I’ve currently got my iPod shuffle filled with Overclocked Remix music. www.ocremix.org is a place where you can download (or contribute to) a collection of nearly 1500 video game tracks, remixed. There’s all the classics: Sonic, Tetris, Mario… all there. People take the original game tracks and totally revamp them. It’s some pretty good stuff.
Anyway, drop them onto a CD/MP3 player and you have yourself your very own video game music. If you listen to the music and try to visualize it, you can feel like you’re in a video game. Seriously.
I came across this realization while I got on the bus this morning and the track suddenly changed to this perfect traveling music. I could suddenly visualize a top-down view focusing on the bus as it zoomed me along to it’s destination, as if it were an old game of Final Fantasy. 8 bit graphics, everything. I could see it. I couldn’t help but smile in my nerdery.
The amazing effect this background music brings is amplified by the fact that you can take it with you. I highly recommend the iPod shuffle. It fits so nicely in the pocket. Then, whenever you’re taking a short jaunt across campus, you can reach into your pocket and have instant entertainment. Video games are always more fun than life. Just imagine you’re moving your character around in one of those RPGs. With the right songs playing it works so well.
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