June 7th, 2010 
Anthony Ruybalid 
Imagine a cold spring morning; it’s the time of year when the temperature is slowly shifting from the lifeless cold of winter to the gentle, cool breezes of springtime. The light of the sun climbs across the ground and pours through the cracks in your curtains, and a methodical, rising sound lulls you from a [...]
May 29th, 2010 Joe Witthaus 
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following essay discusses the nature of Alan Wake’s creepiest moments and underlying themes, but may also contain spoilers that will ruin the game if you haven’t played it yet. Reader beware! From the get go, it’s clear that Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake lead writer Sam Lake has pulled inspiration for the game [...]
Posted in 360, Console, Featured 
Tags: Alan Wake, Essay, Music, Remedy Entertainment, Sam Lake, soundtrack, Stephen King 
3 Comments » May 26th, 2010 Andrew Galbraith 
Games combining music and rhythm have become relatively synonymous with the plastic instruments required to operate them over the past few years. However, players can experience Fractal with nothing more than a keen ear and a mouse. Created by the same development team that gave the gaming community the browser-based title Auditorium, there is little [...]
May 24th, 2010 Anthony Ruybalid 
As jazz bands have standards, the types of songs many musicians rearrange and make their own, the video game inspired music world also has their standard video games which everyone covers. It seems one of the most often rearranged, remixed and recreated soundtrack is the NES classic Mega Man 2. That is surely not to [...]
May 18th, 2010 Joe Witthaus 
A twitpic posted on Monday evening has apparently revealed a number of tracks that are set to appear on Activision’s Guitar Hero 6 later this year. The list, which reportedly appears in the latest issue of The Official Playstation Magazine UK, reveals some bands that have made the cut before, but appears to include several [...]
Posted in 360, Console, PS3, Wii Tags: Activision, GH6 track list, guitar hero, Guitar Hero 6, Music, Official Playstation Magazine UK, Rumors, Twitter 3 Comments » May 17th, 2010 Marc 
Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition recently came out for Xbox LIVE Arcade and if you read my review, you know I found the game quite enjoyable. Part of that joy came from the game’s fantastic music and for a limited time only, the complete Zeno Clash OST is available for download on the official site for [...]
Posted in 360, Console, XBLA Tags: ACE Team, Atlus, Music, soundtrack, Zeno Clash, Zeno Clash UC, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition No Comments » May 17th, 2010 Joe Witthaus 
If the institution of partying had a governing body, it would be POWERLIFTER. Hailing from Wichita, Kan., the trio that is POWERLIFTER is quickly becoming noticed across the Midwest as one of the more fun and inventive groups dabbling in the increasingly popular genre of Chiptune. Consisting namely of 8-bit instrumentals created through the use [...]
Posted in Wichita Tags: Chiptune, Game Boy, Kevin Wildt, Martin Swiggart, Matthew Wiseman, Music, Music Monday, Nintendo, POWERLIFTER, Wichita 1 Comment »
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