Music publication Mojo has a new retrospective on Omikron: The Nomad Soul, the 1999 game that marked David Cage's directorial debut but is most notable for the involvement of David Bowie. The legendary musician was initially approached in a bid to license some of his older songs but Bowie, ever-keen on where technology was going and sensing the opportunity to make his mark in a new medium, ended up both starring in the game as Boz and writing or co-writing twelve original songs for the soundtrack (some of which would later be reworked for his album Hours).
I know that all sounds incredibly cool, and elements of Omikron undoubtedly are, but let me slightly temper your expectations: It's a very average game, even by David Cage standards. That's not to say it wasn't also massively ambitious, had some great ideas, and of course involved Bowie (if you're interested, it can be had on GOG). Which was mainly because one of the key designers was a massive Bowie nut.
