As I walked into the arcade, my senses were assaulted by the stench of quarters and competition. Yeah, that feels right! Smokey offices, late nights, and trench coats. We're on the case! This week's show we listen to, and investigate, detective game music!Â
Author: Rob Nichols
Rob Nichols is an IT professional with years of experience creating games in GameMaker Studio, creating electronic music, and producing the weekly VGM podcast Rhythm and Pixels.
Bonus Beats 4: Sega Time Travel Adventure
Grab your glow-sticks and jump in the rave, we're going on a Sega remix adventure! This special Bonus Beats episode features only classic remixes and arrangements officially released by Sega through compilation albums or as bonus songs on original sound tracks. Club beats and remixes starting from 1989, that's 30 years of Sega music to groove on!
Episode 18-10 The One Where We Become The Heroes We Deserve
Greetings and welcome to another live-streamed episode of great video game music and stupid cold-opens! We left the microphones running a little bit longer, and well there you go. Unfiltered Rob and Pernell, from our studio and into your podcast listening device. This episode was live streamed in front of a live Patreon subscriber audience! If you would like access to these streams, where you can chat with us during the show, and make fun of my shirt (stop making fun of my shirt), head over to our Patreon page!
Episode 18-9 Double Vision with The Legacy Music Hour
Don’t adjust your podcast! This week on the show we’re joined by VGM experts and podcast veterans Brent and Rob from The Legacy Music Hour! Pernell has double-vision when he sees two Robs! This East-coast-West-coast joint is bound to bring out the competitive nature in your hosts. But instead we find connections, Rob connections, Bob connections, and WILD connections!
Episode 18-8 The Dinner Party
We've been cooking all day, and we can't wait for our guests to arrive. This will be a dinner party to remember! And you will! Because this is dinner party HARD MODE. Pick the right appetizer, eat the correct soup. Or there will be horrible (hilarious) consequences! I mean... this week's show is all about music you can play in the background of your next dinner party! Also this week is the return of "Rob's Trivia Time!" Can you guess the game from the Nintendo Power tagline? Let us know how you did!
Episode 18-7 Ringtones
When we got our first cell phones, the first thing we did was try and get video game music on there! So when your friend calls you up, you hear some nice melodies from Koji Kondo. This episode all about the music we've chosen to be our ringtones over the years. We also hold many victory celebrations for unfortunate life events, and Rob talks way to much about DDR at the beginning. Do you have a favorite video game song or jingle you've used for your phone's ringtone? Let us know!
Episode 18-6 Happy VGM Solstice!
The sun is shining, the days are longer, and video game music is blooming all around us! We listen to golf games, talk Simpsons, and have an all-around good time! This week's show was recorded live for our Patreon members! If you would like to help support the show too, head over to Patreon page 🙂 https://patreon.com/rhythmandpixels
Bonus Beats: Cytus Alpha, an Interview with PM Studios
This week we sit down and talk with the heads of PM Studios, publisher of great music games like Cytus Alpha, Deemo, the DJMAX series, and other great titles like Mercenaries Saga Chronicles and the upcoming Horizon Chase Turbo! We talk about their love of games and music, how they got started in the industry, and who has the most platinum trophies on the PlayStation Network! Throughout the episode we'll be listening to some of our favorites from their music game series Cytus (now available on the Nintendo Switch) and DJMAX. Enjoy!
Episode 18-5 Capcom Chaos
This episode we think about games produced by Capcom, but maybe influenced by other games. Or ports onto other systems with special arranged soundtracks. It's a chaotic Capcom episode! Pernell plays some heavy guitar riffs, and Rob plays some of the smoothest jazz arrangements he can find. There's something for everyone!
Episode 18-4 Games Rob Should Play
Rob likes video games, but he just doesn't play enough! So as a joke in a previous episode, Pernell thought an entire topic can be made of game suggestions for Rob. I swear this is as meta as we'll ever get on the show 🙂 All the music in today's show is designed to get Rob interested in the game, and all the tracks Rob picked are from games that have been on his mind to play soon. I hope we inspire you to try some new games too!
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