It’s been a while since we had a real episode, but we’re back from summer vacation into a lovely autumn, chock full of outer space, intestinal parasites, and swing harmonica. Of course this means that we are joined by Troels Pleimert, the Space Quest Historian, for his inaugural voyage into the moderately unknown world of video game music on vinyl. We finally get to dig in deeply to the world of adventure games and their presence (or lack of it?) in the game music vinyl space, and we open with a “Stellar” entry from SQH himself, Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier Reorchest ..read more

Blog Link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/08/21/b-side-the-superweaks-team-lazerbeam As the hot days of summer drag on, the thoughts of music lovers (and video game lovers, and vinyl lovers, and video game music on vinyl lovers) turn naturally to… bands and jams. And particularly, our thoughts turn to INDIE bands and jams. And one of our favorite little indie game + music projects that has also been released on vinyl is Teenage Blob, now celebrating its second birthday. So it’s the perfect time to sit down with members of the band The Superweaks to discuss this “EP game”, or a game that was ..read more

Hello traveler! We have been traveling too! Our turntables are not especially portable so we’ve been off the grid as the weather has gotten warm, but we’re back and the time is now! Anthony and Jeremy combine to form one large man podcast who wants to talk about some video game music on vinyl, so let’s get to it! In this episode we have a lot to say about arrangement albums, and to give their props where they are due. So we’re featuring a scarcely-known unofficial mash-up release that imagines the music of Square Enix at a huge stupid rave. This is Rave SQ, so get your twirling ..read more

Blog Link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/05/21/episode-95-mega-man-legends-across-the-worlds-chrono-cross-wayo-piano-collection Spring has sprung, and like may flowers so have we! This episode is a tiny salute to game series that took a hard left turn but wound up right where they were always meant to be. Our exemplars this week begin with the cult favorite Mega Man Legends from Ship to Shore Media. We look back at this trailblazer of 3D storytelling from before the likes of Metal Gear Solid, and we appreciate its “Saturday morning anime” vibe. The music, too, is a fun little grab-bag ..read more

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/04/24/episode-94-street-fighter-alpha-2-skullgirls No fighting game soundtrack left unfeatured! At least, that seems to be our motto, but can you blame us? We just can’t pass up these pristine pressings of pugilistic polyphony! This week, Anthony takes us back to class and demonstrates the musical evolution of the Street Fighter series with Street Fighter Alpha 2. We listen to some of the riffs on the classic SF2 themes, and we’re introduced to some new ones that fit seamlessly into the pantheon of music… but what are we left humming? Then we ta ..read more

Blog post: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/03/25/b-side-erik-elsom-magic-map-studio/ Welcome to our next B-side conversation, this time with Erik Elsom from Magic Map Studio about King’s Quest V: Songs of Serenia. This crowdfunding project currently on offer at Qrates (“crates”) is a reimagining of Sierra Online’s touchstone point-and-click adventure game. In this conversation, we talk to Erik about his history with point-and-click adventures, and with the personal relationship he has with the music of that genre and time. We discuss the tight-knit community (which has already produced a hand ..read more

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/03/16/episode-93-king-of-fighters-98-sayonara-wild-hearts We are back, and this time our social relations link is tight and powerful. Jeremy and Anthony finally tackle the labyrinthine world of SNK fighting games, and we dig allllll the way in with King of Fighters ’98 by Brave Wave. We learn what it means to fight in the Dream Match, how KOF invented the “city pop” vibe, and what would Jeremy do to the shrimp cocktail bar at the party on the album cover. We move it along to a more electro-pop vibe with Sayonara Wild Hearts from iam8bit. Th ..read more

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/02/28/episode-92-demons-souls-astro-bot-rescue-mission We have returned, just in the nick of February, with a wildly schizophrenic show that his the boundaries of human emotional response. Ryan Huff from One Run Records joins us again but we’re not sure he knew what he was getting into this time… We decided February was a fine time to look back at Demon’s Souls from Milan Records, and work our way through the trauma. This game may have launched not one but two genres of media: “souls-like” games and “souls-like” music! Composer Shunsuke Kida gets way ..read more

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/02/28/episode-92-demons-souls-astro-bot-vr-rescue-mission We have returned, just in the nick of February, with a wildly schizophrenic show that his the boundaries of human emotional response. Ryan Huff from One Run Records joins us again but we’re not sure he knew what he was getting into this time… We decided February was a fine time to look back at Demon’s Souls from Milan Records, and work our way through the trauma. This game may have launched not one but two genres of media: “souls-like” games and “souls-like” music! Composer Shunsuke Kida gets ..read more

Show Notes: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/01/31/episode-91-final-fantasy-viii-battletoads-smash-hits/ We’re back for 2022, perhaps a little bit sleepy, but hibernation can do that to you. Jeremy, Anthony, and Caleb are kicking off the new year with a giant spiked boot and a cool Squall Leonhart necklace. (Yeah, we know.) We are ready to return to the days of slow MIDI beats to study to with Final Fantasy VIII from Square Enix, extracting a few thematic elements from the generally well-liked Uematsu score, and putting them on the turntable for all to see. Redbook audio? Who needs it?? A ..read more