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Golfdish from Hell · Jul 29, 2007, 04:25 AM

Eligibilty question: For Guitar Hero 2, the song "Jordan" was composed specifically for the game by Buckethead (and has not been released elsewhere). Buckethead is obviously not a VGM composer...Eligible or no?

(and for future reference...GH 3 will have a similar piece by Slash...again, obviously not a VGM composer).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Golfdish from Hell · 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

But I really do wish people would nominate some cut-and-dry stuff for once, instead of constantly trying to push the envelope.

I'm not pushing the envelope (or not trying to, anyway)...If anything, Jordan is one of the only recent tracks I've enjoyed by actually playing a game. Believe me, if you want me to try to push the envelope, I'm sure I can make pretty decent arguments for some stuff with extremely loose attachments to videogames/VGM albums...Which would result in a whole bunch of ugly eligibility polls and the like.

And Guitar Hero...Too popular? Wow...Um, okay, whatever...I know it's popular, but I doubt it has anything to do with any original music contained in it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Golfdish from Hell · Jul 29, 2007, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

But Guitar Hero was a game designed completely around music.

Rhythm games generally exhibit that trait. But it was designed around licensed music (songs that had their day in the sun or were from small Boston bands no one cares about), not "original" works, which Jordan was.

Eh, whatever, drop it...I'm not nominating the song.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.