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mitsuman

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Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« on: February 25, 2015, 09:23:16 AM »
On some games, the music gets to be a little monotonous for me while playing. Especially if it is a game like Military madness, where there are 4 songs to listen to...over and over again.

Do you listen to any other music besides the game's music?

In my hay-day, I used to listen to Led Zeppelin while playing Military Madness, and Faith No More while playing Neutopia. Those are the only two that stick out in my memory from a long time ago for some reason.

I remember growing up, playing Commodore 64 games with my brother, we would listen to Kix, TnT, MSG and Bulletboys.
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Jibbajaba

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2015, 09:29:32 AM »
Sometimes.  It depends on the game.  With some games, the audio is a part of the experience that I don't want to drown out with external music.  But there is also something cool about playing old games while listening to some period-appropriate music.  A Friday night spent playing Genesis while listening to hair metal is a Friday night well spent.
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2015, 09:31:11 AM »
There's nothing on OBEY that's bothered me enough to want to listen to something else instead.  The closest I can get to that is muting the PSP and half-assed paying attention to something on TV when I'm mindlessly grinding in something like Dungeon Explorer.
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2015, 01:19:44 PM »
ATM, I can only think of one game that I played a bunch of, while listening to a new cd I had gotten.  I was playing Zelda 3, & had just picked up House of Pain's 2nd album.  So, in my mind, those 2 things are forever Linked!  Get it, LINKED?!?  HAHAHA, I crack myself up, but, all seriousness aside, that's a true story.  Whenever I listen to that album, I think of Zelda 3, & whenever I play Zelda 3, I think of that cd.  I think there are a few others, but I don't recall at the moment.

Kinda different.  Whenever I smell ozone from one of those ionizer machines, I think of Mega Man X: Command Mission.  When I was playing that game a couple years ago, we had just bought a some new cabinets, & the varnish from them was so overwhelming, that we borrowed an ionizer from a friend to get rid of the smell.  So, memories of ionizers & Command Mission are now intrinsic! :D
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toymachine78

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2015, 01:27:10 PM »
Hell yeah. Mostly metal and hard rock. I love to game to lamb of god, children of bodom, Marilyn manson, and shadows fall.
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2015, 01:39:12 PM »
I don't much for the 8/16-bit stuff, but when Forza Motorsport came out and I could listen to my own music in-game, I took full advantage of it! I think Faith No More's Angel Dust and King For A Day albums were among the first to get ripped to the X-Box hard drive so it's nice to know there are other FNM fans out there. :)
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mitsuman

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2015, 12:11:51 AM »
Quote from: roflmao on February 25, 2015, 01:39:12 PM
I think Faith No More's Angel Dust and King For A Day albums were among the first to get ripped to the X-Box hard drive so it's nice to know there are other FNM fans out there. :)
New FNM album this year!
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2015, 12:26:30 AM »
I Remember for Vice City on my OG XBOX you could play music in your hard drive right through the game.  That I did and enjoyed.  I remember with ridge racer for the PS1 you could pull the disc and put in any music disc.  Other than that I stick with what the developers intended. 
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2015, 01:16:13 AM »
I always listen Youth of America by Wipers when I play Thunder Spirits. It works pretty good for any space shooter though.
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2015, 04:13:58 AM »
Only when playing Civ games.
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HailingTheThings

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2015, 03:53:55 PM »
Usually whenever I buy a new album that I've been really looking forward to, I listen to it with headphones and play a game or few. Yay.
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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2015, 07:25:00 PM »
Yup, I tend to do that a lot.
Sometimes I play a DOTA game and on the background there is a Metallica live going on.
It's good on MMO when you can barely hear your other party members giving you orders  :lol:
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cr8zykuban0

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2015, 02:28:27 PM »
i usually wouldn't. i've never really had an issue with the music in a game.  i perfer listening to the original sound track. it just feels weird if i put something eles on.
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esteban

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2015, 04:23:06 PM »
For games with (1) irritating music or (2) horribly repetitious music or (3) I'm sick-to-death-of-it music...

YES, I listen to other music. ANY OTHER MUSIC, but here are some favorites:

Negative Approach (anything)
Man or Astroman (anything)
Esquivel (anything)
Electronic (anything)
Opera (Wagner)
Man is the Bastard
Slant 6 (anything)
Bhangra (anything)
Avail (Satiate...the best album)
Crass (Penis Envy)
ZOUNDZ (anything)
Misfits (anything)
Overkill (anything)
QUEENSRYCHE (anything)

Hahaahhahahahahahahaha. I'll stop.
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HailingTheThings

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Re: Do you listen to other music while playing games?
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2015, 05:41:29 PM »
Quote from: esteban on February 27, 2015, 04:23:06 PM
For games with (1) irritating music or (2) horribly repetitious music or (3) I'm sick-to-death-of-it music...

YES, I listen to other music. ANY OTHER MUSIC, but here are some favorites:

Negative Approach (anything)
Man or Astroman (anything)
Esquivel (anything)
Electronic (anything)
Opera (Wagner)
Man is the Bastard
Slant 6 (anything)
Bhangra (anything)
Avail (Satiate...the best album)
Crass (Penis Envy)
ZOUNDZ (anything)
Misfits (anything)
Overkill (anything)
QUEENSRYCHE ("Silent Lucidity" exclusively)

Hahaahhahahahahahahaha. I'll stop.

fixed :3
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