{"id":7119,"date":"2022-09-23T13:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/23\/terrible-music-and-absurdity-introducing-trombone-champ-the-internets-new-favourite-video-game\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T13:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:38:39","slug":"terrible-music-and-absurdity-introducing-trombone-champ-the-internets-new-favourite-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/23\/terrible-music-and-absurdity-introducing-trombone-champ-the-internets-new-favourite-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Terrible music and absurdity\u2019: introducing Trombone Champ, the internet\u2019s new favourite video game"},"content":{"rendered":"

This endearingly ludicrous viral music game is more than a one-note comedy<\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from games magazine PC Gamer that made me leak from the eyes with laughter. It contained a video, in which a wide-eyed, pained-looking cartoon trombonist struggled to hit the notes of Beethoven\u2019s Fifth while the composer himself stared sombrely out of the screen in evident disapproval. It is a golden comedic combination of terrible music, fart noises, earnestness and absurdity. This is the video game Trombone Champ<\/a>, and it has since gone wildly viral.<\/p>\n

Of course I immediately downloaded it. I\u2019ve been playing rhythm games for more than 20 years, from Beatmania to Guitar Hero to Amplitude via fun musical contraptions in Japanese arcades, and I take them embarrassingly seriously. Trombone Champ is not <\/em>serious; it is a wonderful blend of accidental musical comedy, trading-card collection, made-up facts about trombones and hotdogs (\u201cThe first trombone was made in 200,000,000BC\u201d), and true facts about baboons. (Don\u2019t ask about the baboons. This game has unexpected secrets and the baboons are one of them.)<\/p>\n

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\nThis endearingly ludicrous viral music game is more than a one-note comedy
\nOn Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from games magazine PC Gamer that made me leak from the eyes with laughter. It contained a video, in which a wide-eyed, pained-looking cartoon trombonist struggled to hit the notes of Beethoven\u2019s Fifth while the composer himself stared sombrely out of the screen in evident disapproval. It is a golden comedic combination of terrible music, fart noises, earnestness and absurdity. This is the video game Trombone Champ, and it has since gone wildly viral.
\nOf course I immediately downloaded it. I\u2019ve been playing rhythm games for more than 20 years, from Beatmania to Guitar Hero to Amplitude via fun musical contraptions in Japanese arcades, and I take them embarrassingly seriously. Trombone Champ is not serious; it is a wonderful blend of accidental musical comedy, trading-card collection, made-up facts about trombones and hotdogs (\u201cThe first trombone was made in 200,000,000BC\u201d), and true facts about baboons. (Don\u2019t ask about the baboons. This game has unexpected secrets and the baboons are one of them.) Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This endearingly ludicrous viral music game is more than a one-note comedy On Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from games magazine PC Gamer that made me leak from the eyes with laughter. It contained a video, in which a wide-eyed, pained-looking cartoon trombonist struggled to hit the notes of Beethoven\u2019s Fifth while the composer …<\/p>\n

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