Tag Archives: Music
Programmable Series – The Sounds Of Context
Audio in video games is an interesting beast to tackle. You’ve got background music to set the mood and enhance the environment. You’ve got sound effects for the actions players and characters perform within the game. You may even have voice … Continue reading
Looking Back at the Best Bits of the Wii U You May Have Already Forgotten
At the time of writing, Nintendo’s latest console, the Nintendo Switch, has already begun to release worldwide. As a hybrid between a home and handheld system, it represents a bold new direction for Nintendo, particularly from a software creation standpoint. … Continue reading
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Tagged Music, Nintendo, Retrospective, Satoru Iwata, Wii U, Wii U Panorama View
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Nagi, a Surreal Auditory Experience Rooted in Video Games and Reconstruction
The concept of ‘gamification’, the application of game-playing elements to other activities, is a curious one. Whilst not strictly emerging conceptually from video games – rather, based primarily on the concept of a ‘game’ itself – it becomes easy for … Continue reading
Posted in Games Culture, Music, Musings, People, Posts
Tagged Games Culture, Music, Musings, Nagi, People, Takayuki Nakamura
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The Overlooked Star of the Switch Presentation was Ken Ishii’s Slick DJ Set
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate what could possibly be the most overlooked aspect of last week’s live Nintendo Switch presentation – the ridiculously cool build-up DJ set from Ken Ishii. The Sapporo techno pioneer has something of a gaming … Continue reading
In Fitting with the Season, Here’s a Nintendo-Sanctioned Version of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ on the Super Famicom
Yes, you read that right. This unused 16-bit cover of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ was featured as a part of Do-Re-Mi De~Fa!, a digital music magazine distributed via the Super Famicom’s Satellaview service, which we’ve been talking about an awful lot this … Continue reading
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Tagged Games Culture, Music, Nintendo, Satellaview, SNES, Super Famicom
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Takenobu Mitsuyoshi’s Rendition of ‘Jingle Bells’ Gives Christmas a Rolling Start
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, the composer notable for his work on a number of SEGA’s most iconic soundtracks, including Virtua Fighter 2 and Daytona USA – for which he provided some truly breathtaking vocals – has performed ‘Jingle Bells’ for the arcade rhythm game maimai. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Daytona USA, Music, Sega, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
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The Minus World 2016 Christmas Gift Guide
Regardless of who you believe delivers your Christmas presents every year, it seems to be a universally accepted fact that they’re a pretty busy guy/gal. The likelihood is they’re not going to have it easy when it comes to accommodating … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Fashion, Features, Gift Guide, Merchandise, Music
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More cart-based chiptune goodness with “8BIT MUSIC POWER NEXT”
Following on from the success of 8BIT MUSIC POWER, the unique chiptune album which released earlier this year in authentic Famicom cartridge format, homebrew developer and artist Riki Iwasaki has announced at the 2016 BitSummit indie developers conference that a sequel is in … Continue reading
Splatoon x Tower Records – Apparel, Glassware and More
Music and fashion are a big part of what makes up the particularly fresh stylings of Nintendo’s Splatoon, so a collaboration with Tower Records (the former US music retail powerhouse who are still going strong in Japan) seems rather fitting. Teased … Continue reading
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Tagged Fashion, Japan, Merchandise, Music, Nintendo, Splatoon, Tower Records
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A Little Look At… 8BIT MUSIC POWER
Since its unveiling back in late 2015 we’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of 8BIT MUSIC POWER, a brand new chiptune album produced by Famicom homebrew developer Riki Iwasaki, featuring the musical talents of many different chiptune artists and delivered in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 8BIT MUSIC POWER, A Little Look At..., Chiptune, Famicom, Features, Homebrew, Import, Music, NES, Nintendo, RIKI
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