Get Blazed to This: The Best Video Game Music to Get Stoned to

Video game: The Last of Us
System: Playstation 3
Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla
Date: 2013
Stoner status: High

The Last of Us was a pretty depressing game, and "Home," with its low-key sweetness, reminded us of how much humanity had lost. In world where 99% of humanity had fungus growing out of their faces, getting stoned would probably be your best option. Alright man, now back on your feet. Those shivs aren't going to make themselves.

Video game: Pokemon Black & White
System: Nintendo DS
Composer: Hitomi Sato
Date: 2011
Stoner status: Stoned

Unlike many Towns in RPGs, Undella Town has two themes. If you visited the Unova village during the summer, you got a happy beach jingle. If you visitrf in the Fall, however, the streets were empty, and you get a meandering synth tune - this was the one we liked best.

Video game: God of War III
System: Playstation 3
Composer: Jeff Rona
Date: 2010
Stoner status: Stoned

Killing Olympian Gods is thirsty work. Who wants to take a break by banging the Goddess of Love? Who wouldn't? God of War III let you do just that, in the most awkward Quick Time Event ever put to disc. The music, a sexy number with an Eastern flair, is perfect for smoking up with your one night stand. Oh yeah, big boy. Push that Circle Button. Faster. Harder.

Video game: Super Mario Galaxy
System: Wii
Composer: Mahito Yokota
Date: 2007
Stoner status: Blazed

Star Bits. Lumas. Zero Gravity. Talk about mindblowing. Super Mario Galaxy took 3D Platforming to new heights. "Peaceful Stars" was calm and gorgeous - a departure for the Mario series, which usually favors whimsy over beauty. It was perfect music to blast off to, in more ways than one.

Video game: Mass Effect
System: XBox 360, PC
Composer: Jack Wall
Date: 2007
Stoner status: Baked

Wait, how did Mass Effect make the list? As Commander Shepard, you were dedicated to taking down the Reapers by any means necessary. Sure, it was a space shooter, but it also had RPG elements, giving it a varied tone that set it above its competitors. "Vigil" was the undisputed highlight of the soundtrack. Ambient and pretty, with the slightest bit of restlessness - a promise of battles to come.

Video game: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
System: GameCube
Composer: Kenji Yamamoto
Date: 2004
Stoner status: Fucked Up

This song originated from Super Metroid - it was the music that blared on your way to fight Kraid. Echoes, however, remixed the song beautifully. The new version sounded muted - like a miniature symphony underwater. It was perfect, blazed out headphone music - to put on when you were trying to sleep, and you needed some medicinal assistance.

Video game: Portal 2
System: Playstation 3, XBox 360, PC
Composer: Mike Morasky
Date: 2011
Stoner status: Blazed

Portal 2 was a puzzle game for the 21st Century. Sophisticated in its gameplay, the game starred human, relatable robot. The game's wonderful sense of humor that still stands tall today, and the music, a echoey collection of machine sounds, captured the loneliness of space. If you were surrounded by nothing but machines and blackness, you'd start to find better, more exciting ways to entertain yourself.

Video game: Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time
System: Nintendo 64
Composer: Koji Kondo
Date: 2000
Stoner status: Baked

Link, nearly as much as Mario, put Nintendo on the map, and every new Zelda game is an excuse to celebrate. Ocarina in Time, known in development as Zelda 64, was hyped for years before its actual release. The title theme for Ocarina of Time conveys longing, wistfulness, and a kush vibe that's intoxicating.

Video game: Tetris
System: Nintendo Entertainment System
Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka
Date: 1989
Stoner status: High

The best known Tetris song is "Music A," a remix of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." That's only because it was the default, however - my favorite song was Music C. As the Tetrad pieces rained down on you, you needed something low-key. "Music C" did the job it was supposed to do - keeping you even-keeled, while you decided which way to rotate the L-piece.

Video game: StarTropics
System: Nintendo Entertainment System
Composer: Y. Hirai
Date: 1990
Stoner status: High

Midway through each Cave level, you came across a Treasure Room. The music would slow down to a snail's pace, and you would be afforded a brief moment of calm as you collected some hard-won prize. Let's be real - when you have nothing but a Yo-Yo and a baseball bat to defend yourself, you're entitled to some relaxation.

Video game: We Love Katamari
System: Playstation 2
Composer: Yu Miyake
Date: 2005
Stoner status: Fucked Up

It doesn't get more mindblowing than this. You're rolling up household objects. Into massive balls. To make stars. We Love Katamari, along with the rest of the Katamari series, was famous for its offbeat soundtrack. "Heaven's Rain" is just one example of how Miyake-san established a weird, mind-expanding mood.

Video game: ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkatron
System: Sega Genesis
Composer: John Baker
Date: 1993
Stoner status: Baked

The ToeJam & Earl franchise could take up an entire list by itself, but this particular song is both soothing and soulful. It's all about that funky bass - 1980's, stoned cool from the best alien rappers in the galaxy. Puff puff pass.

Video game: Kirby's Dream Land 3
System: Super Nintendo
Composer: Jun Ishikawa
Date: 1997
Stoner status: Blazed

Never before, or since, has a Nintendo game been so openly drug friendly. A pink creature from Dreamland. Who inhales items. And spits them back out as weapons There's little more that needs to be said. This song, from Kirby's Dream Land 3, has a tropical, reggae backbeat to complement the cheerful gameplay. With Kirby, every single high is a happy one.

Video game: Donkey Kong Country
System: Super Nintendo
Composer: David Wise
Date: 1994
Stoner status: Stoned

Donkey Kong Country was bananas, literally and figuratively. A game from Nintendo's 'Play it Loud' era, the game was critically lauded for its graphics. The water levels throughout the game were particularly beautiful. The Zen music, with its woodwinds and reverb, provided the perfect counterpoint to all the barrel blasting, vine swinging shenanigans.

Video game: Super Mario Bros. 3
System: Nintendo Entertainment System
Composer: Koji Kondo
Date: 1990
Stoner status: Fucked Up

Mario games have always been a bit trippy - any video game with magical mushrooms is bound to feel surreal. Super Mario Bros. 3, however, took it to the next level - jump on a pink music block, and Mario blasted off to Coin Heaven, a model for what all bonus levels should look like. The music - dreamy, cyclical, and psychedelic - made for the perfect backdrop. Don't forget to get the 1-Up at the top of the screen - you need to get high, and not just chemically.