Do you remember the good ol' times when you're so excited to go the next level and playing your thumbs off at Video Games, having your fingers ramming the Computer keyboards killing that monster or in full concentration of your Nintendo Gameboy?
I know I do π
In all honesty, I wasn't so much of a girly-girl when I was growing up during my childhood/teenage years.
You wouldn't see me playing house or barbie dolls at all. I would be engrossed in my huge maximus brick Gameboy (hey that was in 1999! Don't judge me!) and bugging my maid's ear off to fix the Video Console and Playstation for me.
Similarly, I'll be kicking the boys arses at Super Mario going beyond levels like no girl has ever before.
Video Games Live (VGL) is a massive concert event featuring music from the greatest video games of all time, held worldwide especially in various parts of the United States of America. Those amazing pieces of video games sound effects & soundtrack musics you hear whilst battling it out? Yup.
They will all be recreated live and produced by industry veterans and world famous video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall; in collabo with our National Symphony Orchestra to perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, special effects, solo performers, electronic percussion, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind entertainment experience. And guess what?
GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT??
VGL IS HITTING MALAYSIA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!
It will be the First Video Game Concert live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!
Aren't you excited already? I know the lads will π
In line with the goal to spread video game music worldwide, Video Games Live will be performing 2 shows in KL in collabo with the prestigious National Symphony Orchestra. I bet you've heard of The Legend of Zelda, Warcraft, Halo, Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy and Starcraft before, check out one of my personal faves.
This was held during the VGL in Vermont, USA :
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_2R4zDpz2k
And Sonic the Hedgehog in Hollywood Bowl :
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctIQprL_wRU&feature=related
Special Guests this Saturday includes Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino from Japan who will be performing his hit song "Snake Eater" (from Metal Gear Solid 3) with the symphony!
So here are all the details you need… mark your dates!
Venue: Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Time/Date: Saturday, 17th April 2010 2.30PM / 8.30PM
Dress: Smart casual
Photography: No professional photography equipment allowed (compact cameras only)
If at this point, you are reading this nonchalently and shaking your heads at so called "geeks" then think again π Video Games Live is not just a concert, but a celebration of the entire video game industry that people of all ages will adore even they’ve never played a video game before… must have had a pretty sad childhood, but OKAY! Moving on.. π π
There's something extra for all of us too!
1. Guitar Hero Auditions will be held at Level 4, Room 405. Starting from 12pm & 6pm
Condition :- must be a VGL ticket holder
I've heard that the player with the highest scores each session will win a chance to perform on stage with VGL & the Orchestra live!!!
2. A Cosplay competition will be held at Level 1, Plenary Hall Foyer. Registration starts at 1pm & 7pm.
Condition:- must be a VGL ticket holder
Finalists will go on stage and be judged by the audience; loudest applause wins! Major bragging rights and photo opps here woo hoo!
Check 'em out at www.videogameslive.com
and The VGL Malaysia facebook page if you want more details π
See youuu "geeks" there! π
OH AND.. hehe almost forgot. I'll be giving away tickets!
If you wanna win yourselves a pair of double passes lemme know why you do!
Best answer wins!
oooooooooooh. so this is what my bro been talking about. -_- now i get it. thks for sharing jessica! I only know super mario and zelda.. lolz. the rest i think the boys will know hahaz. at 1st i thought it was a gaming competition from the name itself…. hmmm if its a concert i wanna go! =)
haha yes π its the one. no problem, sharing is caring lol. it’s a worldwide concert woo hoo!
I have never ever attended an orchestra in my life and attending special and one with a niche has always been in my to-do list before I die. I’ve always enjoyed good music but only through the speakers and not listening to them live. Don’t count the concerts I’ve attended, I believe true good live music are the ones played during orchestral performances such as this one. I’ve also played video games all my life and some video games music composers such as Nobuo Uematsu produce some really wonderful music which pleases audiophiles and gamers alike.
So VGL is the best of both worlds for me. This is the first time that they’r coming to malaysia and I don’t want to miss this opportunity to attend such a special performance. I could be one of the best performance I’ll ever see in my life =)
tonight coming soon! π
I went OMG when I decided to come to your blog and I knew I made the right decision when you said that you’re rewarding us with tickets.=)
I grew up with Brick Games, and constantly got my head and eyes stuck onto the tv playing fighting Chun Li games instead of combing a Barbie’s hair or playing doctor.. Even if so, I play those in games that were once sold in the square box where you pug it into a player and you can blast barbie’s head away all day! LMAO xD
Thus it would be a great and memorable opportunity to be able to go to this concert themed song games, it would be more exciting(x1000)than playing DDR with one leg LOL~
wait fer tonite! π need to inform the sponsors to judge the comments! good luck!
Going to E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is always a wish and a dream for a gamer (a.k.a geek) like me. Still remember when I was young, how I’m addicted to all these “geek porn” like transformer, power ranger, games, computer games, and bla bla bla..
Therefore going to VGL will make part of my dream come true, and will definitely work my arse out to be there one day.
So why I want the ticket? Simple, I want to make myself happy, and also to make my brother happier because if you said I’m hardcore gamer, wait till you see him, he owns almost every console from hand held, to home console, from Nintendo DS to XBox 360. I’m sure it is a place where people like me get max orgasm in gaming life.
results out tonite! stay tuned
OMG I’m so excited for this! π let me give this a try, ok?
When I first heard of VGL,
It was two years ago,
I was completely under its spell,
I really wanted to go!
Youtube vids were fine at first,
Though the recordings were so shitty,
Though every vid increased my thirst
For HD quality!
How better to experience
this concert but to go
and see this musical spectacle
in a real live show!
I petitioned! emailed! stormed their forums!
Asking them to come,
to beautiful malaysia
and when a year was done,
The news released! OH GLORY BE!
they’re here! OH FINALLY!
but VGL came at a time
when I…had no money π
I’ve been saving up to buy a car
to move about each day
and concert prices cost so much…
So I was forced to say
Goodbye, my love, my VGL…
I shed a tear for thee…
I’ll sit in sadness, farewell, farewell,
and listen to you on MP3.
Except I find that a blogger
is offering as a prize…
TWO TICKETS! OH JOY OH MAN!
I can’t believe my eyes!
So I hope therefore, kind jessicat,
Ever so humbly,
that I will win the chance to go
And see VGL…HD.
Omg I dunno, I’m only going to assume Nuffnang is behind this lol. If they’re not…..um. SO SORRY, DEAR ACTUAL SPONSOR. :D;;;
what makes you think it’s Nuffnang?? just curious?? o.0
Nuffnang always seems to be running these sorts of blog contests in which they give away tickets to some concert or another. Since Jess didn’t mention who the sponsor was, I took a wild guess.
Turns out it isn’t, oops! I only realized it might not be after I posted my entry lol. Jess, you should include a delete or edit option!
the sponsors are the VGL themselves π and okiee I will edit that part of your comment fer ya! π
Speaking of editing! π Couuuuld you change this verse from
Except I find that Nuffnang
is offering as a prizeβ¦
TWO TICKETS! OH JOY OH MAN!
I canβt believe my eyes!
to
Except I find that a blogger
is offering as a prizeβ¦
TWO TICKETS! OH JOY OH MAN!
I canβt believe my eyes!
Is this possible? XD
congrats to you!!! π
hehe nope! it’s not NN π
whoaa.. ganas! goodluck! π
Wah I wan tickets! i was pokai this month so i nvr buy tickets at all…..
now i hope to win this!
I wanna go cause I want to listen to all my favorite game soundtracks from my childhood days like Street Fighter, Castlevania, Megaman, Final Fantasy, Zelda and More! and last but not least METAL GEAR SOLID!!!! My fav tactical espionage action game!
I want tickets please! It will be my 1st time attending and orchestra concert!
Simple answer but it really shows my enthusiast to attend this VGL concert!
and I get to see special guest Norihiko Hibino, the Man Behind the music of Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater!
Love that Awesome “Snake Eater” theme song!
SNAKE EATER FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i played 5 times.. xD
U got play also! Wah! NAIS!!
ARE U PLAYING the next title for PSP?
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker!!!!
This month Jap release! June is Eng release!!!
hahahah crazy u ppl π so hyper. okok gonna submit in your comments to the sponsors. good luck!
if i had this chance to catch this magnificent Video Game Live concert, it would add on to my “one-of-the-best-concert-i’ve-enjoy” list for sure! i really don want to miss this concert as it’s like a once in a life time must catch concert. and of course i do enjoy video games!! I played all kind of video games since i was young..but i seem to forgot about them when i started busy with my studies..hang out with frens…dancing…etc etc.. after watching VGL video in Vermont, it really bring me back to my childhood time =) full with memories~~
oh please!!! i wanna go VGL and get back all my sweetfull memories!!! π
hahah u oso like the Vermont one π thats my fave. OKOK. sent off ALL YOU AWESOME PPL’S COMMENTS EDI. All the best!
I wannt the tickets!
Firstly, I’m noob in games, and thus my ‘lovely’ friends, including my BF love to tease me ‘A noob’ because i cant even complete the classic game of super Mario! FML!
But I do Love to play com games e.g mainly Guitar heroes, Warcraft and not forgetting super mario.
Ok VGL some friends are attending and some friends are not! I want the tickets to prove to them that Me The Noob will be attending it, And I’ll be there to ROCK the PArty! Wohooo!
ur not a noob! no one is π kick their asses at Mario or Tetris n u’ll be fine! π hope ur friends hv a good time tmr!
Nothing wrong with the chunky gameboy. My brother and I played Tetris and Super Mario Bros to death on his. I was kinda sad that they phased it out because the newer one was too small for adult hands. Or maybe our hands grew bigger and we never realised.
I even belong to the generation that saw the birth of Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Megadrive. Oooohhhh the days when Sega still made consoles and Sony & Microsoft just stuck to Walkmans & Windows. It makes me old when I think about it but I feel even older when I try one of the modern consoles – there’s more than 2 / 3 / 6 buttons! How do you expect me to remember the function of each one!!
Sounds like a cool concert but Penang is too far. Enjoy Everyone! (Most of whom will probably be in their 30s!!)
So did i! π i played it all when i was like 7-12 years old. haha bighands n bigfoot? π
Yeah suddenly the gameboy turned to gameboy pocket n then gameboy color n stuff liddat.
Wow. Sega was ur generation? Cool π haha i agree, the xbox n ps has so many buttons. even has buttons with DIFF SHAPES n 2 hidden on top too! >_< Nah, penang is not far. it's only 4.5hours away frm KL! I've friends frm SG coming down for this too! π But dont worry! Imma blog abt the post coverage of it π u wont miss a thing!
I JUST RECEIVED THE RESULT IN MY MAILBOX! π *dramatic cue* jengjengjeng… and the winner for the Double Passes to VGL tomorrow at 2.30pm is……………
*holds breath*
The sponsors have decided to award it to –
reader Drea with her winning entry (or rather very creative poem)
When I first heard of VGL,
It was two years ago,
I was completely under its spell,
I really wanted to go!
Youtube vids were fine at first,
Though the recordings were so shitty,
Though every vid increased my thirst
For HD quality!
How better to experience
this concert but to go
and see this musical spectacle
in a real live show!
I petitioned! emailed! stormed their forums!
Asking them to come,
to beautiful malaysia
and when a year was done,
The news released! OH GLORY BE!
theyβre here! OH FINALLY!
but VGL came at a time
when Iβ¦had no money π
Iβve been saving up to buy a car
to move about each day
and concert prices cost so muchβ¦
So I was forced to say
Goodbye, my love, my VGLβ¦
I shed a tear for theeβ¦
Iβll sit in sadness, farewell, farewell,
and listen to you on MP3.
Except I find that a blogger
is offering as a prizeβ¦
TWO TICKETS! OH JOY OH MAN!
I canβt believe my eyes!
So I hope therefore, kind jessicat,
Ever so humbly,
that I will win the chance to go
And see VGLβ¦HD.
CONGRATULATIONS
you may head on to the venue tomorrow as the show begins at 2.30pm. Quote your name under TheJessicat’s blog giveaways to redeem your double passes.
HAVE FUN!
ps : to the rest of the very awesome entries, DON’T KILL ME AH. NOT I CHOOSE THE WINNER ONE π
Try again next round okie? Who knows *cough* it might be Pitbull’s concert in Genting next? *wink*
Cool, thanks Jess and VGL! π
From a girl-gamer to another, enjoy the concert tomorrow! I attended one when it was performed in Scotland and it was OUTRAGEOUS! Totally loved it. Always happy to see another chica that appreciates computer/video games music soundtrack/score like I do. Wish I could see it in homeground KL too. Bet it’s gonna be awesome.
Enjoy! Looking forward to seeing you blogging about it post-VGL-KL.
Awww how very nice of u π thanks! I will, you betcha! can’t wait for it as it’s the 1st time hitting Malaysia too! it BETTER be good hehe. *highfive* to videogame chicks π π
stay tuned for the post VGL-KL thumbs up!
Gosh, this blog roxx!! Thanx for the heads-up Jess! I am soooo going to the concert! Really cool entries too, too bad all can’t go.
lucky for you who can make it.
I WAN GO!!!!
i tell u soundtracks from the FF series, the MG series, warcraft, starcraft & halo are goooood….
man, i love VGL π been waiting for this long time ago, but i just can’t go π
This is really cool. I saw the video of Super Mario. Brought back memories to me π
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