from video games, orchestral style. in which i get to play in the wind section. then we ll spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl that s hopefully not limited edition. and the record isn t the only thing skipping. look at that majestic covered gymnastic, well co ordinated. all right, stop it! i don t 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 can t ride an actual bike that well, but as long as i was steering with a keyboard i was a totally rad rider. official terminology, there, i m sure. definitely. 0k. look, gaming became really important to a whole generation in the 1980s, and although we re now no longer kids, many of us are still playing, which is why games can afford to be big budget blockbusters, and last year the uk games market was worth more than £7 billion. another result of the amount of time t
this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, clickjoins a rehearsal for a special bbc prom this week, we re celebrating music
and that s why this week video game came to the uk s best known celebration of classical music, the proms, and pokemon took over the albert hall. so let s give it a go, start from the top. i m at the bbc s maida vale studios for the final warehouses final final rehearsals. of the first ever gaming prom, called from 8 bit to infinity. it s a celebration of gaming music through the ages, all played by the royal philharmonic orchestra, a performance that should take many gamers back, way back. in the same way as you hear a song on the radio, and it reminds of a certain time