-About Me- A recent graduate in Biology, neverless my first love in entertainment and media has always been video games, even though I don't get a lot of time to play recent ones now. I still enjoy following the industry and gushing about the latest Nintendo releases.
A Critical Ear: Analyzing Music in Video Games If there's one thing that I like more than talking about video games, it's talking about music in video games. As a classically trained pianist that has been playing for more than twelve years, I take a look at some of my favorite soundtracks and how they contribute to the gaming experience as a whole.
#0: Introduction #1: Villain Themes and Leitmotifs (April, 2010) #2: Anti-Music (June, 2010) #3: They Wasted a Perfectly Good Song (July, 2010) #4: Fight On! (August, 2010) #5: More Than Just Noise: Nostalgia and Homecoming (September, 2010 Monthly Musing) #6: While I Play Unfitting Music (November, 2010) #7: Thinking Outside the Soundchip (December/January 2010) -Other Promoted Articles- Using Post-Modernism to Reinvent the Horror Genre Final Fantasy VI's Dancing Mad - A Critical Analysis The Wrong Thing: The Root Of All Evil Other Worlds Than These: Pokčmon Music and Rhythm Games: A Classically Trained Pianist's Perspective Feel the Hatred: Zant (Twilight Princess) Instant Replay: Guitar Hero III The Start of the Affair: Super Smash Bros. 64
It's been nearly a year and a half since my last blog post here on Destructoid. There's been several reasons for that. The first and most prominent being that I just graduated from college and my senior year was full of scheduling, applic...