It’s a Saturday night, a snowy one at that. Not the kind in which one is out and about, merrily kicking up some freshly landed powder, but the kind in which one stays the hell indoors, to avoid slush filled potholes and other grossness. Plans to hang with a pal (sup Dave) were canceled as a result of the later, which means a chance to play catch up on stuff that had been left on the way side, and? a blog post?
Unfortunately, that massive link dump I mentioned last time must still wait; am way behind on some key Attract Mode/Fangamer business, plus various other odds & ends. So instead, kick back and enjoy the awesomeness that is Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, aka the voice of Daytona USA, demonstrating the karaoke mode found in the PSN and XBLA port (which again, was #3 in my top five games of 2011)?
Via Nobuooo. You know, Sega’s best days may be behind us all, but so long as they keep Mitsuyoshi and Nagoshi around, there’s still a reason to care about the true heroes of early 90′s gaming.
On a side note, the clip reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to mention forever: as a video game soundtrack connoisseur of many years, the pride and joy of my collection is a super obscure release called Psyched: Club Mix From Sega Racing Games. As the title implies, it remixes tunes from assorted hits from Sega’s AM2, AM3, AM4, and AM5 divisions into club music, with a heavy tinge of contemporary jazz.
Been meaning to pass along cuts onto YouTube, but I simply can’t figure out how to post mp3s on a Mac. Basically, you need an image as an accompaniment (with most folks using album art, naturally), and all the tools that put the two together are for the PC, at least from what I’ve been about to find. But at long last, someone else has finally done beaten me to the punch!
Unfortunately, the uploader didn’t provide my one other favorite track, but here’s a remix of Sky High. Which to be honest is one of the weaker cuts, yet is still quite neat nonetheless?
All right, back to work, though I also wanted to say thanks to everyone out there for all the well wishes and support during my first week at MSNBC! I’ve also sincerely appreciated all reposting and retweeting of some of my stuff; you guys are the best!
BTW, here are a few of my favorite (and most popular) posts from week one?
- Super Mario Bros Crossover 2.0 announced
- Google Maps becomes game-ified
- Riding in an elevator: the video game
- Want an Assassin’s Creed arm blade? Here’s how
- Take virtual girlfriend on real-world date with 3DS
Also, a friendly reminder: I’m still churning out stuff for Guyism every single day as well! Here’s a few faves from that end; can anyone tell the difference between the following and my MSNBC stuff?
- Thank God, someone is finally putting together a Tomb Raider porn flick
- The Catherine porno that you didn?t even know existed has been cancelled
- CNN was stupid enough to think that a kid tried chopping his arms off because of a game
