MaybeMattis

Hi, it's great that you've found your way to this site and are taking the time to read this text. In fact, I don't want to keep you for long, there's a lot to discover (not necessarily just here, the Internet is vast and full of wonders). But if you want to take a look around here, I'd be very happy if you did. What you can expect: a bunch of texts about video games and most importantly soundtracks. Being born in 92 I was blessed growing up with gems like The Settlers 2, Half-Life 2, and the Flight Simulator 98 . Back then, I played pretty much everything on the PC that my gaming fingers could get their hands on.

What has always fascinated me most about video games, films and series was the music. Because of the music from The Sims I began playing the piano. Unfortunately, my talent was at a similar level to my strategic understanding of Anno 1602I started collecting soundtracks when I got my first PC. My collection now comprises almost 2800 albums (as of April 2023), and my goal is to have heard them all - heard and rated them. Why? A simple collecting instinct and the desire to make musical discoveries.

But because this really does involve a lot of work and, above all, time, I would like to share my experiences with you. Of course, like any form of art, music is subjective. But if you hear Call of Duty 2 does that make you think of good music? Or did you know that the same composer of Dragon Age: Origins and Crysis ? Or that the piano pieces from the above-mentioned Sims was in fact freestyled? Well now you do. I promise no revelations, no ultimate ratio. Just my opinion and my knowledge. Partly nostalgically glorified, always subjectively colored. If that's enough for you, you'll find a few tips and hints for good and bad music on this website. For a condensed impression of the wonderful world of game music, I recommend taking a look at my list of Top 100 video game tracks, in which I (obviously) list the my 100 best titles from video games. Have fun browsing!

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World of Goo

4. July 2020 /

World of Goo is eines dieser seltenen Spiele, deren Konzept so simpel wie genial ist. Es gilt, einen Haufen Schleimbälle, die namensgebenden Goo Balls, mittels Brücken und Querstreben von Röhre A zu Röhre B zu befördern. Der Clou: Die kleinen Goos sind gleichzeitig auch unser Baumaterial. Benutzen wir zu viele, um das stetig wackelnde Schwabbelkonstrukt zu stabilisieren, fehlen sie uns am Ende für das Beenden des Levels. Sind wir dagegen zu sparsam, bricht unser Machwerk bei zu hoher Belastung zusammen. Es gilt also clever und vorausschauend zu bauen, damit die niedlich quietschenden, glubschbeaugten Kugeln nicht in die zahllosen Abgründe stürzen.

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7 Billion Humans

22. November 2019 /

Wer auf spielerische Weise programmieren lernen möchte, für den ist 7 Billion Humans genau das Richtige. Wie im Vorgänger Human Resource Machine von 2015 lassen wir Angestellte eines Superkonzerns durch eine Abfolge von Befehlen Pakete vom Input- aufs Output-Fließband legen. Klingt wenig spannend, ist aber tatsächlich wirklich interessant und auf 2D Boy-Art charmant in Szene gesetzt. Musikalisch schlägt das Spiel in die Kerbe seines direkten Vorgängers - leider muss man sagen, denn wie auch bei Human Resource Machine klingt 7 Billion Humans nicht nach dem fantastischen World of Goo. Stattdessen hören wir hier jazzige und sphärische, fast schon futuristische Tracks, die thematisch zwar zum Cyber-Konzern passen, umgekehrt aber wenig Varianz…

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