The Amazing Music of Chrono Trigger

Yes, I know. All of it is amazing.

The Amazing Music of Soul Blade

Fighting games tell stories that are the soap operas of video games.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call: The TAY Review

A good pair of headphones and a strategic plan are suggested but not necessary to play the latest spin-off from the Final Fantasy franchise, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call.

The 16 Best Final Fantasy Songs. Ever.

A continuation of the compilation soundtrack to your life has released today, Final Fantasy fans. With 221 songs of field music to traverse, boss battles to fight and events to trigger, what better way to celebrate Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call and FF music than with a little Mixtape Challenge of our own?

Transistor's Soundtrack Reminds Me Why I Love Video Game Music

Sometimes, I need a game like Transistor to waltz into my life.

Flashback Friday: The Oxtails

Testing. Testing. 1 - 2 - 3. Nope, getting feedback from speaker 1. ...Testing. Yes, all clear. Give me a drum beat. Perfect. What is that ringing? Johnny, Mic 2 is offline. ...it’s offline. I SAID MIC TWO IS OFFLINE! HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA SAY IT?! Man, roadies. It’s as if they don’t like to work on a Flashback Friday. Sheesh.

Like a Record Baby

North. South. East. Or was it West? Where did that mutt go? What was it the Jack-in-the-Box said about the Rocking Horse? Where's that happy music being played? Was I supposed to take the path on the left through the trees or the right near the recovery spring?

When it Rains...

There is a very specific song that plays in my head when the clouds turn dark, thunder rolls across the vast sky and the rain starts falling steadily all around me.

This song manages to seep from my brain and before I know it, it has become audible and I'm humming away as if no one is listening.

When I hear the rain hitting the earth, I have that Pavlovian response.

Flashback Friday:...It's Dangerous to Go Without An Ocarina!

Your legs aren't wobbly, the air is not thinning, you can breathe and you're not having a drug-induced trance where your vision is all blurry. No, friends! You're having what we like to call a Flashback! 

This week, I'm flashing back to last year when I was still recovering from eating way too much at Thanksgiving, high off the purchase of a Wii U, and getting into that lovely spirit of the Holidays. Those were good days, made even more so by November 28th's The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Concert at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

As before, this post has been edited from the original which was posted some where previously on a personal blog of mine (that's not here). It was written and posted on January 08, 2013. (Wow! I was slacking!) Onwards...!

It's Dangerous to Go Without an Ocarina...

...so buy one at the kiosk, if you can get one!

A Lesson Learned from Final Fantasy VII

In the great debate on which Final Fantasy is the best - a debate in which everyone’s opinion has merit and should be respected - my vote is for FFVII. I realize these days it can feel like a bit of a cliche to like FFVII but I’m not here to argue that today.