Video game music, orchestral performances, and the sheer joy of a communal experience: how live concerts are helping us reconnect with gaming's good side

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The short version

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• Between Dom and I, we were at three orchestral game-music performances this summer.
• We were both at the Hades concert, then I watched the Diablo concert and Dom watched the Shoji Meguro 'Persona Grooves' concert.

What happened

We come together here to talk about what we thought of these concerts and, more importantly, what makes them so vital and celebratory. Bertie: Can I just say 'thank god for air conditioning' before we begin?

Why it matters

It was an agonisingly hot week in London when the Hades performance was on, and as the doors flew open on that central room in the Royal Festival Hall, and an arctic breeze rushed out, it was heavenly.

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