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Posted on | October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Rebecca Mayes, Audiogamer

Posted on | October 2, 2009 | No Comments

Vlarg here. Master Torgo already mentioned the videogame-related music of Rebecca Mayes in a previous article. However, he only did so in passing, and after doing some research and listening to nearly every song and watching every video she’s put out on the web, I feel, as video game nerds, we are duty-bound to pile pay more attention to this rising star in the world of enthusiasts of video games and good music in general.

As The Famous Paul can attest from his years of professional improv theater and writing funny songs (hundreds of which are piss-pants-funny and has yet to release that lazy bastard), it’s hard work making up songs all the time, and even harder to make them relevant/funny/worth listening to. To write them solely about video games, make enjoyable videos for most of them, and strike gold on a consistent basis is nigh impossible. Yet somehow Rebecca Mayes seems to pull this off with relative ease.

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