We’ve given the Legend of Heroes series plenty of love, so why not spend a moment today on another underappreciated JRPG franchise with the phenomenal Falcom Sound Team jdk providing the soundtrack? Ys is Falcom’s most successful property, an action-based … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Main Theme (Ys VIII)
Sports video games have the reputation of being little more than roster updates and a couple new features on an annual basis. NBA 2K18 decided to break from this mold in a new and horrifying way — by completely breaking … Continue reading NBA 2K18, and How Microtransactions Lost a Customer
Each year, the summer comes and goes and we hurtle head-first into fall. Usually that means a full slate of upcoming games that I’m extremely interested in picking up. That’s not the case this year, and I think it’s strange. … Continue reading The Fall Video Game Lookahead, 2017 Edition
One of the cooler things about video game music is its ability to take a situation and turn up the intensity to the max. Some of the genre’s most crucial moments would feel empty and hollow without the tracks … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Confrontation with the Enemy
One of the problems WWE faces with its “Big 4” events is bloat. Between the pre-show and the main card, events like Wrestlemania and the Royal Rumble turn into six- to seven-hour affairs, which can be a bit overwhelming for … Continue reading SummerSlam 2017 Review: Beach Balls and Beef Mauls
I think I did a pretty good job not posting about Persona 5 for a while. I should get a medal or something. If we’re being honest, I could do a post about a track from this game for a … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Ark (Persona 5)
We’ve spent quite a bit of time on the podcast talking about Kingdom Hearts III — from its trials and tribulations with a release date to what worlds and characters we want to see included in the final build. A … Continue reading What I’d Like to See from Kingdom Hearts 3
I miss the arcade scene. When I was a kid, you could find cabinets in all sorts of places, not limited to the arcades themselves — restaurants, bowling alleys, airports, even gas stations. Now a ton of arcades are gone … Continue reading Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival is Legit
I had the chance to attend two different video game symphony performances over the last couple weeks: the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour in Hollywood and Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses in Denver. Michaela already wrote about KH here, and … Continue reading Symphony Reviews: Kingdom Hearts, Zelda (redux)
Piece by piece, we’re getting a little bit more information about Trails of Cold Steel III, which is exciting to me on a number of levels. Since Legend of Heroes has been gaining some traction in the States, we’re almost … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Trails of Cold Steel
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