RE-VGM

Today, we are celebrating “MediEvil”, an action-adventure PS1 game that was first released in the United Kingdom and European regions on October 9, 1998 and then later in North America on October 21st. You’ll play as Sir Dan Fortesque, a knight who must defeat Zarok and the resurrected minions, in order to get a seat in the Hall of Heroes and be hailed as the rightful Hero of Gallowmere. While the game was praised...

For any car owner, there may be a certain vehicle that was driven for a long time and experienced many different scenarios, some memorable and intimate. That car may have a certain mechanical personality or charm, be it how it’s decorated or why it behaves under certain conditions. That car has become a second home or a personal concert hall. It also has carried the burdens and desires of its owner At one point or another, th...

September is almost over, with this last weekend of the month. That also means it’s time for “On Stage Now”, our monthly special episode that features artists of video game music and their covers and remixes. This month’s artist is Sapphire (and long overdue).

Sapphire is a creator of vocal content. She first started with doing fandubs and then singing covers of music from video games and anime. While Sapphi...

Everyone, or perhaps most people, fall in love with something or someone. Literally, they fall head over heels and float on Cloud 9. It causes goosebumps and strokes the heartstrings with a unique melody. There’s no reason or logic to it, other than that one must have have it. It’s the sound of that Mustang revving its engine at the stoplight. It’s the way a sun sets in the distance while gazing from atop a hill. ...

Tuesday, September 11, 2001…

8:46 am EST – Flight 11 hits the North Tower between floors 93 and 99, killing everyone on board. Many inside die immediately or are trapped above the crash zone

9:03 am EST – Flight 175 hits the South Tower between floors 77 and 85.

9:59 am EST – The South Tower collapses.

10:28 am EST – The North Tower collapses.

On the morning of this event, I woke up to news reports o...

Several people passed away last week: Dolly Parton, Peter Cullen, and Tim Curry. Dolly Parton was the Queen of Country and an American Sweetheart that saw the good in everything and everyone. Peter Cullen was the voice of leadership and strength through Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots from “The Transformers”, an 80s cartoon. Tim Curry is an actor and singer who’s talent span all forms of entertainment: f...

August is about to end, which means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now” that showcases a musician and their works of covers and remixes. This month, our featured musician is tnbee.

tnbee is a composer and producer or orchestral/hybrid arrangements of music. Their influences point towards several sources, starting with anime songs and Vocaloid, western music while in high school, and then expanding ...

The poet is a sayer, the namer, and represents beauty…
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Poet”

Today, on August 21st, is Poet’s Day, a day that honors the art of the poem and its poets. All poems can take several forms, from the strict cadence of iambic pentameter, to the loose and fancy-free form of free verse. The words can rhyme or simply express the heart and mind of its writer. Poems, while mostly written...

Today we are celebrating the birthday of Daisuke Ishiwatari, a man that wears many hats as a composer, video game developer, illustrator, musician, and voice actor. He is known popularly known for the Guilty Gear series, for its character design, storyline, and music, along with voicing Sol Badguy (until 2007). He has collaborated with several musicians, including AISHA, Lapis Lazuli, and Naoki Hashimoto. He also helped compose the...