Blog post link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/06/27/b-side-giovanni-rotondo-8-bit-time-adventures-the-legendary-decks In a special “B-side” interview, we sit down with composer and creative renaissance man Giovanni Rotondo to talk about the third in his latest project to come to vinyl, The 8-bit Time Capsule at Enjoy the Ride Records. This third release of the 8-bit Time Adventures series adds another mashup of video game time and space to the series that already include a Paradox and a Machine. And because it’s pretty far out there, we’ve got to talk about it before we put it on the turnt ..read more

Blog Link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/06/22/episode-106-kaze-no-notam-notam-of-wind-jet-lancer-mat-ombler Up, up and away, in our beautiful balloon! Luxuriate in the wind, in our beautiful balloon! We are joined by first-time guest cohost Mat Ombler from the GXM Podcast, lover of math rock (or was it numbercore?) to feature some very noticeable and discoverable albums. First, we tap into that balloon-DJ lifestyle with Kaze no NOTAM, also known as NOTAM of Wind. This aeronautic oddity is simultaneously chill and kickin, cerebral and meditative, and it’s just not something we expecte ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/05/24/episode-105-street-fighter-alpha-3-blaseball-discipline It has been a spell, but in the spirit of of a timeless thing that is happening again for the first time, we have returned. And we’ve brought something special with us from the great unknown: video game music on vinyl record! This episode features Street Fighter Alpha 3, and we’re pretty sure this is the final entry of all the Street Fighter vinyl that will ever exist, forever. Anthony appreciates the departures the game makes stylistically and musically from the rest of the series ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/04/12/episode-104-sonic-frontiers-the-music-of-starfall-islands Occasionally the weird world of video game music presents us with something on vinyl that is so confounding, we simply have to talk about it. This is the case for today’s episode as we dedicate this show to a box set with is truly special and wholly unexpected: Sonic Frontiers: The Music of Stafall Islands, by Tomoya Ohtani. The Data Discs release captures Anthony’s heart and bends Jeremy’s head as we try to make heads or tails of the gravitas and the quiet power of one of the best ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/03/31/episode-103-last-ninja-2-kings-chill-vol-1 When time is a flat circle, the turntable of continuity brings familiar things around again. This is the case with today’s episode as we plumb the depths of gaming nostalgia with Troels Pleimert, the Space Quest Historian. In this episode, we finally get a chance to talk about the Commodore 64 tour-de-force ninja simulator, Last Ninja 2 by Matt Gray. Our discussion reminds us that 30+ years ago, truly pioneering things were happening in the gaming space and in the music space that still echo in c ..read more

Anthony 3. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition 2. Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare DLC 1. Pixeljunk Eden 2 Jeremy 3. Russian Subway Dogs 2. Hecho en Hyrule 1. Chicory: A Colorful Tale Frederik 3. Umurangi Generation 2. Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare DLC 1. Octopath Traveler Community Votes: 10. Symphony of Zeal (Mana Wave) – 4.2% 10. Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (Fangamer) – 4.2% 9. Esperwave (Channel 3 Records) – 4.8% 8. Mass Effect Trilogy (Spacelab9) – 4.9% 7. Disco Elysium (iam8bit) – 6.0% 6. Portal 2: Songs To Test By (Mondo) – 7.2% 5. Ace Attorney 20th Anniversary Box Set ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/02/28/episode-102-best-of-2022-frederik-blipblop-lauridsen This year we’re sliding into your DMs (that’s “decorationary meetings”) with a brand-new undercarriage holding up the edifice of the best video game music on vinyl record released in 2022! That’s right, we’re doing this thing like a real awards show, reminding you of all the best stuff from absolutely ages ago. Bu the good part is that not only are we presiding over the best releases of the year that was 2022, but we have taken your votes all the way up to the end of December, and this year ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/01/31/episode-101-parasite-eve-pixeljunk-eden-2/ Our podcast returns in the year that is and will be 2023! We open with features of one of Anthony’s all-time wishlist items (in unofficial off-the-back-of-some-guy’s-vinyl-truck form), Parasite Eve. We reflect on the oddity of this memorable Square Enix PS1 title, both in its plot and its development, as well as Yoko Shimomura’s dynamic snare drum skills. Is it possible to make this into a “lofi beats to study to” album? We weigh in. Next we shift subtly into the dreamythumpy sounds of Q-Games’ P ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2022/12/26/episode-100-streets-of-rage-4-mr-x-nightmare-traveler-journey-symphony-2022-in-review Scene: an idyllic cabin on the wooded hilltop, piled high with fresh snow. Inside, the glow of a fire illuminates festive nerds surrounded by bearskin rugs, wooly blankets, mugs of mulled cider, and a pile of video game music on vinyl. Their highly-tuned ears mistake the light sounds of snowfall for surface noise on their records, and they fastidiously brush nonexistent imperfections from their prized vinyl in the quest for audio perfection which can never be ..read more

Blog link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2022/11/25/episode-99-symphony-of-zeal-art-of-rally As we drift through the festal season of the year, Video Game Grooves returns like some kind of semi-mythic fae village which serves as the object of various musicmaking… Could be Zeal, could be Brigadoon, who can say? At any rate we are back with special guest Chehade Boulos from Mana Wave Media to see what he’s been up to, lo these many years. And it turns out he’s been quite busy, and we’re excited to look at a couple of projects he contributed to! First, we explore the wonder and mystery of Symphony ..read more