I went to Maraoke last Friday, my first time at the event. It’s public pub karaoke only with the lyrics of popular tunes changed to reference computer gaming culture.

The event is highly nerdy which is never really my scene but where the songs are iconic and the lyrics mostly match their originals. It is a lot of fun. Common People is recast as Console People; System of a Down’s Toxicity is recast as Dishonoured a song about the protagonist of Dishonoured.

If I’m honest going along made me want to go to a normal karaoke as the often painful comedy lyrics were a reminder as to the difficulty of coming up with something you an sing along with. Maybe if I was with the right group of people…