bev! @TonicBH@computerfairi.es

I think this is why I'm not a big fan of modern game show themes, they lack that sense of intensity, that sense of punch, that pop

Closest theme I heard in the past few years that nailed the old-school vibe was, of all the game shows out there, 25 Words Or Less.

It Is Time for bev to again share some game show music she's been listening to

game show themes didn't have to get this funky but I'm glad it did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2CnTYFoF8E

hot dog on a pizza

Thanks to finding a box of old PS1 and Dreamcast games, I've added more games to the ol "CD games with Red Book Audio" list.

I also found out Dreamcast discs have a generic "This is a Dreamcast disc, don't put it in a CD" message, but the message differs from game to game!

I'd like to not only document *if* a CD game has Redbook Audio, but what tracks are on there.

The game soundtrack, audio files for cutscenes, or even that remix that's on Castlevania Symphony of the Night

It's that kind of ephemera I like

A rabbit hole I've since gone down:

How come nobody's properly documented what PS1, Saturn et al games have Redbook audio?

There's lists dating back as far as 2003, but they're incomplete and/or inaccurate.

Looks like I might have a project idea...

listening to the soundtrack of the Tomb Raider film from 2001 and we're missing out on the days where they'd get a bunch of industrial/electronic artists to contribute some banger tracks

Like, if your soundtrack doesn't have Moby, BT, The Chemical Brothers and Groove Armada, what are you *doing*

something I'm thinking about as I slowly rebuild my music collection to maybe add game music:

do I do what I did last time and sort them into specific playlists

or just throw everything into one big playlist and damn the consequences

New on the Secret Area: It's Quake II RTX.

The 1997 shooter gets a ray-traced makeover. But is it worth playing this over the original, or even the remastered version?

Likes, shares, and comments appreciated, as always.

https://asecretarea.com/2025/04/10/quake-ii-rtx-pc/

been cleaning out some old books so we can get rid of them, and among all the gardening, home improvement and recipe books, I found a bunch of issues of WIRED magazine from 2008-09, one of which had an article I'm curious to read:

"why the music industry *hates* Guitar Hero"

the bobs... they ache