A Night at the Symphony, well not exactly...

This past Sunday I had the a great opportunity to enjoy an experience that I really never knew nothing about. This even was called Video Games Live which was playing in New York City at the Beacon Theater. Now when I say I'm a gamer, I might not fall into the category that some of these fans were. After grabbing a bite at a local Burger joint my friend Ray Carsillo, (1050 ESPN, Geekstuffunlimited@blogspot.com and more) we were off to the symphony. As soon as you walk into the building, you knew you weren't there for a sit down and shut up and listen kind of show. The first thing I noticed was that Samas Aran (zero suit), Cloud from FF7 and more outrageous costumes were at the show with me. As I sat down shortly after some videos, they had a costume contest and this little Mario kid won for speaking with a Italian accent. I thought it was hilarious, since there were around six other Mario's. The real show finally began as composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall came out introduced themselves as the creators of video games live and put on a pretty sick show.


They opened with Hideo Kojima introducing the music of Metal Gear Solid. As soon as that happened I was completely into the show. They had so much that I really don't want to ruin for anyone who might be interested in going to the show. But they even had Ralph Baer...RALPH BAER!!! The father of video games, via Skype to talk to the audience. Yeah, I'm a geek but anyone reading this is too. But with they had more with music from games like Final Fantasy 7, Kingdom Hearts, World of Warcraft, Diablo III (which isn't even out yet), Mass Effect, Halo, Super Mario Brothers, and more. Plus some pretty cool things in between. They said that they haven't had the same exact set list twice in a row. So the shows never stay the same which is even cooler. The show plays all over the place but only one show a city so if your interested check the local listings and see this show if you are a true blue gamer. For my final rating Video Games Live gets a 3.5X out of 5X.


-T