Chronologist

I'm aware it isn't the same thing and that a completely procedural soundtrack might have been really neat, but in this interview Sean claims that'll still happen. That might be marketing speak of course, but I think there'll still be a degree of that, even with a sampled generation.

[Edit: Ah, was beaten to it :P]

I think the soundtrack is partly generated? Not in the "complete way" like Spore, but as far as I know from various interviews it seems that the soundtrack in the game is generated from all the small samples made by the band, and then stitched together on the fly during gameplay, so it will do some of what you're thinking of with matching the intensity etc. I'd assume. The soundtrack that was just released is just a manually crafted composition using those samples as well, and not necessarily how it'll exactly sound in the game.

Of course, we have no idea how it'll actually be until we play the game :)

All right, got a premise! I even managed to fit both themes into an idea I had already, so that was really neat.

I'm unfortunately short on time so doubt this'll be anything other than a Twine game, but this idea is too good silly for me to not do something with.

Happy jammin' everyone!

Oh! Awesome :D

Will try to participate in this one. Think I've got the time. Might not be able to do all days, but I'll try my damndest to actually submit something.

Fantastic job @havochq for setting it up again :D

Hey, thought I'd provide a bit of info on something that some of you probably thought was pretty left-field at the Sony Press Conference.
In the middle of the orchestral opening, a female singer suddenly jumped out and "sang" into a microphone, with "strange" sounds coming out of her vocal chords. They didn't mention her, nor use her again.

But that singer is actually a super talented singer from the Faroe Islands called "Eivør" (pronounced sort of like Ai-wer), and she's done that type of singing (I actually don't know if that has a name, someone more knowledgeable are welcome to enlighten me) on several of her songs, but at the same time, she's also has a really incredible voice (just watch this).

And also, allow me to say how much of a mindfuck I had when I realized it was her at the press conference. I've known her for a while now and never seen anyone sing like that while drumming on that type of drum, so I was pretty sure it was her, and her facebook confirms it, but it just seemed so out of nowhere I didn't believe for a long time.

And it seems she might be involved with the new God of War soundtrack as well? Which is cool since her music (especially the Faroean stuff) is heavily inspired by old Norse mythology and folklore. This, in some odd way, actually makes me way more excited for the game.

So there, hope that provides some insight into this unexpected part of E3.

Great post! I did the exact same thing with GTA IV (not as detailed ofc, but still had that Rockstar magic worldbuilding).

I should reinstall GTA V.

Oh, damn, this is the first time I've heard that Zero Escape 3 is coming. And this summer?! Oh god. I'm ridiculously excited now.

Happy to hear it :D As someone who started high school in 2012 I was very much in the same spot and Giant Bomb came at the perfect time :) It's always awesome to see how much of an impact this strange little website about video games can have on people's lives :) I know it's had a huge one on mine as well.

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5. Call of Duty: Black Ops
6. Giant Bomb

Felt ok about that one considering I started at an obscure butterfly, even if it was on easy mode :P Fun game!

@flight815: The site seems to be down right now, but thanks for letting us know :)
40 seems about what I would have expected as well.