{"id":467,"date":"2020-04-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=467"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:32:42","slug":"vgu-roundtable-music-that-is-synonymous-with-the-game-they-appeared-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Roundtable: Music That Is Synonymous With The Game They Appeared In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And I don’t wanna miss a thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier on this, the 16th of November I was watching the Saints Row 3 <\/em>E3 2011 trailer featuring Yeezy’s iconic track from 2010 titled “Power.” I then posted it in the VGU writers chat and said “I don’t know why but of all the 5-10 games that used Power at E3 2011 this is the only one that fits like a glove…” To which Graydon responded with how perfectly executed the use of the song in the game was. This then devolved into a case of us questioning whether or not Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out For A Hero” was in Saints Row 3<\/em> or the fourth title in the series. Ultimately, it got me thinking of this, a special roundtable in which we talk about commercial\/licensed songs appearing in either a video game trailer, or the game itself that would go on to become one with the game it appeared in either everyone’s eyes or ours. So, let us now talk about a song from a game that brings us back to our favorite times playing games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allan Muir – Site Admin\/Co-EiC and Man Who Is Slowly Going Blind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rise Against – Survive<\/strong> WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s no secret that I am a wrestling fan. I remember watching the Attitude Era when I was an Al Jr. back in 1998-1999. I properly got into wrestling with the PS2 Yukes games around 2002-2003. I have fond memories of playing WWE Shut Your Mouth<\/em> or Here Comes The Pain and oddly, but not surprisingly now that I think of it, watching two wrestlers playing the game on Smackdown back in October of 2003. Fast forward three or four years and it’s November 14th, 2006 and I am begging my parents to buy me the game as I was thirteen years old and had no way to earn a living, child labor laws are really ruining this country. So, I was playing the game and it had a fantastic soundtrack that featured the likes of Godsmack, Three Days Grace, and other acclaimed artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, I was enjoying the game for what it was (GM Mode) and had absolutely zero idea what I was doing. My main interests around that time was either Halo<\/em>, Band of Brothers, or the film adaptation of Rent. Over the next few months, I would get an Xbox 360 for Christmas and start accruing games from either GameFly or BlockBuster. I eventually got WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007 for the Xbox 360 and I would have a lot of fun with it. I’d play wrestling DVD’s on my computer and SvR on my 360 as a companion piece. Of all the songs that were featured in WWE SvR 2007 I have to say there’s still after all these years something about Rise Against’s “Survive” that no matter how many years it’s been since I’ve played the game if I turn that song on I am sent in a whirlwind through my memories and am back in the good ol’ days when all I had to worry about was getting to school on time, saying my prayers and taking my vitamins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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