 tracks included in Ubisoft’s Lumines Electronic Symphony have me drooling. More »