

Then the pressure begins to mount up, leading to the mini-boss of the middle section, where the drums come in. It starts off slowly and quietly, building the setting, introducing you to the central themes. In many ways, the song is like a videogame level.

On the subject of Total Eclipse, what is it about that song that makes it such a PlayStation karaoke gem? Of course, the Cadburys advert has no doubt raised its profile over the last year, but I expect it would have topped the chart without the endorsement of a drumming gorilla. How many of Gamesblog's male readers have belted out that lung-busting Tyler classic at two in the morning? It's also interesting that the vocalist gender split is 50/50, which would seem to suggest that PlayStation karaoke is very much a unisex activity - although it's a dangerous assumption that players go with their own gender when selecting tracks. Either that, or eighties pop music - with its combination of bombastic choruses and idiotic lyrics - is just better for karaoke than anything produced before or since. So what can we learn from this line-up? The fact that 50% of the chart comprises of eighties hits would seem to suggest that the greatest downloaders of SingStar tracks are nostalgic thirty-somethings.
