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A Norwegian journalist and published author, specializing in video game music and salami. Having lived in Brazil, United States, and Europe, he has been featured in many magazines around the world and has also worked with the prestigious German production company Merregnon Studios, and acquired a large pong collection from Persian royalty.
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Take a ride with Ubiktune's Motorway and Interlude

Fancy a swing on the funky road of chiptunes this week? Ubiktune's got you covered with another excellent set of releases on their never-ending chiptune label. Motorway is a jazz-funk chiptune album composed with changing tim...   more

Take a ride with Ubiktune's Motorway and Interlude photo

Review: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Giana Sisters is a game that generally incites one response: plagiarism of Super Mario Bros. When Black Forest Games launched its Kickstarter campaign for Project Giana back in July, the intention was to provide gamers the ...   more

Review: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams photo

Chibi-tech releases the insane 8-bit Moe Moe Kyunstep

Some might be familiar with chibi-tech from prior projects such as Chiptuned Rockman where the ever-impressive chiptuner offered a spotless melodic arrangement of "Roll's Theme" that included dialogue constructed entirel...   more

Chibi-tech releases the insane 8-bit Moe Moe Kyunstep photo

Epidemic Deluxe rises from the grave

Jay Tholen released an album in 2008 called Epidemic which featured an homage to classic horror movie soundtracks by combining eerie atmosphere and sudden chiptune interactions. But feeling the experience was a bit incom...   more

Epidemic Deluxe rises from the grave photo

Soundtrack Cologne bringing the VGM party to Germany

You can be sure a lot of beer will be consumed as Soundtrack Cologne 9.0 is preparing to bring some esteemed videogame music legends together for a round of panels and an exclusive concert over the weekend of November 15-18 a...   more

Soundtrack Cologne bringing the VGM party to Germany photo

Shadowgate opens the castle gates once again

It's not the first time, nor the second, but a timeless adventure such as Shadowgate is always welcome to be remade again and again. At the helm of this new version is Zojoi, a company founded by Dave Marsh and Karl Roelofs w...   more

Shadowgate opens the castle gates once again photo

NYCC: The samurai bunny returns in new Usagi Yojimbo game

Most people know him from his cameos in TMNT, but Miyamoto Usagi has been the star of his own comic book series for a long time. His first and only game, Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo, came out in 1988 for the...   more

NYCC: The samurai bunny returns in new Usagi Yojimbo game photo

Project Giana gets official name and release date

We detailed six reasons to support the Project Giana Kickstarter just over a month ago, and it seems many agreed as Black Forest Games raised nearly $200,000 for the game, well over the goal set by the company. Those wh...   more

Project Giana gets official name and release date photo

Exclusive: Sonic ASR Transformed music preview

One of the greatest things about all these crossover titles and all-stars games is the chance to revisit some of the most memorable pieces of game music history and have it presented in a new light (nobody mention Turtles in ...   more

Exclusive: Sonic ASR Transformed music preview photo

Pick up seven chiptune albums from Ubiktune for just $1

We've mentioned the Ubiktune netlabel a few times over the past year when discussing virt's FX4, the FM synth super compilation SOUNDSHOCK 2, and coda's retrotastic tracer. The netlabel has become well known fo...   more

Pick up seven chiptune albums from Ubiktune for just $1 photo

Six reasons to support the Project Giana Kickstarter

Hailing from Norway, Audun Sorlie is passionate about game music as an editor on OSV and writer for various magazines around the world. Following up on his post earlier this month about Project Giana, Audun's been able to spe...   more

Six reasons to support the Project Giana Kickstarter photo

Spelunky's soundtrack of death and red noses released

There comes a day when we must all pass away, but it just so happens that in Spelunky you die every day, all the time. The homicidal dungeon crawler has enjoyed success this summer on the Xbox Live Arcade service even th...   more

Spelunky's soundtrack of death and red noses released photo

Two girls, one Kickstarter: Project Giana Sisters

At the tender age of four I sat in my best friend's basement playing her brother's Commodore 64. My friend, a girl, enjoyed watching me play, and offered me a challenge: beat any game, and she'd kiss me. My game of choice wa...   more

Two girls, one Kickstarter: Project Giana Sisters photo

Exclusive: Meet the Kingdom Hearts 3D sound team

[Editor's note: Hailing from Norway, Audun Sorlie is not only passionate about game music as an editor on OSV and writer for various magazines around the world, but he's also a big Kingdom Hearts fan. To commemorate the relea...   more

Exclusive: Meet the Kingdom Hearts 3D sound team photo