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
It’s been a hellaciously busy couple of months, between putting together our top 25 animated movies list and then a million hours of overtime at work (only a slight exaggeration). We fell off the wagon a bit. In an earlier … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Satorl Marsh (Night)
I like to consider myself a gamer at heart, but my gaming habits are horrible and clash with this idea I have about myself. One of my worst gaming habits is starting a game and then not finishing it. This … Continue reading Xenoblade Chronicles Review: An Instant Classic
What happens when Yoko Shimomura and Yasunori Mitsuda join forces with other composers? One hell of a soundtrack, that’s what. Xenoblade Chronicles managed to slip under the radar when it was released in the United States in 2012. Maybe it … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Gaur Plain
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