Whether you like it or not, the vast majority of the world is made up of people who play video games in one way or another. Yet bafflingly, they’re still seen as a lesser cousin to the pop culture’s big three of music, movies and TV.
This surely has to stop?
Anyway, with a lovely orchestral score of the Zelda theme doing the rounds at the moment, we thought we’d have a look at the best music that has featured on video games. There’s a dazzling amount to choose from… so which have we gone for? Over the jump to listen and disagree.
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Ups and downs.
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- The Sun’s coverage of the Raoul Moat story (responsible as always)
- Murray misery (it doesn’t matter that we expected nothing, it still stings like a big fat bee caught on your testes)
- Top Gear mini-movies (If just one second of them wasn’t faked that would be nice)
- Scratchcards (when was the last time anyone won more than a £1 on these? Second thoughts, who still buys them? Idiots)
- Early Inception reviews (don’t read them; you’ll be just too hyped. There’s even one that mentions the word ‘miracle’.
It’s Friday, friend. Relax.
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- Toy Story 3 (if you’re going to trust us on anything, trust us when we tell you how amazing this is)
- Wasting hours and hours riding about in Red Dead Redemption (horses are ace. Wonder if they make cheap pets..?)
- Toy Story meets The Wire (follow the money, Woody)
- England bashing: football (it’s a national pastime)
- The vuvuzela (annoying? Good, we specialise in that anyway)
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I’m not a gamer. I’ll happily have an evening with a controller and a few beers, but when my thumbs start to blister and my eyes crust over, I rejoin the real world.
Having said that, I’m not lacking that manchildish streak that still gets pants wettingly excited at the prospect of being a cowboy/ pirate/ zombie/ space marine/ Elvis.
You only have to see the average stag do to see grown men, thanks to intoxication and a flimsy excuse, donning the likeness of their particular hero and having a jolly good prance about.
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French bread and French people.
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Emails and Faxes.
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- Brinner (breakfast at dinner. Think the All Day Breakfast at Little Chef)
- Red Dead Redemption (check out the trailer here. This will be bigger than GTA IV)
- Ne-Yo (best dressed singer in R’n’B. What? That’s worth something)
- Fat Ben on The Apprentice (busting out of those pinstriped suits like a middle-aged banker. Rock on)
- Eurovision 2009 (no Terry Wogan on the sauce, Andrew Lloyd Webber doing the song, fit girl singing it, and we still lose. This is a screw up to be proud of)
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