Iain Mew
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Writing a British history of popular video games one UK sales chart #1 at a time. Now in 1985. Also into pop music and writing on The Singles Jukebox. He/him. http://www.superchartisland.com
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![Iain Mew: The version of “Strategy” used for the video with its 100 million views has Megan Thee Stallion; the one that appears briefly in KPop Demon Hunters and at full length on its soundtrack doesn’t. Her rap was so thoroughly aligned with the light style of the track that its removal is both a weird choice and one that doesn’t make a huge difference to how it sounds. This is not a song that has much to do with fine details. Instead it’s about the projection of a continuous sense of softly held power. In the movie it is used to soundtrack the opulence of having a room with the outfits for all your future promos hanging up ready, but more so the pleasant confidence of having promo mechanisms ready to swing into place at the tap of a screen. It works unobtrusively and perfectly, since the song is already that but for romantic seduction rather than pop music. “Winning is my trademark”: with certainty like that, who needs dynamics?
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![Picking a whole different season of sports was also a great idea to stand out from the pack. Furthermore, the more complex nature of those sports with their equipment worked better for Epyx’s approach in getting away from joystick-waggling too. This is well demonstrated by biathlon. Which is perhaps no surprise, as it is arguably one of the more video game-y sports out there: a version of some people's everyday means of getting around, interrupted arbitrarily to shoot a gun for a bit. It’s one event where frantic joystick waggling does come in, for its uphill skiing sections, but the smarter emphasis throughout is on rhythm, and even waggling at joystick-endangering speed puts you at risk of slipping up when you have to switch back for a rhythmic flat section after.
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Misty De Méo
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