Without good journalists, it’s alllll just PR—and I feel like that should terrify people SO much more than it does.
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radical dreamer, music maker ✍️🎷(any/all) https://www.maxrcise.com/
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it will take time for me to process 10 new fire emblem tracks... but i've listened once through and i love them 😭 SUPER cool that every character has their own early game map theme instead of fódlan winds x100 like in 3H also SETETH!!! i literally audibly exclaimed out loud!!!
[Special Release] Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave added to Nintendo Music (10 selected tracks) music.nintendo.com/en-US/playli...
everyone in the world of One Piece, every single last person: so you see then I ate the extremely rare and mysterious devil fruit, a special thing very few people get to do
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i haven't posted in over a month so here's some tunes i've been enjoying lately
a beautiful album I got to play a part in! you can hear me play violin on track 5, Halcrya by SpiralFlip
【Announcement】 Artcore Aphelion "Bound at the edge, reaching for the light..." 10 Artists 10 Songs An Artcore compilation album, premiering Saturday the 18th of July 13:00 UTC on YouTube: youtu.be/NaK8-rGDnZ0 Credits below!
we laid off the people who develop the games, we laid off the journalists who cover the games, everyone is freelance and there’s no freelance budget. It’s probably fine though
This has such a huge impact on people in rural areas who have to deal with ISP monopolies with unusable speeds. The industry wants to act like the infrastructure is there for this to be the way forward, but big tech is just trying to leave poor people behind.
Sony Ending All Physical PlayStation Game Discs Starting In 2028 https://kotaku.com/sony-ending-discs-for-all-playstation-games-starting-2028-2000711927
finished d.r. chapter 5 :) somehow always better than my high expectations i feel very appreciative of how each chapter varies in tone, it reminds me of the contrast between infinity train books (seasons) in fact, a lot of things about this game remind me of infinity train
Composer series continues! Breaking the Xenogears streak but still in Mitsuda's Celtic-heavy PS1 era: Dragon's Prayer - Chrono Cross (full vid: youtu.be/5bMl2_L9UV8?...), showcasing his talent for devastatingly gorgeous lyricism--g minor, wide intervals, a constant, inexorable LH ostinato--
The way people cheer for and celebrate this corporation, not the developers, the brand itself, has really turned me off from some creators. The BDS list, the dangerous levels of consolidation, the mass layoffs, and people still treat it as their favourite sports team.
Sorry, maybe I shouldn't say this but ahahah. I am very angry. So I went to Xbox's Fan Fest event to attend a preview event. And it was the most flagrant display of wealth imaginable. Five stories filled with caterers and hundreds of smiling faces there to assure me of the brand's strength.
procyon x anúna gotta be one of the best things to happen in vgm DEFINITELY check out their music outside of xenoblade btw, drop dead gorgeous youtu.be/9PIiwqUgr0M?...
ANÚNA : O Maria
YouTube video by The Anúna Collective
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Scheduled for release in 2027, Yasunori Mitsuda and Mariam Abounnasr are working on the music for Xenoblade Genesis! Sharing history working on the Xenoblade Chronicles series, they are again working together with Manami Kiyota and ANÚNA!
for anyone that doesn't understand, this is like the second coming of christ, for me
Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave out Sept 17
There's a video game coming out which used generative AI to make assets but is also "protected by Denuvo" which is just such a perfect encapsulation of how intellectual property law works and who it is for
my whole life has been leading to this
Final Fantasy VII Revelation out Spring 2027
mina the hollower wasn't love-at-first-jump the way shovel knight was for me, but i absolutely did grow to love it long before i reached credits 🐭⚔️ also, virt deserves a nobel peace prize
🎼 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - A Quiet Moment
just uploaded my two arrangements for @resonantunion.bsky.social's SMT tribute album Harmonic Compendium! it was an honor being on another amazing album of theirs featuring tons of talented arrangers and performers. youtu.be/I-hOzaubNaQ?...
Battle -raving crazy murder- (SMT V) - v1ris Remix [Harmonic Compendium]
YouTube video by v1ris
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The DLC soundtrack to @papercatgames.com's Paper Perjury, featuring music from Case 6: Regrets & Perjury, is OUT NOW! it's a smaller release featuring all four of the new tracks that I composed for this case out now on bandcamp! (streaming coming later) soundcirclet.bandcamp.com/album/paper-...
i enjoyed the mandalorian and gogurt but im someone who watches all star wars shows/films including animation so you probably shouldn’t listen to me anyway i love you ludwig göransson…your guitar strings are my heart strings… youtu.be/TRP7BIEdtdE?...
Grogu's World
YouTube video by Ludwig Göransson - Topic
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