Episode 77 :: Ikaruga, Quake
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...
read moreEpisode 76 :: Street Fighter III: The Collection
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...
read moreEpisode 75 :: Goldeneye 64 Orchestrated, Untitled Goose Game
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...
read moreEpisode 74 :: Best of 2020, Frederik “Blipblop” Lauridsen
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...
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Anthony 1. Street Fighter III: Third Strike 2. Mega Man X 1-8 3. Grandia Paul 1. Signals from the Outer Wilds 2. Vib Ribbon 3. Death Stranding Frederik 1. Tekken 3 2. Vib Ribbon 3. Ultimate Chicken Horse Jeremy 1. Tetris Effect 2. Manawave 3. Metroid Resynthesized...
read moreEpisode 73 :: Ultimate DOOM, DOOM (2016)
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...
read moreEpisode 72 :: Manawave, W/F Music from Final Fantasy 13
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...
read moreEpisode 71 :: Castlevania Rondo of Blood, Darkest Dungeon
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...
read moreEpisode 70 :: Outer Wilds, Illusion of Gaia
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...
read moreEpisode 69 :: Metroid Resynthesized, Chime Sharp
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...
read moreB-side: 7inchstravaganza I
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...
read moreEpisode 68 :: Vib Ribbon, Anno 1800
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...
read moreInterview: Chrono Trigger Box Set
This interview with the creator of the Chrono Trigger box set pairs well with this episode of the Video Game Grooves podcast! http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/08/08/episode-67-chrono-trigger/ VGG: Thanks for taking the time, we appreciate it. We're looking forward to...
read moreEpisode 67 :: Chrono Trigger
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...
read moreEpisode 66 :: Alex Brandon, System Shock, Deus Ex Human Revolution
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...
read moreEpisode 65 :: Ultimate Chicken Horse, Minecraft
Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/07/13/episode-65-ultimate-chicken-horse-minecraft In the land of oddities that is video game music on vinyl records, we like to think that we highlight the special ones, or highlight the special elements in the...
read moreEpisode 64 :: NieR: Automata / NieR Gestalt & Replicant
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...
read moreB-side :: Knight of the Round
Show notes and gallery: http://videogamegrooves.com/2020/06/07/b-side-knight-of-the-round/ A new B-Side is fresh from the boat, and this time we're summoning Knight of the Round for a discussion of their newest release, Seven. Band promoter Kyle Gaddo joins Anthony...
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