Music has had a vital role in video games for decades, both serving as beautiful set dressing for dramatic moments and, in the case of rhythm games, creating the backbone of a primary gameplay loop.

but also exposed a new generation to punk music through the game’s now-iconic soundtrack. “I think it helped to create our sport, skateboarding and action sports, in general, as a genre of games.

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Some have been dormant for so long. Utsumi: Sega somehow invented - if you compare the game business to music business - Sega's role was to invent rock & roll, compared to Nintendo. Nintendo's ...