The evolution of PC games told through music and gaming

By: Will Goodman
Topics: Viral Video

(CBS News) I'm a gamer. And not the outdoors, sporty type. What can I say? I get a thrill from killing dragons in Skyrim, trying to beat Inferno mode in Diablo 3 (no, I haven't gotten to Hell yet), beat Dark Souls (twice!) and just about all things gaming on console or PC. Which is part of why I got such a kick out of this video entitled "The evolution of PC games" that shows how far gaming has come over the years by turning video games into a form of music. Check it out.

The creative music video (of sorts) was posted by YouTube user Polygon, who was previously featured here for another history meets gaming meets music video, and who writes about this latest project:

From the earliest text-based adventures to the latest modern shooters, Reverse Enginears has created a stunning musical composition featuring only sounds and music from PC games.

Another awesome and fun video that appeals to my inner-nerd (the outer part is pretty much nerd, too). To check out more from Polygon, you can visit their website by clicking here.

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by pwgrant July 19, 2012 10:02 AM EDT

I have not played a computer game in 15 years. After the birth of my children I realized the complete and utter waste of time gaming is. Yet I clicked the link to this story, read it and bothered to comment. I feel so so ashamed; please forgive me. Dang! I am late for paintball; gatta go....

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by assface2222222222222 July 19, 2012 3:02 PM EDT: Right, i bet ur fat ass has no wife, no kids and is sitting there playing WOW. lol who are you kidding?
some one with a life is not going to come to this and say it.
next your paintballing? haha what are you 12? no one over the age of 32 is gona do paintball. nice try old man. but ur WOW chac is calling you.


by skeezix06 July 19, 2012 6:35 AM EDT: I would call it de-evolution. Earlier games were more interesting. Unless you're only interested in war and fighting, most games produced recently are limited to hidden object games and you know you're looking at game made in non-english speaking countries when you're told to look (for example) for a lamp and find out you were actually supposed to be looking for a lantern. I'd call it de-evolution. Games are dumber and much, much less interesting than they were when we had options like Sierra and Broderbund; coincidentally back before they started outsourcing at full steam.; Reply to this comment