Sunny-O

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009

Here they are, the videos and pictures of Video Games Live, the orchestrated tribute to everything video games.

Concerning the videos, my camera only picked up half of the sound. The orchestra sounded amazing, but it sounds kind of messy online. Also, I often couldn't get my camera out in time to get the whole segment recorded, or even had my camera die on me (thankfully with a backup battery on hand).

If these guys come to your area, I HIGHLY recommend seeing them.

P.S. Please excuse the wall of links. The photos are too large to post in here, and I didn't want to waste the bandwidth on my Photobucket account.

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Videos: (excuse any giddy singing along or talking you may hear... =3 )

Kingdom Hearts / World of Warcraft

Metroid

Castlevania - Totally epic. Ignore my friend's "honk honk honk" near the middle.

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Pictures:

The stage, before most of the audience arrived:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01481.jpg

This Sora costume looked impressive, though a FFX Riku cosplayer arrived later that also looked good:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01503.jpg

In the intro, many songs from old favorites were played:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01510.jpg

Sonic the Hedgehog actually sounded pretty nice orchestrated:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01526.jpg

During the intermission, one of the events involved a game of Space Invaders, where the player had only a button to fire and a t-shirt that tracked where the player stood on stage, which was the only way to move the ship:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01535.jpg

Many Final Fantasy songs were played solo on the piano:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01540.jpg

The Legend of Zelda is as epic as ever in an orchestra:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01544.jpg

VertexGuy, for those who know him, appeared a few times during the show:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01558.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01561.jpg

Tommy Tallarico, co-creator and -producer of VGL, often came on-stage to introduce the next segment or do a quick interview:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01562.jpg
(side note, Tommy is Aerosmith's lead singer's cousin! How cool is that? =) )

Tommy dons his Triforce guitar for the next piece:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01576.jpg

Halo sounded incredibly epic, especially thanks to the choir in the back, who hit every note spot-on:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01580.jpg

Tommy and the conductor:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01588.jpg

One-Winged Angel:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01598.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01599.jpg

And the show is done:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01618.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Gladiator/DSC01620.jpg

Posted by Sunny-O, 8:26pm

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Monday, Apr 20, 2009

To Be Updated Later: Video Games Live

I went to see Video Games Live last night. That was 100x more amazing than I'd ever imagined. I'll try getting pictures and stuff up later.

Posted by Sunny-O, 8:38am

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