music and gaming...

Depends on the game... multiplayer shooters or RPG's I always have music playing. In games that have a story to pay attention too, I won't listen to music.

For some good ol' zombie slaughter, I think Du Hast works very well. I just remember Frank mashing some zombie's face with an electric guitar, and my buddy's iPod plugged into the Xbox.

For the blitzkrieg into Poland (or just any WW2 Call of Duty) Rammstein also works.

But the only game that I actually shut off the music and plug in my Zune is GTAIV. Cruising over the bridge and listening to Fake Empire (by The National) and watching the sunset.

Depends on what kind of game I'm playing.

Like, if I'm playing a racing game, then I set a long playlist and just drive while listening to music.

But if I'm listening to anything story driven, then putting on my own playlist is an insult to the supposed artistic integrity that went into the game. I wouldn't watch Aliens while listening to Bob Dylan, and I wouldn't watch Platoon while listening to Green Day. The hell with that. The music was chosen to enhance the emotional and dramatic impact. It's not just there just so the player can have something to hear.

I usually play one of my many playlists

I have a 75 Watt Amplifier for my guitar that plays MP3's, FREAKING LOUD.

I usually listen to musicmost of the time while playing some shooters. Put in some 'A7X', 'Metallica,' ans the usual.

Morrowind has some really good music. :P I just listen to that.

Depends on the game, but I'm usually listening to stuff like Blind Guardian, Finntroll, Ensiferum, Tyr, Dimmu Borgir, Amon Amarth et cetera.

Depends, if the game has a good soundtrack I'll just listen to that. If not I put my itunes on shuffle, tis funny when I'm killing people in Prototype and the song goes from a Cradle of Filth one to a Spice Girls one, very jarring. :P

Depends on the game.

If i'm playing any MP game, then i'll jam to my own music, but i'f im playing a single player game, like an RPG or a shooter with a lot of atmosphere, (ala Killzone) Then i'll stick to in-game music, at least until i've completed it once.

For the most part I never play music while I am gaming. Usually anything other then the in game music distracts me. If I do happen to play music, which is rare, I do so when I am either playing multiplayer games or some free roaming game like Saints Row and Grand Theft Auto. The music is usually some form of metal. :P

Depends on the game, but I'm usually listening to stuff like Blind Guardian, Finntroll, Ensiferum, Tyr, Dimmu Borgir, Amon Amarth et cetera.

-Absinthe-

Umm, i listen to what the game developers chose to throw in there.AAllxxjjnn

Depends on what kind of game I'm playing.

Like, if I'm playing a racing game, then I set a long playlist and just drive while listening to music.

But if I'm listening to anything story driven, then putting on my own playlist is an insult to the supposed artistic integrity that went into the game. I wouldn't watch Aliens while listening to Bob Dylan, and I wouldn't watch Platoon while listening to Green Day. The hell with that. The music was chosen to enhance the emotional and dramatic impact. It's not just there just so the player can have something to hear.

i don't know... about in game music... some of it's ok i guess... IMO if it's more on the Industrial rock side without lyrics.
but alot of times i would rather have the music turned off and only here the in game sounds.

but thank you all for your posts here... i have actually read quite a few bands mentioned i've not heard of and will mos def check out!

here's a video i made a few years back... nine inch nails related ofcourse... they did a small tour through KROQ in 2005 and i just simply used windows movie maker to add FX and such... you may or may not enjoy it... but here it is.

The song title is SIN

URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO96N-ksnqg

sorry, i couldn't quite figure out how to embed the vid here just yet.

*oh, and here are somethings from a chicband i mentioned in an earlier post... hope you enjoy it! lol

robots in disguise - the sex has made me stupid (this is quite a funny video)
URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60TgbFcMMSU

robots in disguise - turn it up
URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwrO-LJWE4

just a couple of my favs by them!

Depends on the game... multiplayer shooters or RPG's I always have music playing. In games that have a story to pay attention too, I won't listen to music.

Guppy507

one another thing on my remixes...
since i'm sure with some people... it's such a hassle to click on a link and transfer to another site and all that jazz...
so, i will post a few links here of my "better" mixes i"ve done and see what you think... if i can get it to work right...
and... with all my remixes... they can be downloaded for free at www.ninremixes.com just search for dj wretched

ok i couldn't get just links to individual songs, so i will just post the link to the page with my 20+ remixes there.

http://ninremixes.com/index.php?squery=dj+wretched

ok, i'll try to stop doing the NIN thing for a little while lol after this one haha

Cowboy Bebop OST

Sweet Jazz/blues while playing any genre works like magic. Well, maybe its just me :P

I just listen to whatever music is in the game. It's hardly ever bad. Some games I look forward to listening to, like Super Mario Galaxy and Mega Man 2.

lol i guess rock band would be a different story hehe.