Inspired by a week of dangerous storms, Rob and Pernell create a tornado of fantastic music! We talk about classic LCD handheld gaming, and Rob chats about his favorite SimCity strategies! Spoiler, he's terrible at the game and you shouldn't take his advice.
Category: rhythm and pixels
Rhythm and Pixels Video Game Music Podcast
Episode 24-3 Listener Wildcards
Rob and Pernell turn the tables on the podcast and listen to random suggestions from their listeners! There's some great rock music alongside some soothing new-age sounds from some surprising games. Early in the episode we play our own game: Occupational Hazards! Name the job of the video game character! Let us know how well you did in the comments 🙂
Episode 24-2 Wildcard’n 4 Life
This week's totally planned and not made-up-on the spot episode contains music without any topic structure! That's right, WE'RE WILDCARD'N! We read an amazing email from a listener and create corporate employee empowerment videos! Super fun!
Episode 24-1 Pump Up The Jams
Did you ever need music to get you out of bed? Or those beats to run an extra mile? Rob and Pernell bring to you the best video game tracks for getting PUMPED!
Episode 23-10 Return of the Video Games
This week on the show Rob and Pernell talk about their favorite video games! Specifically the games they would like to see revived and remastered. But then Pernell reminds Rob of the American Darkstalkers cartoon and his brain cracks open like an egg. AN EGG!
Also, we have new merchandise available! Check out these sweet t-shirts, aren't they sweet? You bet they are!
Episode 23-9 Hammer Time!
We're back at it again with the wacky game topics! And don't think for a second that Pernell isn't going to rap like MC Hammer at some point during the show! When all your pixels are hammers, every game looks like a nail! Or something like that.
Episode 23-8 Sounds of Summer
It's getting hot outside, so stay indoors with your favorite video games! Rob and Pernell curated the perfect playlist of summer-jams from a huge selection of listener-suggestions! Also on this episode we play the perfect Summertime game: "Are these lyrics from a Sonic game or class R&B hit?" Enjoy the show!
Episode 23-7 Electricboogaloo Appreciation Day
Sometimes during the life of a podcast the hosts become friends with listeners. And sometimes a particular listener's musical tastes are just so perfect you have to devote an entire episode to tracks suggested by them! So that's why we proclaim today to be Electricboogaloo Appreciation Day! (They have no idea we're doing this, so just go with it okay?)
Episode 23-6 Beat’em-Ups Then and Now
Finally a wholesome podcast about family-video-games. Games that feature WHIPS, CHAINS, AND THE MAYOR FIGHTING IN THE STREETS! You know, for kids! This week Rob and Pernell look at the roots of this bare-knuckled genre and follow its evolution to where it is today. What made early beat'em-ups so much fun to kids? What is keeping them relevant today? Who composed the theme song to Perfect Strangers and how are these things related? They may not be. Right? Okay now I'm just talking to myself. My therapist said I should really stop doing that.
Episode 23-5 Rental Reflections
This week's podcast is extra-retro with classic game music and classic stories of renting games in the 90's! We discuss the difficulty of completing games before returning them to the store, not to mention the fate of our save games while battling through long RPGs! Go microwave-up some popcorn and Google those instruction manuals, it's time to reflect on some classic game rental moments!
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