Let’s rock out to… Runescape?

In my spare time, I really enjoy looking at the feedback on the RSBANDBUpdate! podcast page on iTunes. Expecting to see a list of podcasts when I typed “Runescape” into the search engine, I noticed that there were songs for purchase by a certain artist named “Bubsa”. It had to have been a mistake, but song titles like “Varrock, Varrock” and “Hit Me With Your Abby Whip” definitely solidified my biggest fear– that someone actually made a musical album dedicated to Runescape.

Nervously, I decided to listen to a few of the samples to see whether or not someone did this as a complete joke or if they had some modicum of talent along with an insane obsession with Runescape. Let me say this here and now: it was completely entertaining. All of the songs are parodies of hit songs like (”Dance With Me” by Justin Timberlake, “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen, just to name a few). The album is obviously a joke on the various aspects of Runescape and it does have a weird charm about it.

The album isn’t just merely a joke though, despite its silly lyrics and rather lewd cover photo (NSFW, or if you’re scared of seeing an almost completely nude male dancing in a crowded pub). For every song purchase made, Bubsa has vowed to donate the proceeds to a range of charities. He is not only willing to subject the world to his mediocre singing skills, he even goes so far as to run nude in the London Marathon. What a guy!

I probably missed the clue train on this since he’s been known quite well for over a year, my excuse is that I never visit Tip.it. Either way, I think I would prefer listening to this over the garbage MIDI songs that Jagex seem to put out by the dozen.

Sources:

RuneScape Reloaded - Parodies for RuneScape (available at the iTunes store).

Tip.it forum topic (apparently Bubsa got banned for having “changed” and being not nice to other members of the forum).