I don’t know about anyone else, but to me, the Japanese vocaloid scene is truly an amazing phenomenon. It shows some of the best sides of Japanese indie spirit, which is marked by a huge supportive community and a sort of pride in being small-time. This is especially interesting when compared to the relatively small…
Well, it’s going to be hard to write about this objectively. It’s friggin’ Castlevania, what do you want from me! Some of my earliest memories of playing games were the absolutely splendid (and horrifically hard) Castlevania III, and the fantastic Super Castlevania IV (still my all-time favorite platformer). Both Yamashita’s work on the NES games, the stuff…
I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand autumn. I’m not a big weather guy at the best of times, but autumn is easily my least favorite season of the year. It’s windy and cold but not cold enough for skating or snow (or to warrant moaning about it). The leaves may change color…
Sinfonia Drammatica was awesome. Okay, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get into this review. Last year my favorite composers, Chris Huelsbeck, organized a concert called Symphonic Shades, rearranging some of his classics from the 80s, such as R-Type and the Great Gianna Sisters music. At more or less the same time, Shimomura…
One of the coolest games released this year has to be Street Fighter IV. Capcom has really outdone themselves on this game, making the gameplay and graphics extremely over the top and fun. As a quite big Street Fighter fan I have to say SFIV really lived up to the name and was absolutely worth…
Chris Huelsbeck and Yoko Shimomura, East and West of video game music meeting in a grand concert. Who would’ve thought it! But this is becoming a reality in unique concert in Stockholm, Sweden: Sinfonia Drammatica. The concert will combine both Huelsbeck’s Symphonic Shades with drammatica, Yoko Shimomura’s orchestral album. Arnie Roth will be conducting the…
I’ve actually had an interest in Boom Blox ever since I heard about it some months ago. It may sound strange, but I always find it really interesting when someone from a completely different field takes a leap into the field of games, and Steven Spielberg certainly qualifies. Of course, as any adventure game nut…
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