Xbox 360 What do you listen to when you play?

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What kind of music do you listen to when you play video games? Do you listen to the game or do you listen to something else? Sometimes I am just not in the mood for the game music so I put on subtitles and listen to podcasts or something.
 
I'm usually concentrating on the game even if it's kind of mindless. So, I don't normally listen to any other music. Besides, most of the music I like isn't exactly Music To Play Games By.
 
I listen to what the game is playing. However, I do agree that the music will become boring especially when it is repetitive, which most games have. When I become bored already then I will just mute the game but not play any other music.
 
I only listen to the game music and sound. I get zoned into the games, I am playing, and turning on other music would distract me.
 
I've tried to listen to music before, but it's just a distraction. I get so focused on what I'm doing in the game and trying to not die, you can't hear things around you when you have music blasting. I need to hear what I'm doing in the game.
 
I don't play music often. There is a rule in my house - only 1 electronic at a time. You don't need the radio on when you are gaming. You don't need a gaming console on if you are watching TV. So I don't really listen to music.
 
Do you make up those rules? I'm sure you could bend them if you really wanted to. :P I think if I was going to listen to any music while playing though, it would have to be that song, "Let the bodies hit the floor". It's a crazy song and it fits my style of gaming.
 
I sometimes listen to music, but it's always non-lyrical stuff. Something with words in it would distract me too much, I think. Then again, I have the attention span of a Jack Russel Terrier, so...
 
This might sound crazy, but classical music might work as background music. I read somewhere that a lot of the classical music does something to your heart rate and mood that is good for productivity. I'm sure it would depend on the piece, though.
 
I can't concentrate at the game if there is music or noise around me. People are different in this regard. I have friends who listen to music on their iPods when playing games, and can focus on the game action and the song lyrics at the same time. I suppose I was not blessed with distributive attention...
 
I have playlists of different music when I am gaming. What kind of music I listen to has a lot to do with what kind of game I am into and how into the game that I am.
 
I typically hear the album I'm addicted to at the time and since I listen to a relatively wide range of music it can be of almost any genre including hip hop, metal, etc. Right now I've been listening a lot to Piñata by Madlib and Freddie Gibbs. Good stuff.
 
i try to stop all distractions especially if I am playing something like call of duty. I try to keep all noise down so that I could get into the zone. Music sometimes help me to get into the zone before I start playing but once I am in game I try to turn it off and focus on the objectives in the game. Simply because I hate losing and I do everything in my power except cheat to win. Music before but not during at all.
 
Mostly I listen to the games, and the sounds of the people around me while I'm playing. Sometimes though I'll watch something on another screen, like a movie or a documentary if it's a game with a lot of time between actions, like say, Borderlands 2 since it takes a while to get between missions and such.
 
In a game like Skyrim or Oblivion on my first play through I listened to the ambient sounds with the game music off. When I play it again I play themed music like viking metal/epic heavy metal/epic themed metal for Skyrim (Rebellion's viking trilogy, Manilla Road, Bathory's viking metal albums, White Skull, Immortal, etc.), Alestorm/Running Wild (the original pirate metal band)/Blazon Stone for AC IV. For Fallout I did the same as Elder Scrolls the first time then played post apocalyptic/grim themed metal like some Children of Technology, Toxic Holocaust, Darkthrone, Hellhammer, Warhammer, and Apocalyptic Raids.

Mass Effect I listened to progressive rock, space disco, and synthwave. GTA the radio stations, Brutal Legend I had my own playlist. I liked a lot of what was in the game, but I hated some of the genre labeling.
 
Electronic music like Crystal Castles or something else if its online. If I'm playing a single player campaign typically no music unless I'm doing grinding in an rpg.
 
MetalSwift said:
In a game like Skyrim or Oblivion on my first play through I listened to the ambient sounds with the game music off. When I play it again I play themed music like viking metal/epic heavy metal/epic themed metal for Skyrim (Rebellion's viking trilogy, Manilla Road, Bathory's viking metal albums, White Skull, Immortal, etc.), Alestorm/Running Wild (the original pirate metal band)/Blazon Stone for AC IV. For Fallout I did the same as Elder Scrolls the first time then played post apocalyptic/grim themed metal like some Children of Technology, Toxic Holocaust, Darkthrone, Hellhammer, Warhammer, and Apocalyptic Raids.

Mass Effect I listened to progressive rock, space disco, and synthwave. GTA the radio stations, Brutal Legend I had my own playlist. I liked a lot of what was in the game, but I hated some of the genre labeling.
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Did your Brutal Legend playlist have a lot of 80s metal in it?
 
ThunderSteel said:
Did your Brutal Legend playlist have a lot of 80s metal in it?
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Of course it did. It was mostly 80s metal...but very little glam though. The closest was was pre-Dr. Feelgood Motley Crue and mid-80s post-glam/pre-groove Pantera in there. With Nitro being the only full on glam album in there.

...because Jim Gillette's voice can shatter wine glasses, that's why.
 
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