Be honest, you’ve done it at least. You called your boss and HR and stated that you’re unable to come into work because you’re sick. Perhaps you are sick with a flu or a cold, or you have to stay home to take care of a family member that is sick. However, you called in sick because you’re playing hooky: Your favorite sports team won the national series and is having a parade; there’s fresh snow in the mountains two hours away; there’s an anime convention going on.
For gamers, they call in sick because a new game is launching at midnight at your favorite retail store. They wait in line, queued up for the store’s opening. Some may have stopped by the grocery or convenient store with snacks and drinks. Some are wearing clothes of their favorite game. There may even be someone playing an OST by a game from the series.
This week, we’re celebrating “Phone in Sick Day”, originally created as a movement against the workplace culture: long hours, stress, and corporate pressure. For this episode, we’re playing tracks from video games which had people and gamers call in sick: an all-out war between humanity and two alien entities, a mission to rescue a friend that brings a soldier out of retirement, and a warrior caught in a war between demigods. We also have covers and remixes to follow.
Fire up the console or computer tower, grab the blanket from the bed, and place those drinks and snacks nearby, after making sure you called in sick…
“Gamers Get Their Hands on Halo 2”
“Records sales – then ‘Halo flu'”
“‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ perfects perfection”
“Could ‘Call of Duty’ mean absences from work?”
“Take The Day Off to Play Elden Ring, Says Japanese Game Studio”
Track Listing
“This is the Hour” – [Hal0 3] – composed by Marty O’Donnell
“Halo 3 – This is the Hour – Orchestral Metal Cover” – covered by TreyJ
“Theme from Call of Duty Black Ops II” – [Call of Duty: Black Ops II] – composed by Trent Renzor
“Black Ops 2 Theme: Epic Metal Remix” – remixed by B4ts2L8guy
“Malenia: Blade of Miquella” – [Elden Ring] – composed by Yuka Kitamura
“Malenia (Emotional Strings Version)” – remixed by TheophanyRemix
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