Do you listen to other music while playing games?

[esteban]

Some games, where there is really no "music", are perfectly suited for music:

VolfieV, for example, is a great game, with or without your own music. YOU MUST PUT VOLFIEV SOUND UP LOUD BECAUSE THE SFX ARE AWESOME AND AN IMPORTANT PART IF THE GAME (for me, anyway).

SFX loud.

[nodtveidt]

The only obey I have listened to alternate music during was Turrican... and that was when I was a teenager. I put Megadeth's Peace Sells But Who's Buying album on, and listened to it over and over again... so it's the same as PD's experience with Zelda 3. Other than that... not usually... I will occasionally listen to other music on the rare occasion that I play RuneScape, but I usually play stuff by Tunecrafter when I do that, and she works for Jagex now, so... yeah.

[esteban]

Mario Kart SNES. I listened to tons of music with that game during the BILLION OF HOURS  my family + friends played it. I am talking 4-5 hour marathons routinely, non-stop, just-part-of-the-good-life.

Same exact scenario for BASEBALL STARS NES.

Micro Machines NES.

Super Pitfall NES.

KABOOM

JOUST

BALLOON FIGHT

etc. Etc.

[VenomMacbeth]

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is great for adding your own music.  I highly recommend Tom Middleton's mix of "Lost Inside", or Sugar Crystals by Airiel. 

[Ninja Spirit]

If playing an RPG and doing alot of grinding I'll either have some music on or have a movie playing on the other TV.

[xelement5x]

A lot of my childhood was listening to Dr. Demento tapes that I had recorded over the radio while playing other games.  I can finally truly relive that with the boombox I just got, so I'm super happy

[mitsuman]

A lot of my childhood was listening to Dr. Demento tapes that I had recorded over the radio while playing other games.  I can finally truly relive that with the boombox I just got, so I'm super happy

Ah man, Dr Demento! How awesome!! 

[dallaspattern]

This thread brought back memories:) I got my first TG in grade 5 and there was one tape I would listen to over and over as I played. That tape was: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/987/MI0001987574.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Then one day, I invited the kid next door over to play. He laughed at me, dubbed me a copy of Blood Sugar Sex Magic and my life was never the same.

[ClodBuster]

I usually don't. But when I do, it is while playing Forza Motorsport 4. I got my laptop hooked up as a media server, so the Xbox 360 is able to stream music from the laptops library. I made a playlist consisting of Overclocked Remix and some other videogame related music that fits the driving.

Yesterday, I played Forza Horizon while hearing Outrun music in the background. I had a good time driving a Ferrari Testarossa aimlessly all over the map with passing breeze, magical sound shower and splash wave on my ears.

[SephirothTNH]

Ever since Futurama I've liked to listen to Rush while playing Space Invaders.  It just feels right.  In general though I don't listen to other music while playing games.

[SuperGrafx]

I prefer the game's soundtrack, no matter how bad.

[ClodBuster]

Oh and I remeber listening to The custom soundtrack radio station sometimes when playing GTA Vice City on PC. Mostly consisting of Bubblegum Crisis and Depeche Mode, as far as I can remember from over 10 years ago.

[EvilEvoIX]

Pantera and Doom really went well together.  I remember blowing shit up to Vulgar Display of Power BITD and it was fun.

[Tatsujin]

NEVER!! and if the music in the game is soo bad, then I don't play it at all.

[esteban]

NEVER!! and if the music in the game is soo bad, then I don't play it at all.

Unacceptable.

Some games just have really monotonous music. It's OK to turn it down and play some Chopin instead.