The hill are alive with the sound of the Disembodied Voices Game of the Year Award Thing 2012, and this time audio is the star. One of the more installments in recent memory, this episode goes over the musical masterpieces of last year, along with a voice acting prize almost awarded to Mark Hamill for no legitimate reason. Subjectivity clashes with objectivity as the (very different) members of the DV Cast try to make decisions without burning to ash. You won’t find a more exciting Game of the Year conversation on the Internet (or anyone still talking about Game of the Year, in all seriousness), so you have no choice. Listen, have a good time, and drop a comment if you have something you want to say!
The Winners of Sound:
Best Stuff You Dance To:
- Darksiders II
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Thomas Was Alone
A winner is… Darksiders II
Best Song of Thematic Representation:
A winner is… World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Best Stuff (Singular) You Dance To:
- The Maker’s Theme – Darksiders II (Bryan)
- Blood Thirst Concerto – Soulcalibur V (Stephen)
- Elvish Piper Academy – Dustforce (Cameron)
- Honor for All – Dishonored (Zachary)
A winner is… all of them!
Words That Are Spoken Vocally:
- The Walking Dead
- Max Payne 3
- Far Cry 3
- Thomas Was Alone
A winner is… The Walking Dead
I’ve been doing some listening on youtube to the music and themes you’ve chosen as award-worthy, and am very impressed with a lot them. I particularly like the Thomas Was Alone soundtrack (I really must play that game), it has a very nice instrumental post-rock feel to it. Also, the Darksiders 2 music is quite evocative (another one I must play).
I had a look for the Mists Of Pandaria theme you mentioned, as I was quite intrigued by the idea of hearing panda monks singing, but couldn’t find the right one. Perhaps you could point me in the right direction?
All in all, some mighty fine choices were made. Good job!
Oh, the reminds me! I was supposed to updated this post with links to some of our winners. I’ll do that. Until then, here’s a sample of chanting panda monks: http://youtu.be/fv2-I9z3ywg?t=1m22s
2012 really was packed with musical wonderment. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for posting the links. I had a good listen to the Pandaria theme. It really is very good, I love the choral voices.
I’ve also just listened to the Dishonored “Honor For All” track. It was quite different to what I expected, but very good nonetheless.