In Real Life

A Song Built From The Sounds Of Skyrim

We seen more than our fair share of covers of Skyrim‘s bombastic theme music over the past six months. Now it’s time for a little something different: an original song pieced together using sounds recorded from the Xbox 360 version of the game.


May 17, 2011
PC

Dragon Age Legends: Remix 01 Delivers Hack-And-Slash In A Flash

Dragon Age Legends developer EA2D turned over all of the assets to its Facebook strategy role-playing game to acclaimed Flash game developer Pixelante, and the action-packed Dragon Age Legends: Remix 01 is what they got back.


April 14, 2011
Retro

Sonic The Hedgehog: The Sound Of Speed

Kotaku AU

The Sound of Speed invites you to cast the bitter, bitter memory of terrible Sonic games into the depths of your sub conscious, and enjoy 13 classic Sonic the Hedgehog tracks remixed by 15 different artists. The best part? It’s all totally free.


February 18, 2011
PlayStation

Does Seeing The Dead Island Trailer In Reverse Make It Any Less Traumatic?

Actually, this recut by IGN probably makes the story even worse. At least in the original, we know the little girl dies, and the focus then becomes the struggle. Here, the payoff of that struggle is a child’s death.


November 6, 2010
News

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Needed A Little Jazz Scat

I didn’t realise how much “Do Wop Dow” Sonic the Hedgehog 4: episode 1′s music was missing until I listened to Marc Gordon’s jazz scat remix of the game’s soundtrack. It might even be more “Do Wop Dow” than you can handle.


August 7, 2010
News

DJ Max Portable 3 Turns The Tables With Triple-Track Remixing

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PM Studios and developer Pentavision mix things up in DJ Max Portable 3 with a three-track remixing system causing fingers to fly even faster over the PSP’s buttons later this year.


January 27, 2010
News

The History Of The World Of Video Game Music

If the history of video games from the Atari 2600 to the Super Nintendo were turned into a musical, this would be its soundtrack.


October 8, 2008
Uncategorized

Mirror’s Edge Remix Album – One Song Enters, Six Songs Leave

DICE are extremely pleased with the theme song to their upcoming free-action running delivering shooting things game Mirror’s Edge, Swedish pop star Lisa Miskovsky’s “Still Alive” (no relation). So pleased, in fact, that they’ve gathered the original song plus five remixes together on a special album to be digitally released on November 11th. Top remixers like Junkie XL, Teddybears, and Paul van Dyk all deliver their own unique spin on Lisa’s original track. “A groundbreaking videogame demands an equally provocative theme song,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing for EA. “We’ve taken an unprecedented approach to this track, bringing together several of the world’s top remixers to create an album that will not only cross genres and borders, but also redefine how great new music can be delivered to the world.”


October 1, 2008
Uncategorized

Namco Brings Back Pole Position On iPhone

Prepare to qualify! Namco Networks, the mobile game development and publishing arm of good old Namco Bandai has futzed around with a classic racing title and dropped it on the iPhone for a whole new generation (read: market) of gamers to enjoy. Pole Position: Remix takes the primitive gameplay of the original Pole Position, tacks on some rather nifty new controls, and charges you $9.99 for the privilege of playing it.

“Pole Position: Remix is a fun and intuitive game that anyone can take for a spin,” says Scott Rubin, senior vice president, Namco Networks. “Similar to playing a racing game in an arcade, Pole Position: Remix makes you feel as if you are actually getting behind the wheel and racing on the track, screeching around turns and breaking to avoid a crash.”

In a fit of nostalgia I downloaded the game this morning. It’s solid, and the controls are fun, both the tilt steering and the on-screen thumb-controlled steering wheel options. It’s just the gameplay really hasn’t aged all that well. I need some sort of nostalgia alarm that locks my wallet when the feeling hits. If you just can’t resist, PP:Remix is now available at an Apple Apps Store near you.