Blog Link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2021/03/06/episode-77-ikaruga-quake/ This could be the stressiest episode of Video Game Grooves, as we dive into the merciless black-and-white polarized world of Ikaruga, the insanely difficult vertical shooter from Treasure...

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2021/02/03/episode-76-street-fighter-iii-the-collection The World Fighting Championship returns to your turntable in the form of the underappreciated little brother of the Street Fighter franchise: Street Fighter III. We're...

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2021/01/23/episode-75-goldeneye-64-orchestrated-untitled-goose-game/ We're putting the needle down on the run-in groove for 2021. It's a little noisy so far, so we might need to damp clean the whole thing. For our first episode...

What a year. Period, not exclamation point. But what a year for video game music on vinyl record!  The full VGG crew is joined once again for our annual best-of-the-year episode by Frederik "Blipblop" Lauridsen from BlipBlop.net for the definitive breakdown of the...

Show notes and gallery:  http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/12/14/episode-73-ultimate-doom-doom-2016/ ‎ Oh hello there, welcome to our cozy winter fireside for the latest episo—PROFANE BLOOD OF THE DAMNED DID FLOW OVER THE PLAIN OF TORMENT—of the Video Game Grooves...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/11/25/episode-72-manawave-w-f-music-from-final-fantasy-13 It's time to talk turkey about video game music on vinyl record, and we're going to start with the drunken uncle at the gathering: lo-fi hip-hop.  We're...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/10/30/episode-71-castlevania-rondo-of-blood-darkest-dungeon Emerging from the darkness and shadows of the night hours, an ominous figure looms. It moves like a vapor, with menace, and exudes a hunger--an unholy...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/10/19/episode-70-outer-wilds-illusion-of-gaia It is time once again, as the harvest moon waxes, for our thoughts to turn to the round, spinny things that define our place among the stars: our video game...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/09/27/episode-69-metroid-resynthesized-chime-sharp We've got a very nice episode on deck for you today as we are joined by Ryan Huff from One Run Records to cover their release of Metroid Resynthesized by...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/09/18/b-side-7inchstravaganza-i/ Every once in a while, Video Game Grooves has to think... smaller. Welcome to our inaugural 7inchstravaganza festival of 7-inch vinyl appreciation! We have assembled a crack team...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/08/26/episode-68-vib-ribbon-anno-1800/ In the eternal dance of sound and culture, one podcast's card is always full: someone who is a lot less niche-driven than us. But here we are, showing up to hang out in the...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/08/08/episode-67-chrono-trigger/ With a bit of a disc flip // we're into the time slip! One of the great and influential video games of all time, Chrono Trigger, has had a fairly mixed history with its musical...

Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/07/25/episode-66-alex-brandon-system-shock-deus-ex-human-revolution In our newest podcast about the intersection of new and old things, we are joined by Alex Brandon, composer of (among other things) the...

Show notes: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/06/22/episode-64-nier-automata-nier-gestalt-replicant What is Video Game Grooves? Is it a perfect circle, destined to have no beginning or end? Is it a planar spiral, swirling against entropy ever inward toward an imperfect...