from video games, orchestral style. in which i get to play in the wind section. then we ll spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl that s hopefully not limited edition. and the record isn t the only thing skipping. look at that majestic covered gymnastic, well co ordinated. all right, stop it! i don t know about you, but this how i spent my time growing up. while lara was out with friends, i was exploring the universe in my cobra mk iii 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 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 t
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
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 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 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. music: firestarter by the prodigy 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
in a moment on bbc news, the film review. but first here s click. this week, we re celebrating music from videogames, orchestral style. i don t know about you, but this how i spent my time growing up. while lara was out with friends, i was exploring the universe in my cobra mk iii 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 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 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 cultur
i think she s an amazing lady, absolutely incredible. we think betty has set a new world record as the oldest wing walker to loop the loop. and she s not ruling out another go next year, either. will glennon, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. the sunshine continues this afternoon across the southern half of the uk. again, no rain in the forecast. a bit more cloud, though, through the afternoon in parts of north wales, north midlands, northern england. a small chance of a shower. isolated shower in northern ireland but brightening up. and brightening up too across mainland scotland compared with the morning, although further rain at times in the far north and a brisk wind. a wetter afternoon in orkney and shetland compared with this morning. temperatures a little bit down on where we should be for this stage in august. highest, though, across the south. still pretty warm in that sunshine, 22 25 degrees. through this evening and overnigh