The world famous Video Game Live has arrived to Taipei again on the 20th of February. Basically, this is a creative concert event by a professional orchestra which performs video game music from the ‘old school’ to the newest pieces. The audience can watch how the tunes of each game match with its video graphic animation on the enormous screens. These game visuals are all synchronised in amazing cuttings to the music, giving an extraordinary show with all the effects, fireworks and interactive parts. I’m not a video game fun as only a few games could engage me in my ‘lovely childhood’ for shorter times but I thought it’s going to be fun so I came along with many students from the dorm, even though that was a quiet chilly night (around 13 oC).
The event took place on the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (which one of my favourite places in Taipei). It was really not only for game fanatics but everyone could enjoy it who likes just a little bit what a classical orchestra can provide within a show like this – actually those members were the best in Taiwan. However, I’m pretty sure that many of the Taiwanese people came along with concrete expectations about games. They were crowing like this “Final Fantasy 7!!!!!!!!!!!” and “Diabolo-diabolo-diabolo!!” –yeah, this is video game fanaticism…:) Anyway one the interactive part was quiet funny, when a local guy from the crowd went up to the stage and played a “fight against the aliens” retro style game with the curiosity that his move on a lateral line directed his spacecraft on the screen. completely crazy…
At the end as the crowd was cheering, everyone held up some mobile, digital camera, PDA or other electronic devices to say thanks for the show by imitating the feeling which was trendy in the ‘60s-‘70s by using lighters. This concert was really a lot of fun, I knew that people go crazy for video games in Asia but I didn’t expect that they do this much. All the people were so excited from the beginning and they were so happy when one of their favourites appeared on the screen. I’m sure that it was also a good sign for the video game industry that supports the word tour of this team that the new games which they showed us will be popular here and that Taiwan is still a potential target.
Some more picture about the concert in my Picasa.
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