Never Seen Video Games Live? Watch on PBS This Weekend

I’ve been getting press releases hyping Video Games Live on PBS for a while, but now it’s actually happening. The 90-minute show, taped in New Orleans with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, starts airing this evening at PBS stations around the country. Get the full list from Video Games Live’s website, or check PBS.org.

Video Games Live combines rock and orchestral takes on modern and classic video game movies. There are plenty of clips you can watch on YouTube, but the trailer above should give you a good idea of how it works. There’s even a quote from actress Jamie Lee Curtis talking about how all the colorful imagery and orchestral music you see in Avatar was already done years ago by World of Warcraft. Random!