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I’ve attended several video game orchestras, and definitely enjoyed them. Video Games Live last night in KL was, however, was a step above in entertainment.

The main reason? It was made for gamers. Other game orchestras focused on making the event formal, seeking to elevate game music into high art. While delivering quality music, VGL actually emphasized the fun that came from being a gamer, by including in-jokes that only gamers would understand, and adding little touches that resonates well to gamers and game developers.

The review for the VGL Minnesota’s performance said it well:

Tallarico and Wall clearly understand that the excitement of Video Games Live lies in its open invitation for people who have spent untold hours with, and become emotionally involved in, video games (”I’ve literally cried playing this game,” my 25-year-old brother told me while the orchestra played music from Metal Gear Solid) to come together by the thousands to share an experience that otherwise is shared by only as many people as one can fit in a living room.

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Norihiko Hibino, one of the composers for the Metal Gear Solid series and Zone of the Enders, gave a talk at APIIT-UCTI. It was a free, public event and I did a review for the IGDA Malaysia website. See the post here.

Yes, he did more than spoke, he gave the audience some really good sax.

Done in a day. The “Companion” in “Vehicle companion” is a more political correct term bandied after the issue of the term “booth babe”, and figured I’d use that for this one.

Why “vehicle”? Well, she’s not necessarily on a car.

Another old sketch to render out. Just keeping up the practice.