For those of you that have played it, you know that the soundtrack is one of many, many fantastic things about this game. In fact, every time I boot up World of Goo on my Wii, it’s hard not to sit there and let the fantastic opening theme play for awhile on the main menu before continuing my game.
There’s definitely a lot of Danny Elfman-inspired stuff in there, which in my book certainly isn’t a bad thing. But the soundtrack isn’t just Elfman Lite, it’s got a wonderful and unique vibe that sets it apart from pretty much any other video game soundtrack I’ve listened to.
Even if you have no interest in playing the game, I think the music’s worth a listen. And if you do decide to play the game (either on Wii or your Mac/PC), I think you’ll find that the visuals and gameplay are on par with the music. Video games are art, and World of Goo is just another step towards proving that point – so suck it, Roger Ebert!
Ben Folds (and Regina Spektor) – You Don’t Know Me
MGMT – The Youth
I think this one might be my favorite – not because it’s the funniest, but because there’s just something really sad about it. Stylistically, it hits the same beats as the other two (and a lot of Tim & Eric comedy in general): awkward, absurd, real-people humor (that is, 80’s and 90’s glamor shot versions of real people). But in this case, I feel like the video and lyrics are a little more thematically intertwined.
Well, I finally caught Watchmen during a matinee showing today at the Vista. I’d say $6.50 was exactly the amount of money I felt comfortable spending on it.
I had pretty low expectations, but left the theater impressed with the visuals and a lot of the individual moments the film had to offer (the Comedian’s death, Dr. Manhattan’s flashbacks, the terrifying brutality of the rape scene)… but overall, I don’t the movie really holds up.
Comparisons to the graphic novel aside, I just think there was a little too much bad acting floating around. Silk Spectre and Sally Jupiter were stiff in their line deliveries and generally pretty awful, which is a shame, because I thought Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan were all fantastic.
Wilson in particular blew me away; he really pulled off a nuanced performance despite playing in such a larger-than-life world (probably due in no small part to his musical theatre background).
I’d say watching this Saturday Morning Watchmen theme song is the second-best Watchmen related thing you can do with your time:
Well, Fiasco! seems to be steadily winning (and selling out) the UCB Cagematch, which is awesome! It’s really nice to be performing improv on a regular basis again, even if it comes along with the stress of not knowing whether or not we’ll be performing the next week…
We’ll be going up for our 6th cagematch this Wednesday (tomorrow) against a stellar team, Soaring Spirit. I know a lot of you have already come out once, twice, or even more than that – but now’s the time we need you most!
Here’s the info, ripped straight from the headlinesfacebook event:
This week, we go up against the incredibly talented and ridiculously funny SOARING SPIRIT. Honestly, this will be a fantastic show because Soaring Spirit is top notch, and we’re also fun!
Fiasco! is:
Jacqueline Gabardy
Clay Larsen
Tom McMillan
(Justin Michael)
Jacob Reed
Soaring Spirit is:
Suzi Barrett
Johnny Meeks
June Raphael
Joel Spence
While I’m only a little over halfway through the WiiWare masterpiece/ artistic puzzler, World of Goo, I just found out that the entire soundtrack is available for free over at the composer’s site.
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