For seven years, I was lucky enough to play City of Villains--in fact, I played that game literally from the first day to the last. There was something amazingly compelling about being the bad guy, and the writing on that game was sick and amazing and funny all at the same time ("So, this clone of you...what did he look like?") and you could do anything from snatching purses and running errands for more impressive crime lords to stealing nuclear warheads to use in later fights.
I made this playlist as my "wrecking shit as Telstar Bronson" soundtrack; when soloing on City I was more likely than not listening to these songs and enjoying the hell out of my day.
The game is gone now; NCSoft cancelled it, shut it down and fired all the developers at Paragon Studios while the game was still profitable. Nothing against them, but I hope they go bankrupt, and soon, so that someone else can buy their intellectual property and start the game up again. I miss being Captain Telstar and I miss the regularly scheduled Tuesday Night Beatdown sessions with Meg, Phil, Sam and Sean. Even if Meg never remembered to turn her armor on and therefore got wiped out a lot.
Timothology: Strange Aeons Disc 11 / 48
Theme: Villains
Label phrase: "They LIED to him!"
01) Jailhouse Rock / Elvis Presley
02) 53rd & 3rd / The Ramones
03) Rumble / Link Wray and His Ray Men
04) Folsom Prison Blues (live) / Johnny Cash
05) Police On My Back / The Clash
06) Squad Car / Eddie and the Showmen
07) Random Drug Testing / Cub Koda
08) Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight / Earl Vince and the Valiants
09) Ready to Die / Andrew W. K.
10) Jack the Ripper / Screaming Lord Sutch
11) Telstar / The Compulsive Gamblers
12) Juvenile Delinquent / Ronnie Allen
13) Borstal Breakout / Sham 69
14) The Devil / Hoyt Axton
15) Burke the Butcher / The Eyelids
16) Murder / The Goblins
17) Long Black Veil / Lefty Frizzell
18) Police & Thieves / Junior Murvin
19) Stagger Lee / Lloyd Price
20) They're Hanging Me Tonight / Marty Robbins
21) Where the Wild Roses Grow / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
22) Johnny Too Bad / The Slickers
23) East Side Story / Bob Seger
24) Earth Dies Screaming / The Staggers
25) Dance with the Devil / Cozy Powell
26) More Than Ever (Nixon Campaign Theme) / The Mike Curb Congregation
27) Kill the Poor / The Dead Kennedys
28) Mad Scientwist / Los Straitjackets
29) Brand New Day / Neil Patrick Harris
30) Bad Guys / Paul Williams
31) I Fought the Law / The Bobby Fuller Four
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