In this series, which started with a visit to a random Wikipedia page, words extracted from the text of video game walkthroughs are set to music inspired by their soundtracks. The result is an alternate way to “play” the games, one that sheds light on the vocabulary of interactions built into them by their creators.
This installment combines gerunds from a walkthrough for the 1994 video game Super Metroid with music adapted from Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano's score.
You Don’t Know Me
After a momentous election, some Americans are surprised to discover to whom they are adjacent.
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Weixin U Were Here
Play along with the lyrics — in English and Mandarin Chinese — of this track from MC Tingbudong's release “Viral”.
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Out of Order
A callous slumlord cannot escape the repercussions of a tragedy that resulted from her negligence.
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