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
a bbc news investigation reveals dozens of english councils have cutback on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. welcome to sportsday. i mjane dougall live from birmingham, on the busiest day of the commonwealth games. an incredible day at the boxing four golds for northern ireland and three for scotland including dylan eagleson coming from behind to win bantamweight gold. and in the last few moments, laura muir has become commonwealth champion for scotland in the 1500 metres. elation for england hockey their first ever gold after victory over australia. away from the games. erik ten hag s first premier league game in charge of manchester united ends in defeat. and it s a brilliant debut from haaland as man city start their title defence with a win. hello, and welcome to day ten at the commonwealth games. what a
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