It’s that time of year: the time when I want to sip hot chocolate and get cozy by listening to a big playlist of wintery videogame tunes. Will you join me on this quest?
I’ve started the playlist off with a few of my faves, but the rest is up to you Waypoint-eers! Hit me up with your favorite snow levels, ice levels, holiday special event tunes, or whatever videogame music you think is fitting for a winter playlist.
If you just want to listen, that’s cool too! Here’s the regular link:
(This is an experiment, so if you run into issues with the link, or have suggestions for me - let me know! I think I’ll leave the playlist editable for a couple of weeks and then close it, but we’ll see. If this is fun, we can do it again with a different theme!)
I really like this idea of community-built playlists! This is really cool.
The first thing that came to mind for me was the Ice Caves music from Spelunky, but specifically the music for Wet Fur/Yeti levels when you wait around long enough for the ghost to show up and music slows down and gets kind of warped. The saxophone that comes in at around 0:50 is just so good. The regular not-ghostified version is also good but I prefer the slower jam of the ghosted one.
The other thing I thought of is the Majula theme from Dark Souls 2. It isn’t really a winter area (like, at all) but it has that sort of peaceful melancholy that I associate with winter.
I added (one) Perfect Cherry Blossom track, though I’d recommend you listen to more of it (or even just play the game) if you can. It’s the platonic ideal of a winter game and every aspect of the game reflects that in one way or another.
I hate Christmas themed things normally, and I know it’s not really a winter game, and I know Blood Money is super problematic, but every time I think of the level “You Better Watch Out…” in it, I think of the snowy mountain, the bougie party, shooting out the glass bottom of a hot tub, and this smooth track by Jesper Kyd
also shout out to my fave series, Metroid, love the snow wastes of Phendrana
also the MGS theme was literally a remix of a song by Russian composer Sviridov called “Winter Road” and that game has hella snow so, motherfuckers it counts
Also, now seems like a good time to talk about… the next playlist!
So - what suggestions do y’all have for future collaborative playlist themes? If I get enough nominations, I’ll throw together a poll and let the people decide.
I added it.
