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I never thought, when booting up The Artful Escape from fledgling developer Beethoven & Dinosaur, that I’d get to indulge my rockstar fantasies in such a complete and arresting way.Īnd that’s because it’s made by someone who knows the grimy, often-disappointing underbelly of the rock world. But playing games is what I do for a living – and I never thought a video game would scratch that daydreaming itch I’ve had for over 20 years.

I still play music recreationally, I’ve been in bands, and I try to write the odd song here and there. I don’t think you ever grow out of wanting to be a rockstar.

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Hitting adulthood, it all came together, and I’d walk around my University campus listening to Coheed and Cambria on Spotify and putting myself in place of Claudio Sanchez, shredding and singing at the same time. When I was a teenager – after picking up a guitar – the fantasies shifted now I was Johnny Marr or Tom Morello, showing off with my fingers and not my falsettos.

I’d imagine I was Bruce Dickinson, belting out ludicrous ballads about Icarus, the Crimean War, or Pagan rituals. When I was a kid, I’d walk my dog up to an abandoned brick factory in the village I grew up in and sit listening to Iron Maiden CDs on my Sony Walkman. This week, Dom Peppiatt explores how studio head Johnny Galvatron of developer Beethoven & Dinosaur took a deeply personal journey about pressure, creativity, and identity and managed to make it into the best interactive concept album you’re ever likely to experience. Rock The Spacebar is a twice-monthly column investigating the great music that underpins your favourite games.