Inspired by the absolutely awesome news (ta Jane!) that singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton - the composer of the spectacularly catchy Portal end-theme ‘Still Alive’ - is playing a gig in San Francisco on the Friday of Game Developers Conference, GameSetWatch had a fun thought.
So, the Internet is good with this whole ‘user contributed content’ thing. And ‘Still Alive’ is so damn hummable, it hurts. So, could we put together a Top 12 of ‘Still Alive’ cover versions, as posted on ubiquitous and gigantic video upload megalopolis YouTube? Oh boy, we could - and here’s the sometimes delightful, sometimes painful results:
12. ‘Still Alive’ - The Fursuit Version
Needless to say, furries are some of the first people to seize on a trend and ‘enhance’ it to their level, hence the ‘Still Alive’ (Fursuit Edition), which is, simply enough, somebody in a furry suit playing the song on a keyboard. User comments include: […]
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back
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