Posts with tag: maraoke
Posted at 16:43 on 5th October 2024
One of two songs most recently contributed by me to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 04/10/2024. It’s about interactive fiction (text adventure) games. I think I originally wrote this circa 2020 but it took a long time to get added to the system due to its complexity/obscurity. We’re going to parse, […]
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One of two songs most recently contributed by me to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 04/10/2024. “Game Gear Collection” – after “Rainbow Connection” as popularised by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) Why are there so many ROMs for the Game Boy When most are in black and white? Game Boy’s a […]
Go to article →Posted at 20:11 on 18th October 2023
My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 13/10/2023 by James Scott. Also co-written with James – well, he came up with the joke, I eventually wrote the verses to go with it. “Dwarf Fortress” – after “You’re Gorgeous” by Babybird Remember that laptop you bought me Installed Dwarf […]
Go to article →Posted at 23:37 on 22nd May 2023
My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 20/05/2023 by Grey. The first Maraoke song about Marvel Snap. Also one of the hardest songs to perform on the system – good luck if you pick it. (It’s tracked to the 2023 ‘Rock’ remix of the song to make it […]
Go to article →Posted at 22:36 on 20th March 2023
My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 18/03/2023 by myself and Lupine. (Thanks to Lupine for transcribing and adding images to the version on the Maraoke system.) This is a song about the infamous 1980s home micro game The Great Giana Sisters. Please note that some dramatic license […]
Go to article →Posted at 17:13 on 27th November 2022
The second of two new songs contributed this month to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 19/11/2022 by Robert Wells. It’s about the Sega Saturn. “No-One Bought A Saturn” – after “Nothing Ever Happens” by Del Amitri GameStation staff put up signs saying previously owned And stack the shelves with Fighting Vipers […]
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The first of two new songs contributed this month to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 19/11/2022. A song about the puritanical “wholesome games” cult (now thankfully mostly abandoned) that sprang up a couple of years ago. Finding a satisfying replacement for the “jumping frog” line remains a challenge (“lump in frogs”? […]
Go to article →Posted at 15:00 on 18th September 2022
My latest contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 17/09/2022. Self-explanatory really – a song about the merits of jetpacks in games, starting with (probably?) the earliest game to feature them. “Jetpac” – after “Get Back” by The Beatles Stampers made a game that won the Golden Joystick Back in 1983 […]
Go to article →Posted at 17:00 on 20th March 2022
My latest contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 11/03/2022. The first of a new batch of songs that I’ll post here as they’re added to the system and performed. This is a song about the efforts to speed up the death of Adobe Flash in the early 2010s, a significant […]
Go to article →Posted at 21:12 on 4th November 2020
Editor’s note: Documented for posterity. Unlikely to be performed again in future I’d imagine. My latest contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed virtually by Ste Curran* and myself on 30/10/2020 at Maraoke Lockdown! #11 (Halloween Special). This song has been on Maraoke ‘wanted’ list for a long time, but the […]
Go to article →Posted at 22:42 on 15th February 2020
My latest contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 14/02/2020. “Netrunner” – after “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel Hey hey you Let me just log you in You could have a clean brain If you just paid down your tags You could have an Astrolabe trying To complete your Brute-Force-Hack All you […]
Go to article →Posted at 18:33 on 17th November 2019
My latest contribution to the Maraoke (formerly known as Marioke) video game karaoke songlist – first performed 15/11/2019. “The Pathfinder Loots Tonite” – after “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” by R.E.M. (Heal me, heal me) (Heal me, heal me) This here is the place where we will be landing I’ll be your jumpmaster We can find […]
Go to article →Posted at 01:47 on 22nd February 2015
www.maraoke.com Note: As of late 2019, Marioke has been renamed Maraoke. Video game karaoke (that is to say, karaoke to popular songs with the lyrics wittily rewritten to be about video games) has long been a staple of the One Life Left (Resonance FM’s long-running video game radio show/podcast) Christmas Party. But evidently once a […]
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