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another result of the amount of time that video gaming has been around is the way its permeated into other areas of our lives. yes, and equally its started to draw on and draw in other parts of our culture — and that includes music. prodigys firestarter plays. the first time i realised that games decided to take their music scores seriously was when i played wipeout 2097 and realised that the accompanying soundtrack was not random plinky—plock, it was firestarter by the prodigy. an...

world championjake white—man has to settle for a bronze medal after coming third in the 1500 metres at the commonwealth games. now on bbc news clickjoins a rehearsal for a special bbc prom celebrating music in video games. the team looks at the resurgence of vinyl records and tries out the latest summer gadgets. this week, were celebrating music from videogames, orchestral style. in which i get to play in the wind section. then well spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl th...

i dont know about you, but this how i spent my time growing up. while lara was out with friends, i was exploring the universe in my cobra mk iii spacecraft. excuse me, i was a pretty good bmxer in my time. still cant ride an actual bike that well, but as long as i was steering with a keyboard i was a totally rad rider. 0fficial terminology, there, im sure. definitely. 0k. look, gaming became really important to a whole generation in the 1980s, and although were now no longer kids, many...

Because these days gaming scores arent even, linear pieces of music — every time you play, the music changes to follow the action. whats important to understand is that composing for a game is such a multifaceted job. you have to compose for when nothings going on. or when action is happening. you have to compose for when action is happening. you have to account for the fact that the player might do something unpredictable. the amount of music and the amount of talent that goes into even a 10�...

Into even a 10—hour game, let alone a 50 or 100—hour game, it takes an awful lot of talent and hard work — not just from composers but everyone who works on game audio — and recognising it is really important. and that recognition is finally coming. next year, the grammys will feature a category for best videogame score soundtrack for the first time. 0verdue? maybe. it feels like gaming musics really having a moment. lots of fans. really passionate fans. i would say there was a point whe...

Every time you play, the music changes to follow the action. whats important to understand is that composing for a game is such a multifaceted job. you have to compose for when nothings going on. or when action is happening. you have to account for the fact that the player might do something unpredictable. the amount of music and the amount talent that goes into even a 10—hour game, let alone a 50 or 100—hour game, it takes an awful lot of talent and hard work — not just from composers but...

It in a rugby player, and certainly not in a female rugby player. some experts now believe that women playing a contact sport are twice as likely to suffer concussion than men. what this evidence is telling us is that — funnily enough — males and females are different. and this one—size—all approach to concussion, which is based almost exclusively on research in men — its not going to fit. were not really hearing any female voices on this. and if women are going to hit their 405, 50s, ...

With former players asking questions about the past, there are calls for rugby to make changes now to better protect players. 0verdue for many is reducing the level of contact and hits in training. do you understand why they didnt make the changes that the nfl made? no, i dont. i think it was such a, erm, a widely publicised thing, and such an obvious thing when you look back now, er, i am surprised. different coaches like different things. some put a big contact day, or a smash day in early in ...

Appointment and he said it was a concussive seizure, and that hed only actually ever seen it in boxing before. hed not actually seen it in a rugby player, and certainly not in a female rugby player. some experts now believe that women playing a contact sport are twice as likely to suffer concussion than men. what this evidence is telling us is that — funnily enough — males and females are different. and this one—size—all approach to concussion, which is based almost exclusively on resear...

Playing a contact sport are twice as likely to suffer concussion than men. what this evidence is telling us is that — funnily enough — males and females are different. and this one—size—all approach to concussion, which is based almost exclusively on research in men — its not going to fit. were not really hearing any female voices on this. and if women are going to hit their 40s, 50s, 60s, working age and have a risk of dementia, then thats a real negligence, isnt it? with former playe...