This is how you do it.

This is how you do it.

Nov 20

When I made a space game, we immeadiately decided that our trailers would have a rock track – all other space games seemed to thing you had to have an orchestra pushing the majesty of space, so we went another way. And while there were a satisfying handful of people who complained (“That’s NOT appropriate music for this type of game”), thus cementing our decision, there was a lot of “that’s awesome – thank god, no strings in space.”

But that was small, that was web-based. Imagine just how happy I was when I spotted the Gears of War commercial on TV.

So perfect – visually we follow the war-weary hero through the rubble of a now-dead city, and the Tears for Fears lyrics fill in the blanks.

All around me are familiar faces,
Worn out places,
Worn out faces,
Bright and early for the daily races,
Going nowhere,
Going nowhere,
Their tears are filling up their glasses,
No expression,
No expression,
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow,
No tomorrow,
No tomorrow,
And I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad,
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had,
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take,
When people run in circles,
It’s a very very,
Mad world,
Mad world.

I’m going to go watch it again.