Video Blips: Dear Esther, Jazz: Trump's Journey, and more

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Friday, January 20, 2012

I can't remember the last time I felt that a game's music moved me. That really makes me appreciate the fantastic soundtrack for Dear Esther.

Video Blips:

  • You really only need to know two things about Dear Esther. First, it has a sense of mystery and discovery unlike anything I've seen before it. Second, the music for it sounds beautiful. 

Continue past the break to see footage of Jazz: Trumps' Journey and a teaser trailer for Microsoft's Deadlight.


 

  • Speaking of music, here's a little-known anecdote about me: Whenever I stole an exotic car in Grand Theft Auto 4, I changed the radio station to jazz. That habit alone is the reason I want to check out Jazz: Trump's Journey on my iPad.


  • Want to release a teaser trailer for a game but not include any gameplay? That's cool; all you have to do is have a guy give a short monologue on killing people. Also: Microsoft should have just gotten Liam Neeson to do this. It would easily be ten times cooler.

 
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100media_imag0065
January 21, 2012

The last time video game music really moved me was in Shadow of the Colossus. The song that plays after you take a Colossus down is absolutely heartbreaking. After killing 16 of them, that tune never failed to make me sad and mad at myself for killing it in the first place. Powerful stuff.

Now if we were just talking about what I think the overall best video game soundtrack is, I would have to say Super Mario Galaxy. I've been gaming for a long, long time, and I was never so captivated with a musical score before like I was in Galaxy. I loved it so much I paid well over $100 for the soundtrack when they were very difficult to get your hands on one.

Funny-pictures-interesting-cat
January 22, 2012

Those are some good picks! My poor little laptop will never run Dear Esther, so I hope it eventually finds release on other platforms. Bonus points for that soundtrack link...

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