A year ago, They Might Be Giants, the Beastie Boys, William Shatner, and others came together for the Portal episode of Unoriginal Soundtracks. Now, they're back in this Portal 2-inspired playlist about brain damage, experiments, and space.
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May 01, 2013
Unoriginal Soundtracks #63: Portal 2
A year ago, They Might Be Giants, the Beastie Boys, William Shatner, and others came together for the Portal episode of Unoriginal Soundtracks. Now, they're back in this Portal 2-inspired playlist about brain damage, experiments, and space.
February 23, 2013
Unoriginal Soundtracks #58: Football Manager
Video games are about aspirational fantasy and living new lives. And sometimes those lives are mundane things like an asteroid miner or a manager. The lives of football managers inspire this playlist of spoken word, soul, and punk.
August 08, 2012
Unoriginal Soundtracks #45: Crysis
Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.
Mixing sandbox inconsequence from Grand Theft Auto, with the tactical approach to combat from Far Cry, Crysis is one of the premier power fantasies in games. It's generic in many ways, but it inspires a playlist of hip hop, spoken word, and noisy guitar-rock.
April 18, 2012
Unoriginal Soundtracks Podcast: Portal Edition
Portal is an example of what a world-class development studio can do with one great idea, a solid game engine, and some clever writing. It ended on a memorable song by Jonathan Coulton, but left plenty of room for this playlist of soul, spoken word, and scientific comedy songs.
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