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Dec 23, 2017

What if you celebrated Christmas in a 16-bit ice cavern? That's the mood this episode wants to create for you. In this end-of-year installment, I'm trying to get together the best of the less holly-jolly music from ice levels. Think crystal blue. Think sparkly. Think about there being nary a jingle bell in sight....


Dec 7, 2017

Cuphead features an old-timey aesthetic that is well-matched with a retro throwback soundtrack by Kristofer Maddigan. However, it was pointed out to me how great the game's mostly big band soundtrack would sound being played on an old scratchy record, and I decided to make that happen. Here's a seven-song sampler of the...


Dec 5, 2017

What does a nighttime drive through the city sound like? Here are thirty video games that attempt to answer that question. Starting with the theme to Toad's Turnpike from Mario Kart 64, this episode explores a lesser-known type of video game music: "chill metropolis" or "skyscraper nocturne" or whatever else you want...


Oct 26, 2017

Halloween + video game nostalgia. If your old NES was haunted, it would sound like this. This extra episode features music from Castlevania, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Megami Tensei, Splatterhouse and even some non-horror-themed games that happen to have some great, Halloween-appropriate music. Playlist:...


Oct 16, 2017

Yes, the Mario games have often been relentlessly cheerful, but sometimes Nintendo allows the mustachioed one and his pals to tread into darker territory. And the music that accompanies these ventures into what I call "creepy Mario" is often some of the best in the game. Featured in this episode: the...