R3 'Game' theory?

[DracoM]

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/09/bbc-radio-3-video-game-music-programme-jessica-curry

I do hope this is an April Fool joke?
But




Suspect it isn't.

[MrGongGong]

Sounds great to me
The way this music works is not unlike many pieces from the 1960's / 70's (Burdocks, for example)

Or like this one ?

[MrGongGong]

Horrible modern "noise" masquerading as real music

[Bryn]

Re. #3, I have a six-letter 'word' for you, HPSCHD:

[DracoM]

Crikey. So it's not a joke.

[MrGongGong]

Re. #3, I have a six-letter 'word' for you, HPSCHD:

[ahinton]

I'm sure that the series will be a game changer...

[Barbirollians]

Why do the words about Tom Service " Tom's an avid gamer " not surprise me.

[Nick Armstrong]

https://www.theguardian.com/games/20...-jessica-curry

I do hope this is an April Fool joke?
But




Suspect it isn't.

For Pete’s sake, how desperate can they get...?

[DracoM]

[LMcD]

Why do the words about Tom Service " Tom's an avid gamer " not surprise me.

For what it's worth, 'an avid gamer' is an anagram of Amanda Viger (1845-1909), the well-known nun, pharmacist, spiritual healer and hospital founder.

[BBMmk2]

An attempt by R3 to be an ever inclusive radio station.

[cloughie]

As someone who has no interest whatsoever in video games I have a similar interest in this alien genre - I’ll file it in trash together with all the other stuff I don’t want to waste my ears on!

[DracoM]

An attempt by R3 to be an ever inclusive radio station.

And only succeeding in being the exact opposite perhaps??

[Richard Barrett]

I'm not really interested in listening to film music outside its original context, but plenty of people are, witness the large numbers of CDs devoted to film music. Surely the music composed for games deserves a similar degree of respect. Most music composed for video games is formulaic and dull but then so, to the non-aficionado, is most film music. There's no need to assume it should all be "filed under trash". Whether it belongs on Radio 3 is another question. It should depend on the extent to which it can stand on its own as something to listen to, surely. But plenty of concert music that's played on Radio 3 fails that test as far as I'm concerned.