The Video Game Critic

I love that "Did you ever think..." thread, and it presents a more creative way of revealing something that I don't think I could ever talk about in a room of ordinary people, only gamers.

When I was a kid in the NES days, I absolutely LOVED good video game music. I loved it more than what I listened to on the radio or cassettes. I loved it so much that (here is the slightly embarassing part) I used to get to the level that had my favorite music and pause the game or find a place where I could just let the game sit, and I would crank my stereo and just listen while I did other things in my bedroom. My favorite was always in Sunsoft games. The boss music in Fester's Quest, the second level of Journey to Silius, pretty much any level of Batman or Blaster Master, I could play them for hours and not get tired of them. I would let them play quietly while I slept at night. I would put my boombox next to my speakers and record my favorites so I could listen to them on my walkman while I did my paper route the next morning. And while the music is definitely good, I think it was it's association with the games that I loved that made me so fond of it. When I sit down to play these games today, my drive to play alot of them is at least 50% so I can listen to the music. This is probably why, when I can't decide what I want to play, I always resort to a Sunsoft game or Mega Man 2. For the music.

Anybody have any they want to add?

Ah, yes. Lemmings on the Game Gear had some pretty memorable music, as did Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap on the SMS. I even have the tune from Cheetahmen on my hard drive in the Jeep. Sometimes I like the actual song, other times I listen to it to bring back the memories I had when playing it. This is the case with that Mars Volta song, "Zed and the Two Naughts" which reminds me of the days where I wished I could sit at home 24/7 playing MLB 12: The Show. Yes, I thought it was that good of a game, and I almost flunked out of college because of it. Almost . 

I'm almost ashamed to admit.....
I HATE lending my games out, I just get paranoid that I either won't get them back or I won't get them back in the same condition. This is tenfold if it's any of my Sega stuff. But to compound my shame I have no hesitation borrowing games from my friends, so Miles I will bring your God of War 2 back one day - promise !

I'm almost ashamed to admit...

Actually, mine is the same as Paul's. I really, really like videogame music. I even have a top 5 list of favorite composers:

1. Nobuo Uematsu
2. Yasunori Mitsuda
3. Motoi Sakuraba
4. Jeremy Soule
5. Hiroki Kikuta

Paul, that Journey to Silius song is bad ass.  I remember doing the same thing on that level.  I think you could pause it and it would continue playing in the background (if I remember right, although that's been 20 years ago).

Another song that I used to fire up was in ActRaiser.  It was a very mournful, melody like song that I thought was amazing that it could be made on the SNES.  For some reason it reminded me of the piano Lonely Man song from the Incredible Hulk.

I've got one I'm almost ashamed to admit...

...I bought Disney Infinity 2.0 including the Spiderman and Guardians of the Galaxy sets.  and several additional figures.

I think I've thrown down something like $260 in all.  Do you know how messed up that is?  But at the end of the day, it's freaking awesome.  I know it's idiotic, but they're Marvel characters you can hold and play in a video game all at the same time.  I mean what could be cooler?

Star Wars...but that's for the same thread next year for Disney Infinity 3.0.  

Cool thread

That I still haven't wanted to hook my 360, ps3, Wii, psp or 3ds up to the internet even though I have an excellent wireless connection available in my home.

Actraiser, sometimes the fact that a game like Journey to Silius allowed me to listen to the music without having to actually play made me grow fonder of the music quicker than if I had to actually effort myself to stay alive so I could hear it.