Archive for the 'Music' Category

Make a note
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Already labelled as one of the greatest original songs ever used in a videogame, ‘Still Alive’ from the closing credits of Portal has become something of an internet phenomenon. But the real surprise has been the overwhelming international response to one young woman’s achingly beautiful rendition on YouTube.
Of all the games released in 2007, only […]

Sleeping around
Monday, June 12th, 2006

Like some people I know, music and videogames have fallen into bed together
So, here it is: I have a friend named Sonia*. She’s a psychology major, Asian, likes to go out. You can usually find her knocking back breakfast beers at the local cafe come 5 a.m. most weekends. With her designer fringe, shitty day […]