then we ll spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl that s hopefully not limited edition. and the records aren t the only thing skipping. just look at that majestic, gymnastic, well coordinated. all right, stop it! i don t know about you, but this is how i spent my time growing up. while laura was out with friends, i was exploring the universe in my cobra mkiv spacecraft. excuse me. i was a pretty good bmxer in my time. still can t ride an actual bike that well, but as long as i was steering with a keyboard, i was a totally rad rider. official terminology there, i m sure. definitely. 0k. look, gaming became really important to a whole generation in the 1980s. and although we re now no longer kids, many of us are still playing, which is why games can now afford to be big budget blockbusters, and last year the uk games market was worth more than £7 billion. another result of the amount of time that video gaming has been around is the way that it s permeated into other
that s no stranger to incidents of this kind. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for a 30 am. a very good sunday morning to you. now on bbc news, click. lara: this week, we re - celebrating music from video games, orchestral style. spencer: in which i get to play in the wind section. high and low notes. then we ll spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl that s hopefully not limited edition. and the records aren t the only thing skipping. just look at that majestic, gymnastic, well coordinated. all right, stop it! i don t know about you, but this is how i spent my time growing up. while laura was out with friends, i was exploring the universe in my cobra mkiv spacecraft. excuse me. i was a pretty good bmxer in my time. still can t ride an actual bike that well, but as long as i was steering with a keyboard, i was a totally rad rider. 0fficial terminology there, i m sure. definitely. 0k. look, gaming became really important to a whole generation in the 1980s.
another result of the amount of time that video gaming has been around is the way it s permeated into other areas of our lives. yes, and equally it s started to draw on and draw in other parts of our culture and that includes music. prodigy s firestarter plays. the first time i realised that games decided to take their music scores seriously was when i played wipeout 2097 and realised that the accompanying soundtrack was not random plinky plock, it was firestarter by the prodigy. and in recent years it s been recognised as a major art form. well known hollywood composers like hans zimmer and michael giacchino have turned their hands to writing scores for games. and that s why this week videogame came to the uk s best known celebration of classical music, the proms, and pokemon took over the albert hall. so let s give it a go start from the top. i m at the bbc s maida vale studios for the final warehouses of the first ever gaming prom, called rehearsals of the first ever g
of the children killed. china has made a show of strength in the taiwan strait for a second day. the us has accused china of fundamentally irresponsible behaviour after beijing said it was stopping cooperation with the americans on a range of key issues including how to tackle climate change. now on bbc news clickjoins a rehearsalfor a special bbc prom celebrating music in video games. the team looks at the resurgence of vinyl records and tries out the latest summer gadgets. this week we are celebrating music from videogames, orchestral style, music from videogames, orchestralstyle, in music from videogames, orchestral style, in which i get to play in the wind section. then we will spin more tunes while we were some green vinyl that is hopefully not limited addiction. in vinyl that is hopefully not limited addiction.- limited addiction. in the record isn t limited addiction. in the record isn t the - limited addiction. in the record isn t the only - limited addiction. in th
at this hour the u.s. president is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his first trip to asia as commander in chief. last hour joe biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the south korean national cemetery. before arriving at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting with yoon seok-youl. we re expecting them to give their remarks soon. on friday mr. biden says the future of the world will be written in asia, and the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing on a reflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. now, the threat posed by pyongyang is expected to be a main focus of mr. biden s bilateral meeting with south korea s leader. we ve also learned that beijing is holding military drills in the south china sea during this visit. the u.s. says pyongyang could conduct a missile test w