 So yesterday in the midst of the Microsoft Press Conference, The Track list for Rock Band 2 was unveiled. While only a few names were mentioned and the screen too small for most public viewers who watched the conference to see the list, staff at Kotaku who were in attendance kindly posted the list on their site. Besides the fact that the 360 version has the capability to download the entire original game's song list into the 2nd game seamlessly, every song in this huge list is a master track!!. So here's the list, enjoy!
Continue reading E3 2008: Official Rock Band 2 Track List Revealed
 As a sort of unofficial part II to a great blog entry Dave wrote in January called "Game Music through the Ages... Why is Game Music so Popular?", I've decided to write one focusing on custom soundtracks and user recommendations.
In the last decade or so, custom soundtracks in video games have increased in popularity both due to the digital age as well as advances in game systems and personal computers. Of course there are also the memories and nostalgia of times when one would have their 8-track, LP, Cassette, or CD playing in the background. Add digital files to that and you've come all the way across 30+ years of gaming. Any of you listen to Pac-Man fever while chasing ghosts? Or "Gangsta's Paradise" when Ridge Racer came out for the PlayStation and you found out you could take the game disc out and pop in a music CD? No shame in that, we've all made mistakes in the past. Hell I remember when "U Can't Touch This" was all the rage a few months after Super Mario Bros. 3 came out 18 years ago. Did that make you feel old, or maybe really young? Just wait until the 25th anniversary of that song and the game when you, or one of your parents, break out the elephant pants and make an ass of you/themselves, hopefully all in good fun. Maybe Fred Savage will reprise his role in the sequel: The Wizard II: Arthritic Speedrun Pwnage.
That's not to say the default game music that is included in a title is bad, in fact in many cases far from it. It means that if a game's soundtrack doesn't suit you, you can always change it. So if your willing, feel free to share with your fellow RFGen members, your favorite custom music you listen to while gaming. Everyone's tastes are different and it's always great to find new songs or albums that may make a particular game that much better, or a song that really suits a genre perfectly. So here's a few favorites of mine and the games I like to play while listening to them:
Continue reading Play 'em: Custom Game Sountracks
So I played the Bioshock demo this morning. All the buzz surrounding it's release on XBL I figured I'd give it a go. Maybe, just maybe, my initial impression of the game was inaccurate.
It started out well enough. The plane crash, the exploration of the "visitor center" that leads to the city of "Rapture". I even had fun for the first 20 minutes or so. Some of the better points of this game are it's interaction with the environment, the music and the graphics/sound are both solid.
After rooting through garbage cans and corpses, killing a couple dozen cookie-cutter enemies and playing around with different weapons it started to bore me. The hacking and exploration of refuse and rubble filled areas got a bit repetitive. When the initial reaction from the environment and setting wore off it became just another FPS. A pity to anyone who had hoped that this would retain any part of the System Shock games, they'll be sadly disappointed.
No doubt this game will sell well to the game-starved 360 crowd who've waited all summer for a big title to hit store shelves. And no doubt reviewers will give it good scores, but I don't think it'll earn any GOTY awards. I'll of course give the game another chance once it comes out, I'm sure someone I know will buy it, but right now it's a bargain-binner. Overall the demo gets a solid 7.5 out of me, mostly for the soundtrack and presentation.
From my old blog, posted July 18:
Been listening to their "Vaporware Soundtracks" album, awesome tunes. Every time I hear them I get a vibe like I'm listening to someone playing an Intellivision, Sega Master System, or Sega Genesis in the background of my living room.
Hell I may even break out my Music Composer for the Commodore 64 that I have and start messing around with it. Thanks to Scott for introducing me to them. 
http://www.8bitweapon.com/
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