In Real Life

A Song That Makes Me Want To Play Minecraft And Cry

Laura Shigihara, the woman that brought zombies to lawns everywhere lends her soft voice to the hard edges of Minecraft in her latest creation, “Cube Land”, an oddly emotional tune for such a procedural world.


July 28, 2011
In Real Life

Dear Valve. This Girl Wants A Job.

Meet Erin. She rally wants to work at Valve, and after sending her resume three times, she’s taken to YouTube. With a not so modest proposal. And a song.


May 17, 2011
In Real Life

A Capella Group Pays Homage To The Turrets

This is an A Capella version of the “turret opera” from late in Portal 2. I don’t really know why you’d sing this, but making funny noises is a big part of A Capella, so works just fine.


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

A New Way To Get Toto’s ‘Africa’ Stuck In Your Head

When was the last time you heard an a capella send-up of shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2? Never? Me too!


November 24, 2010
In Real Life

You Cannot Scrub This Mario Drawing Song From Your Brain

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October 13, 2010
News

Browse The Entire Rock Band Music Library In This Post

In honour of the release of Rock Band’s 2000th song, Harmonix has released a handy widget that lets you browse the entire Rock Band library from inside a blog post. For instance, this one.


January 23, 2009
In Real Life

An Exceptionally Old Game Reviewed… In Song

If you’re going to sing a song about a game, reviewing it while you do so, I think it would be a good idea to take the Adam Sandler approach and not the Jewel one.