tl;dr; wind nocturne
On another Song of the Day list, we all were sharing our favorite songs from a video game. Todd started the day off with Jonathan Coulton’s Still Alive.
As a software developer who has shipped software to 10’s of thousands of computers in enterprise settings, and having once shipped software on ~1 million consumer pc’s one Christmas, the following lyrics really resonate with me:
Now these points of data form a beautiful line.
We’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
In the early 2000’s, i bought my first console for our family: a PlayStation 2. One game that my kids watched me play was called: Lunar Silver Star Story. It told the story of a lost anime waif who learns her true (horrible) heritage. Any way, it was really fun and to share with my kids. I think fondly of this.
Like both of your choices there. This is my favorite song from a video game: Lunar Silver Star Story – Wind Nocturne