Author: Taro Omiya
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Weekly Game Music: Caravan for 2 Pianos (Flyable Heart)
New week, new music. I know I’m a week late, but forgive me on this one: I was moving. In any case, here’s a fun piano tune, Caravan for 2 Pianos from a Japan-only erotic visual novel, Flyable Heart. The playful composition by Ryo Mizutsuki sets the tone for this comical adventure Flyable Heart protagonist, Syo Katsuragi, successfully transfers to…
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Weekly Game Music: You Can’t Handle My Style (Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People)
New week, new music. I’m feeling the summer laziness, so lets go with a silly song this time. Here’s a really long song title, You Can’t Handle My Style from the equally ridiculously titled game, Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People. By now, it should be no secret that the song was sung by Matt Chapman himself,…
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Weekly Game Music: To The Ends (Small Worlds)
New week, new music. A while back, I mentioned a flash game called Small Worlds in Strange Free Games. It’s music, it turns out, are from Kevin MacLeod‘s collection of Creative Commons compositions. The one below is called To the Ends, a mysterious music that slowly draws you in. Small Worlds can be played in your browser here. “There is…
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Weekly Game Music: Some Like it Red Hot (Viewtiful Joe)
New week, new music. This week’s music is Some Like it Red Hot, baby! Two cool dudes, Masakazu Sugimori and Masami Ueda, manage to capture the exciting and flashy nature of a city. It best fits the rad superhero action game, Viewtiful Joe. Viewtiful Joe, is, like, an action game about a stupid nobody named Joe. The loser…
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Strange Free Games: Dear Esther
New week, new game. Since indie game Dear Esther is all the rage these days, it’ll be great to look back at what started it all, Dear Esther prototype version. So, without further ado, lets get started with the intro Dear Esther is a first-person narrative that adds vocal interjections as you travel and observe the island. Each narration is…
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Weekly Game Music: Around the World (The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift)
New week, new music. This week: a music track from a game based off of a movie. Around the World, composed by Atlus Plug, provides a speed-inducing experience using Asian instrumentals. A fitting composition for the frankly titled game, The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift. As expected from the title, The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift…