Kenny: My Top 10 Game Soundtracks

Game soundtracks are awesome. They add so much atmosphere to the games we play and really do leave a lasting impression on the player. I can remember pretty much every song from SSX 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and even Burnout Paradise. The music in these games is pretty much perfect and feels truly hand picked to fit the overall style of the game. 

Here are a list of my top 10 game soundtracks (Not including Original Scores)

10: Need For Speed: Underground

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 9: Little Big Planet

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 8: Burnout Revenge

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 7: GTA: Vice City

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 6: Tony Hawk's Underground

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 5: Burnout Paradise 

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 4: Wipeout 

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 3: SSX 3

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 2: Skate 2

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 1: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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Kenny: Music on Next Level Cast

Every episode of Next Level Cast features a few tracks between segments. It adds a bit of flow to the show and it gives me an oppertunity to showcase great new music. All the tracks that I feature on the podcast can be a found in this playlist on spotify,

PLEASE TO ENJOY!

Kenny: The Lovely new 7970

So I've been really getting into this PC stuff recently and decided that I'd invest in a new graphics card. The card I chose was the 7970 and HO.LEE.SHIT the thing is a screamer. I've spent the past few days benchmarking the crap out of it and the results are very impressive. Rage runs at a solid 60 - 70 FPS with maxed out settings and the same applies to Battlefield 3. I've overclocked it using AMD's standard drivers and I've not ran into any huge problems other than the odd temperature glitch. Speaking of temperatures, the card sits at around 60°c under load and about 25°c at idle. If you'd like to hear more about the card then listen to episode 26 of the show. Heres some pictures of my current build.

 

Specs!

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Quad-Core Processor @ 4.2GHz

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM  CPU Cooler  

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  

Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case  

Power Supply: Cooler Master 750W ATX12V Power Supply 

Optical Drive: LG WH12LS38 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 

Monitor: Dell U2711 27.0" Monitor 

Cheers for having a read, I'll try to update this poor site more often in the future.