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Video Games As The New Radio?
from the well,-sort-of... dept
It sounds like video game companies are trying to convince music labels that the way to make songs into a big hit is no longer to focus on radio airplay, but to get those songs included in a hit video game. It makes sense. People play a video game often enough, and if the song is catchy, it's likely that people will go find out more about it. Of course, it's a limited channel -- unless video game companies start to build in internet radio style interfaces to games, to let them continually change the songs included. Still, the main bit that caught my eye in this article was the bizarre claim that Madden 2005 made Green Day famous. I may not be an expert on music, but Green Day was big quite some time before Madden 2005 came out. Not according to this article, though: "Games can also catapult little known bands to stardom. This happened recently with Green Day whose "American Idol" shot to fame through the hugely successful "Madden NFL 2005" sports game video, which now has a cult following in the United States."
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bwahahahaha
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Been around
It is burnt into my brain from the adrenaline rush I got when my brother and I were pounding on these gorillas (and getting pounded back, lol).
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Green Day
P.S. I believe that song is "Basket Case" from the "Dookie" album.
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