A couple months ago, I put together a series of answers to some questions as part of a project at Extending the Fantasy. The project is essentially gathering the experiences and stories of video game music fans and performers through … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Final Fantasy Q&A
That’s right, we’re finishing off the year with references to obscure songs off the Tony Hawk soundtrack. We’re back from hiatus, and one day away from a slew of new things in 2013. We mentioned a few of those possibilities … Continue reading Out with the Old (Year), In with the New
Street Fighter x Mega Man came out of nowhere, but it’s nice to see the Blue Bomber getting some recognition on his 25th anniversary. Let’s be honest: Mega Man has pretty much died. Capcom has run the franchise into the … Continue reading Review: Street Fighter x Mega Man
‘Tis the season for more bullets. It seems like I don’t have a lot of time to get a post ready whenever I go down to Phoenix, which was the case this past weekend. I had a couple other ideas … Continue reading Number Eight With a Bullet
I first found out about Kingdom Hearts in a dirty bathroom stall. Once upon a time, the adorable younger version of me started his first job at Bashas’, a supermarket chain in Arizona. I was a good worker, but after … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Kingdom Hearts
Originally posted on Ninety Nine Percent Gaming:
Chris from At the Buzzer shares his wisdom. 99%G: Following my recent guest post, we’re thrilled to have Chris from At The Buzzer here to continue our list of things Retro Gaming has taught us about the medium we all know and love. “The brainchild of three men desperate for attention”, At The Buzzer is a great site and podcast series celebrating video games among other things. Check them out! My first console was the Nintendo Entertainment System when I was 4. Basically, I took the opposite approach that Michael did — I started with… Continue reading (Guest Post) – 5 More Things Retro Gaming Taught Me About Video Games
At the Buzzer takes Christmas very seriously. It’s the one holiday that all three of us really love. That’s why we go out of our way to celebrate by playing holiday music on the show, by having an entire themed … Continue reading Practical Presents
Another year, another Black Friday in the books. And only a few people died! It’s an early Christmas miracle! I’ve seen a ton of different opinions in the last couple days about the merits (and demerits) of starting Black Friday … Continue reading Black (and Blue) Friday
Once upon a time, I think I was a pretty damn good Gunbound player. I’m not sure that’s something that should make me proud, but sometimes we need small victories in life. So work with me here. Gunbound is a … Continue reading Memories of Gunbound
The North American Producer for Tales of Xillia put up a blog post earlier this month saying that voice acting for the 2013 title was finished, bringing the game that much closer to release. What does it mean for Tales fans? Well, voice acting is one of the biggest road blocks to an international release. Other than localization (think of all the text that needs to be translated), it’s also one of the most time-consuming, as the producer notes in the post: Eight hours of voice recording across an eight week span, filled with late nights catching up on emails, … Continue reading Tales of Xillia Recording Finished?
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