the gunslinger's lament

elementaloutlaw:

“Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” with Red Dead Redemption clips song by Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings

(Source: outlawunscripted)

theperksofliving:

This just needs to be on my blog.

From 8:50 and onward. 
That’s the hardest I’ve laughed in weeks.
I also get very protective over my horse, so I can relate. 

nibberman:

Something odd happens at this point of the game when the song kicks in.  I can’t describe it, it just feels awesome. 

you’ve just gotten into mexico after a firefight while heading down the river on a raft, you jump on your horse, ride up the hill and see the sun then boom. the song starts playing. 

Red Dead Redemption is easily in my top 5 games ever. The story is phenomenal, the world is stunning, the characters are brilliant and you actually feel involved in the story.

The rockstar game that came before, GTA IV, felt really detached to me. There wasn’t any character development and I never felt a connection to Niko. Red Dead was just a better game in every way, without a shadow of doubt. 

The landscapes, the music, the sound, the animals. Everything was perfect. If I could only play one game for the rest of my life I think it would probably be this. 

Yep yep yep.

(Source: technowookiee)

superpolypixel:

Red Dead Redemption: Behind The Music Scene

Red Dead Redemption is one of my favorite games of all time. I could go on and on about all the things I loved about it. But for the sake of time, and this post, I will only talk about the music.

The video above shows you a little insight as to what went into the games score. The musicians used time period instruments, and were hired because of their talent in playing time period music. More specifically old west music.

Since this crew of musicians and composers did not write “songs”, they used what they call “stems”. They use stems so that they can be intertwined with one another, and each stem relates directly to a specific action, or moment in the game.

All the music was recorded at 130bpm and in A minor so the stems can play on top of each other with out disrupting the sound or feel.

Being a musician, I think this is an important process in video games that isn’t highlighted enough. Whatever media, whether it be movies, video games, tv, etc, I think music is such a powerful part of them. They can enhance the emotional feel or attachment you have within a game, creating a much more visceral feel.

What are some of your favorite video game songs, or scores?

Mark Renna // Super PolyPixel

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The Big Bang Theory: Digital Alcohol (by n33nja10)

This episode was quite possibly my favorite ever already, not least because of this scene. <33333 (Posting the video version because it’s all pretty great.)

truthaboutnerds:

So after some studying up on this i have come to the conclusion that this is God….

There’s a lot of discussion on that, apparently—I’ve seen theories that it’s God, Death, Satan, Marston’s father, the Antichrist…none of those quite fit perfectly, which I kind of love, because the whole series of missions is just that much more mysterious and creepy when it’s never really explained.

Another fake Red Dead Redemption trailer. Brad Pitt portrays John Marston here, presumably because he seems to be the main reason anyone is even considering making a movie for it. I still think he is a strange choice, but I do like that they have Kate Blanchett playing Bonnie.

Here is a pretty good fake trailer for a live action Red Dead Redemption movie.

Red Dead Redemption - Top 8 Ways to Kill Yourself (via RoosterTeeth)

Red Dead Redemption John Marston MODEL KIT (via EpicAnimations)

Video example of a fan’s process for making a John Marston figure—these aren’t for sale anymore, because the artist only created 50, but they’re pretty impressive. You can see a lot more pictures of the finished figure here.