Game Music

InevitablShenanigans 2016-01-12 08:44:20 UTC #1

What music do you play in games?
Do you just listen to what's already prepackaged as OST, or do you listen to some of your own music?

Post it here I guess...

Pumpelche 2016-01-12 09:45:50 UTC #2

Usually in-game sounds. Exception was Tribes 1. The roughly 2'500 h of T1 were spent with the one and same "The Prodigy" CD-ROM that was stuck in the drive.

Fixious 2016-01-12 14:41:34 UTC #3

Downtempo Instrumentals or trance/EDM. Depends on the mood. Usually something without lyrics, though.

JustinPierce 2016-01-12 17:43:22 UTC #4

I enjoyed the music in Tribes 2 so I let that play, but I'd play Counter-Strike in silence so I could hear footsteps, and I think that's carried over to other games. Nowadays I mostly play Heroes of the Storm and I don't think I've ever played with music -- guess I think it'd be distracting even if I'm not trying to listen for 3D audio cues.

While working/driving, I usually listen to mashups like

or electro mixes like

and if I listened to music while playing competitive games, I'd probably listen to stuff like these.

PrettzL 2016-01-13 08:44:39 UTC #5

Depends on the game and how long I've played it.

Single player games first run always in game soundtrack.
I'm the same as @JustinPierce for CS, no music at all, gotta soundwhore if you want to be effective.
Though if I'm playing gun game or surf in CS I'll just do what I do in all other situations.

Start up Foobar2000 and put my music collection on random.