[UK] Game City festival: Sonic Tea Party and Jacques concert

Post by **big_smile** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:32 am

A Ã¢â‚¬ËœBirthday Tea PartyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ in honour of SonicÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s 15th Anniversary is to be held at the Game City Festival in Nottingham, UK on the 28th of October.

According to Sega Europe, the party will offer cake, tea, song, Ã¢â‚¬Å“the company of some very special friendsÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾ and an abundance of Sonic. The party will be held thought the day at the Lee Rosy Tea Room.

Richard Jacques will also be at the festival performing live renditions of his music on the same day. The exact line-up has yet to be revealed, but it will include a Ã¢â‚¬ËœSonic melodyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢. TJ Davis, the vocalist for Sonic R will also be performing along side Richard Jacques.

The Game City festival is a four day event that brings together academics, industry veterans and the general public to celebrate British gaming culture. More information can be found here.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:10 pm

Where did you get the details from? According to the GameCity website that you linked both the Jacques retrospective and the Sonic tea party will be on Saturday the 28th, and the final day of the festival is the 29th.

I think I might check it out on the Saturday. Anyone else planning on going?

Psychobob5 · Post by **Psychobob5** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:55 pm

ThereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s something rather unsettling about this event, and I think it has something to do with the mention of Ã¢â‚¬Ëœtea partyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ and Ã¢â‚¬ËœgamesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ in the same sentence. Naturally a tea based gaming event is going to do about as much for a gamers credibility as Artoon have to produce a decent game (i.e. very little), and unless your planning on enrolling in butler academy I see little point in going.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:38 pm

Sonic digs Tea parties. They're the bizzomb, bizzitch.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:00 pm

This cake is so tasty that it breaks the sound barrier!

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:36 pm

They had to ban the crumpets because they were creating deadly sonic booms.

Post by **big_smile** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:24 am

Where did you get the details from?

The details came from a Game City press release. I'll email them to double check the dates, but I would assume the website would probably be more up-to-date.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:35 pm

A Sonic tea party, I cant believe they never used that idea in Sonic the comic...

Post by **big_smile** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:48 am

Updated the top post. It seems TJ Davis will also be attending.

Gamecity have revised the times for several events, including The Game Maker's Apprentice event, and would like prospective visitors to check the website.

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:23 pm

big_smile wrote:Updated the top post. It seems TJ Davis will also be attending.

What, are Jacques and Davis performing the Sonic R soundtrack or something?

Psychobob5 · Post by **Psychobob5** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:52 pm

Neo Chaotikal wrote:
big_smile wrote:Updated the top post. It seems TJ Davis will also be attending.
What, are Jacques and Davis performing the Sonic R soundtrack or something?

Let's all slit our wrists in anticipation if that proves to be the case.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:36 pm

I liked the Sonic R soundtrack. The lyrics, not so much, but the music itself is really great stuff.

Heck, I'll openly admit that I love Richard Jacques' work. I'll admit I haven't heard Headhunter, but if it's as good as the other tunes I've heard him put out, then it'd be very good indeed.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:39 pm

If you haven't heard Headhunter, than you can't say you love Richard Jacques.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:46 pm

In which case, all I'll say is this: it shall be remedied fairly swiftly (and easily).

But not tonight. Voting tomorrow, and if I want to make it fit in my schedule, it'll have to be early in the morning - and I am NOT a morning person, lemme tell you.

Majestic Joey · Post by **Majestic Joey** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:51 pm

I never heard the soundtrack in headhunter but richard jaques's songs in jet set radio and jet set radio future were pretty bad ass.

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:12 pm

Alright, it's been amended. Great stuff, but a completely different genre from what I was expecting based on his other work. I mean, I was thinking the jazzy techno you got in the Saturn Sonic games, or Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition (he did work on that, didn't he? Wikipedia says he did, but you know how tenuous info that can be), with lots of pianos and synth, while I instead got very well-composed orchestral music. Either way it's good, but still.