Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" Recreated in Minecraft

A recent update to the breakout indie hit Minecraft has added musical-note blocks to the game, allowing players to craft intricate melodies in addition to structural wonders....  read more

The 20 Best Songs in Videogames

The first commercial videogame involved navigating a rocket ship; it was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1971. Music has been around for um… a lot longer than that. But the two have been intertwined from the nearly the beginning of gaming, as far back as Atari 2600, which allowed gamers to play alongside background “music,” which was really a series of simple loops. ...  read more