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Phantom of the Opera Composer Shops Singalong Games, Targets Chicks
by Nick Breckon, Jan 13, 2009 3:10pm PST
Andrew Lloyd-Webber, composer of numerous hit musicals such as the Phantom of the Opera and Cats, may soon see his works adapted into SingStar-style singalong videogames.
Webber's company Really Useful Group is shopping the concept around to various publishers, including Electronic Arts.
The impetus behind the singalong idea is "the emergence of more female gamers in the traditionally male-dominated game consumer demographic, and the popularity of singing- and music-based titles like Playstation's Singstar and Xbox's Lips," according to Paidcontent.
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Are gamers perceived to be so ignorant of the 'higher arts' that we require a headline beginning "PotO Composer Shops..." when "Lloyd-Webber Shops..." would surely do?
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