For Discussion #2: The Sound of Gaming

This may surprise you, but our weekly discussion post is supposed to go up on Monday every week. Last week we had a delay for reasons I forgot about. This week we had Irene the timehurricane.

You might be saying, “Tom, Irene was just a tropical storm. Hell, I know for a fact that when Irene came it was so mild you went outside, tried to fly a kite, and there wasn’t enough wind. You’re full of shit.” Well, nice try, gentle reader, but you’re wrong. You see, Hurricane Irene came, it brought with it a much more dastardly problem for the lovely little hamlet of Amherst, Massachusetts than flooding or wind or your pithy earth problems: it brought time compression.

You see, fair friends, right now it is any time between 4:35 PM Monday and 5:58 AM Wednesday here in western Massachusetts. Truly, such a horrible fate shouldn’t be wished on anyone.

But that’s not why you’re here! You’re here because you want to discuss something, and discuss something we will! This week: sounds. What’s your favorite game soundtrack, song, sound, or audio-related moment? As long as it’s a noise heard through your ears or a pumping bass felt through the whole of you, we want to hear about it! Especially if you want to talk about how incredible the soundtrack to Chrono Cross was. That’s my pick: the world map of Chrono Cross. The best world map themes (and so many of them!) this side of Friday.

See! That’s how easy participation can be! So tell us things about sounds. Don’t leave me alone, somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow, the only participator.