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  BIT.TRIP “LOVER’S” BUNDLE LIMITED RELEASE

  BIT.TRIP “LOVER’S” BUNDLE LIMITED RELEASE 02.14.13 | Brenna Wilkes | 1 Comment

  Want to get your finicky game lover a really unique Valentine’s gift? For 7 days only, all 6 soundtracks from the BIT.TRIP games will be on sale for only $1 in the exclusive “Lover’s Bundle”! Gaijin Game’s BIT.TRIP game series features a slew of different game archtypes with colorful displays and catchy chiptune beats that [...]

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  MAGFest XI: Chris Huelsbeck Panel & Interview

  MAGFest XI: Chris Huelsbeck Panel & Interview 01.19.13 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  MAGFest 11 had, without a doubt, the largest lineup of special guests and band performances in it’s history so far. The event has progressively upped the ante each successive year it’s been put on, and this year pushed the envelope with 3 notable composers from across the globe with extensive resumes of musical compositions to [...]

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  MAGFest XI: Recap and Review

  MAGFest XI: Recap and Review 01.17.13 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  It’s late, it’s great, it’s our MAGFest 11 recap and review! Even with illness cutting our team down, we still managed to take it the sights and fresh sounds of at least a portion of what this great event had to offer. From slick chiptune beats to shredding duels within dwellings to blowout rave parties, [...]

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  Know Your MAG: Rare Candy

  Know Your MAG: Rare Candy 01.02.13 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  Do you like synth rock? Do you like video game guy bands? Do you like guy bands that may dress up like Pokemon trainers? Well, if you don’t, then you probably don’t want to even bother with these guys because that’s kind of their thing. Hailing from Baltimore (and close to the current MAGfest capital), [...]

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  Know Your MAG: Armcannon

  Know Your MAG: Armcannon 12.24.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  Veterans of the MAGfest stage, progressive metal geeks Armcannon make a return to form this coming MAG 11 to grace the stage with their usual brand of gaming and pop-culture music with their distinctive flare. Hailing from Buffalo, NY, the boys from Armcannon have been performing since MAGfest 5 in one capacity or another and [...]

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  Know Your MAG: Those Who Fight

  Know Your MAG: Those Who Fight 12.04.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  Last year’s MAGFest X found the debut of “Those Who Fight” to the event’s 2nd Stage, featuring a plethora of wild jamming with a rock opera twist. No strangers to the gaming music scene, the band features “Big Mat,” on keys and backing vocals, and Jon Berglind, vocals and narration , and several members previously [...]

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  Know Your MAG: Dwelling of Duels Live

  Know Your MAG: Dwelling of Duels Live 11.21.12 | Brenna Wilkes | 1 Comment

  If you’ve been in the video game music fan community for any given amount of time, you may know of the “Dwelling of Duels” competition. If not, Dwelling of Duels (or DoD for short) is a monthly competition for musicians and game music enthusiasts to participate in, requiring the submission to be both attuned to [...]

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  Serenade of Souls – Perfect Selection Dracula New Classic (Review)

  Serenade of Souls – Perfect Selection Dracula New Classic (Review) 10.30.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  Chances are if you’ve ever gone to witness the fabulous performances of  VGO, or were lucky enough to be in attendance of Castlevania: The Concert in Stockholm back in 2010, then you’ve been in attendance to some of the best arranging of the music of Castlevania in the form of classical and baroque styles. However, [...]

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  Castlevania Week: Dracula Battle: Perfect Selection II (Review)

  Castlevania Week: Dracula Battle: Perfect Selection II (Review) 10.26.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  In the early-to-mid ’90s, Konami was having a good ol’ time with the Castlevania franchise. The likes of Super Castlevania IV, Rondo of Blood and Bloodlines ensured that the series stayed firmly within the limelight. The result of this was a slew of off-shoot arranged albums meant to celebrate one of the most iconic details [...]

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  Castlevania Week: Dracula Battle: Perfect Selection (Review)

  Castlevania Week: Dracula Battle: Perfect Selection (Review) 10.23.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  Back in the early to mid-1990′s, re-compositions or different renditions of game-based music was still a relatively new concept. Composing remixes of game music through the use of live instruments or orchestras and not through the limitations of sound cards and board synths was a whole new idea that was gaining steam and was considered [...]

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  Radio Pandora – Borderlands 2 OST (Review)

  Radio Pandora – Borderlands 2 OST (Review) 10.15.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  Like sci-fi? Like westerns? (No, this won’t become a discussion about Cowboys vs. Aliens – lower your torches) If you said yes to any of that, then chances are you played Borderlands. If you didn’t, get off your duff, go buy it, and play through. Go on, I’ll wait. No I won’t. Created in 2009, [...]

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  Original SoundCAST: Episode #016 (All Things VGO!)

  Original SoundCAST: Episode #016 (All Things VGO!) 09.25.12 | Brenna Wilkes | Comment?

  For today’s Original SoundCAST, we have Brenna as host and Patrick as sidekick as we interview the founder and operator for the Video Game Orchestra in Boston, Shota Nakama. We ask Nakama-san about his interest game music, how it originated, etc. We get more details about the coming show in October, the special guests, the [...]

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