Tobal No. 1: A PlayStation Fighter Worth Revisiting
In 1996, Squaresoft took a surprise swing at the fighting game genre with Tobal No. 1 on the PlayStation. Best known at the time for their R...
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[Episode 45] This month, barSILENCE takes to the skies with the chilled-out and grooving soundtrack to Kaze No NOTAM on the PlayStation. This game's uniquely dégagé experience lets you hot air ballo...
[Episode 44] This month, barSILENCE embraces winter as more than just cold days and long nights with an all-new playlist of frosty video game music. In this year's Winter Mix, we're listening to 25 ...
[Episode 43] This month, barSILENCE returns to the macabre for a third edition of Halloween Haunts! An unexpected letter has arrived, summoning us to the fortress of darkness and forgotten echoes kn...
[Episode 42] This month, barSILENCE is blasting through the colorific tube-sliding action of Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar! Jeff Minter’s legendary reimagining of the 1981 classic is a hypnotic, ...
[Episode 41] This month, barSILENCE is blasting off into the outer space battlefields of Defender 2000 on the Atari Jaguar. Released in 1996, Jeff Minter’s Defender 2000 put a darker, futuristic spi...
[Episode 40] This month, barSILENCE is powersliding through the iconic, energetic, and incredibly fun soundtracks to the console Mario Kart games. The Mario Kart series hit the track in 1992 and has...
[Episode 39] This month, barSILENCE is dashing across rooftops and slicing through the shadows with the pulse-pounding beats of Shinobi and Nightshade for the PlayStation 2. 2002’s Shinobi introduce...
[Episode 38] This month, barSILENCE is behind the decks for a mixtape-style episode, spinning tracks from games that showcase hip-hop’s undeniable influence on gaming history. Hip-hop and video game...
[Episode 37] This month barSILENCE is taking off into the high-tech futuristic world of Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere! Released in Japan in 1999 and internationally in 2000, this ambitious entry in Na...
[Episode 36] This month barSILENCE is stepping into the ring with the hard-hitting genre-blending soundtracks of Tobal No. 1 and Tobal 2! In 1996, Squaresoft’s first PlayStation title, Tobal No. 1, ...
Let's take to the skies with the chilled-out and grooving soundtrack to Kaze No NOTAM on the PlayStation. This game's uniquely dégagé experience lets you hot air balloon at your own pace, drifting whe...
It's time to embrace winter as more than just cold days and long nights with an all-new playlist of frosty video game music. In this year's Winter Mix, we're listening to 25 tracks from games released...
It is October and it is once again time to return to the macabre for a third edition of Halloween Haunts! An unexpected letter has arrived, summoning us to the fortress of darkness and forgotten echoe...
Let's blast through the colorific tube-sliding action of Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar! Jeff Minter’s legendary reimagining of the 1981 classic is a hypnotic, fast-paced game built for the new mill...
Listen to the techno-charged soundtrack of Defender 2000 on the Atari Jaguar, composed by Alastair Lindsay. Released in 1996, Jeff Minter’s Defender 2000 put a darker, futuristic spin on the arcade cl...
Time to powerslide through the iconic, energetic, and incredibly fun soundtracks to the console Mario Kart games! The Mario Kart series hit the track in 1992 and has remained one of Nintendo’s most ic...
Ready your blade and dash across the rooftops to the pulse-pounding beats of Shinobi and Nightshade for the PlayStation 2. 2002’s Shinobi introduced us to the relentless, vengeance-driven Hotsuma, and...
Get your headphones on and turn up for this mixtape-style episode, spinning tracks from games that showcase hip-hop’s undeniable influence on gaming history. Hip-hop and video games are two cultural p...
Let's take off into the high-tech futuristic world of Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere! Released in Japan in 1999 and internationally in 2000, this ambitious entry in Namco’s legendary flight-combat series...
In 1996, Squaresoft took a surprise swing at the fighting game genre with Tobal No. 1 on the PlayStation. Best known at the time for their R...
Secret of Mana defined the action RPG on the SNES, merging real-time combat with a vibrant world and killer soundtrack that is still worth p...
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Zombie Revenge, a Dreamcast beat 'em up, offers a unique mix of hand-to-hand combat and firearms in the same universe as House of the Dead. ...
Mo, Bill, and Jameson discuss their favorite GameCube games!
Let's celebrate the awesome renderings of Kevin Bayless' work on Killer Instinct in the 90s. He was an artist Rare credited for creating ico...
Welcome to the ultimate travel guide fellow gamers! It is hot outside, so why settle for ordinary vacation destinations when you can explore...
The Streets of Rage series is undeniably a cornerstone of classic 1990s beat ‘em up games like Double Dragon, Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ni...
Video game soundtracks come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. There's the licensed soundtrack with songs licensed from different artists, g...








