Miracle of Sound is back once again with an album full of songs written about games, TV programmes and films. Composed and written entirely by Gavin Dunne who releases under his band name, Miracle of Sound, Level 3 features gaming tracks based on games such as Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2 and Assassins Creed III. As with the previous two albums, Gav embraces and experiments with plenty of different genres to fit with the tone of the game, programme or film he is singing about. For instance, 'His Father's Son' resembles a sea shanty blended with Native American influences-exactly like the game itself. Stand out tracks on the album include the newest release, Dream of the Sky, which is based on Bioshock Infinite, Breaking Down The Borders (Borderlands 2), The Savage Side of Me (Tomb Raider), The Best I Can (Telltale Games' The Walking Dead), and His Fathers Son (Assassins Creed III). The non-gaming songs are just as great, with 'Halfman's Song', about Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones, is one of the best tracks on the album. For me though, no Miracle of Sound album is complete without a tongue in cheek ditty, and thankfully, Level 3 delivers on this too. 'Wigglesticks' is a brief track mocking Resident Evil 6's over-reliance on Quick Time Events (I enjoyed that game, but come on, it was a little too much at times!), 'The Call of Duty Circus' explains the typical type of Call of Duty gamers you'll encounter whilst playing online, whilst 'Doorfighter' is based on the plethora of door opening sequences in Medal of Honour. The Miracle of Sound: Level 3 album is available to buy as a digital downloaded copy via his Bandcamp page now.
One of the many (and boy was there a lot...) app/service announcements from Microsoft at their E3 conference today was Xbox SmartGlass.
The app unifies content across phones, tablets and the Xbox 360. As shown in a demonstration during the announcement, SmartGlass will allow you to seamlessly switch between a tablet or Xbox 360 whilst watching a film, allowing you to pick up where you left off on another screen.
The demonstration also showed how SmartGlass can bring along some interactive content to TV shows such as Game of Thrones. In this instance, a map showing the current scenes location in the Game of Thrones world was shown on the tablet whilst the user watched an episode of Game of Thrones on their Xbox 360.
It looks like games will be integrated with SmartGlass, as a preview of Halo 4's Waypoint feature was shown. With SmartGlass enabled, players will be able to access Waypoint on their tablet as they progress through the campaign.
Also discussed as Internet Explorer, which will be introduced to the Xbox 360 shortly.
Cyanide Studios have released a trailer for Game of Thrones, an RPG based on George R.R. Martin's series of novels. No doubt this one will go down a treat with fans of the hugely successful HBO TV series also.
The new trailer shows us "The Wall", a huge wall of ice that protects the Seven Kingdoms from the dangers that lurk on the other side. The trailer also shows what happens when members of the Night's Watch, who have been drafted up there to protect the wall, fail to do so. To quote Tim Burton'sSleepy Hollow, "Heads will roll."
Game of Thrones will land on consoles in early 2012. In the meantime, check out the trailer below.
