In-game radio

GTA: San Andreas has posted details on the game's soundtrack:

In-game radio stations have become one of the signature aspects of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, delivering a realistic radio experience by allowing players to tune the radio station in the huge selection of vehicles in the game to any station they like, complete with hours of satirical commercials and DJ banter that cleverly parodies a wide mix of radio formats. The radio stations in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will feature the most staggering selection of music ever assembled for a video game with over one-hundred and fifty tracks from artists including James Brown, Willie Nelson, 2 Pac, and Rage Against the Machine plus many, many more that encompass a great deal of the radio spectrum of the early 90’s The double CD also includes as a bonus track an exclusive cover of the Nine Inch Nails early 90s industrial staple “Head Like A Hole” by Northern Californian punk band AFI, who formed in 1991. The track has been recorded by AFI specifically for the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack album and as a tribute to this unique era in music.

The complete track listing for the double CD is as follows:

CD 1
1. The Theme From San Andreas
2. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
3. 2 Pac - I Don't Give A Fuck
4. James Brown - The Payback
5. Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock
6. Guy - Groove Me
7. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise
8. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
9. The Maytals - Pressure Drop
10. Slick Rick - Children's Story
11. Rick James - Cold Blooded
12. Raze - Break 4 Love
CD 2
1. Ohio Players - Funky Worm
2. Heart - Barracuda
3. Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under
4. Lyn Collins - Think About It
5. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
6. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
7. Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
8. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil
9. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
10. Willie Nelson - Crazy

Bonus Track:

11. AFI - Head Like A Hole

All part of the fiction, helping to create the brand of the game. What about when sounds aren't part of the fiction, though? I'm sure the day isn't far off that we see real radio streamed into games, especially MMOGs. Or real TV for that matter: how far off until this picture is a moving picture, and online social spaces (like your house on Dantooine) become just digital versions of the real thing, except with fancier furniture..

Clearly, streaming EastEnders into SWG would slightly break the fantasy too, but seeing as once I've set Rumpus off to beat up 20 sharnaffs I can go make a cup of tea and do some paperwork until she's finished, I'm not sure this is a problem.

No, not far off at all.

Comments

[evil latte]

Finally some RATM has made it to the GTA soundtrack!!! Can't wait for this one, I'll be in lock down for the next 3 months with this title.