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FoolFantastic posted...

I've always had difficulty keeping people straight with purely text-based communication, and this has been a good way of getting a better sense of individual users.

This continues to be a problem for me. I recognize the usernames of the regulars but still couldn't really give you a good sense of most of their tastes. I know Raetsel_Lapin'stastes tend to align with mine on the album level (see the impromptu top 10's above, you like some of the more "artsy"/"critically acclaimed" (in a very general sense) albums I would have never touched otherwise, and we've got some "metalheads" like Steiner that only show up for certain types of albums. I suppose that's better than nothing but it's still not great. It applies for even the larger B8 though; there are very few users who I have a good sense of, and most of those are the, let's call them notorious, posters.

As for game soundtracks, I'll say I'm a bit negative on the idea overall. The length (in time and tracks) just means rankings are even more arbitrary because of the difficulty in the task. I also think soundtracks should be heard as part of the media they were developed for. I enjoyed Hamilton but it wasn't as good listening stand alone as it was watching the actual musical.

If I were trying to think about game soundtracks that have stuck with me and that I've listened to some outside of the game...I think of Mario RPG and DKC2. There's also that remix album of DKC music, Kong in Concert. Newer games, there's Bastion and Hotline Miami. Oh, and there was some fun stuff in Road 96.