We’re happy to be back and once again releasing a episode but this one was not without its technical difficulties. Kyle’s microphone had a loose wire that was causing a static sound in his recording that we didn’t notice during the pre-podcast preparations.  But we cleaned it up a bit and decided to release the episode anyway so here is what we discussed: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Uncharted 2, Borderlands, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dead Space, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Call of Duty 4, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI.

Music in this episode: Bonnie Tyler, Uncharted 2, Final Fantasy VI, Buckner & Garcia

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So this is our second Critical Music release this month but I’ve always kind of loved the horror genre of video games and the way they use music to screw with you or keep you on your toes. As I mentioned on the show, this release probably isn’t for everyone but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Music in this episode: Silent Hill 2, Splatterhouse 2, ObsCure, Clock Tower, Dracula: The Resurrection, Silent Hill 3, Legacy of Kain: Defiance, Castlevania, Dead Space, Parasite Eve, D2, Kuon, Siren 2, Haunting Ground, 7th Guest, Galerians: Ash, Vampire Night, Zombie Revenge.

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After a brief break while Kyle moved and we both were slammed at work we once more return to the podcasting world with a new fresh way to find ways to make ourselves worse! Oh yes, now we watch each other while recording and it leads to some pretty interesting distractions but oh well, it was our first time with it! Here is what we discussed: Kyle moving, Demon’s Souls, Uncharted 2, PSP Go, pinball games, Dead Space, Shadow Complex, Perfect Dark Zero, Motorstorm Arctic Edge.

Music in this episode: Bit.Trip Beat, Buckner & Garcia, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

Special Thanks: The Fanboys Lunchcast for putting us up on their forums.

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Thanks to our good friends over at The Fanboys Lunchcast (whom you should be listening to by the way), we have a new set of forums over at their fine community of old time friends.

Please head over there and join in the discussions, meet the fine folks and hopefully hook up and play some games with them.

Also we have a official Critical Strike Twitter account, Kyle and I both have the info though for the most part it’s mainly just been the site updating it, but if you want to follow we’ll start to communicate through it as well.

Oh yes, it’s that time again! Time for another monthly edition of Critical Music but this time it’s probably a bit early, either way I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! With this episode we go back and revisit our love for chiptunes and show off a few more excellent artists in this growing music genre. Since this Critical Music is a bit early and since I’m sick, there just may end up being two this month!

Artists in this episode: minusbaby, Monsters, arcadecoma, Cornbeast, UnicornDreamAttack, giveupnewyork, YMCK, Sabastian Boaz, smiletron, Lada Laika, Mizuki’s Last Chance, goatslacker, Nullsleep, Random, Darklime, FearofDark, Dr. Szliszka

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It’s been a pretty busy time for both Kyle and myself so if we didn’t have many games to discuss on this one, I’m not too surprised. At least some can say we got another episode out and talked about a few good games so it isn’t too bad! Here’s what was discussed: Kyle’s moving!, Scribblenauts, Halo 3, Halo ODST, NHL 10, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, voicemails.

Music in this episode: Sonic the Hedgehog, Katamari Damacy Forever, Little Samson

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On this midnight hour podcast Kyle and I are probably a bit tired and out of it but somehow it ended up being so damn long! Either way, at least we got another one out and are are still sticking to our schedule. Here is what we discussed: Workd of Warcraft, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, The Beatles Rock Band, Trine, League of Legends, Raiden IV, Ninja Gaiden NES, our top 5 games we want this year, voicemails!

Music in this episode: A Boy and his Blob, Ninja Gaiden (The Minibosses),  Super Mario Bros. 2, The Black Mages

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I figured it was about time to pay tribute to the huge community over at OCRemix. Without them we wouldn’t have thousands of wonderful remixes for many of our favorite video game music songs! Make sure you head over to their website and grab some of the music or if you can, try and find a way to show your support to this growing community of talented people.

Music in this episode: Final Fantasy VI, Altered Beast, Ninja Gaiden, Dig Dug, Ultima Online, Neverwinter Nights, Sonic the Hedgehog, Silent Hill II, Journey to Silius, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Skies of Arcadia, Kirby’s Adventure, Chrono Trigger, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Final Fantasy VII, Mega Man 3, Ducktales

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Alas we return to the realm of podcasting but in a sad note we were both exhausted and this episode kind of lacks our normal spunk. Either way we had some pretty good discussions about: World of Warcraft, Blizzcon, Shadow Complex, Mega Man 3, Mega Man 9, Super Metroid, League of Legends.

Music in this episode: Seiken Densetsu 2, Mega Man 9, Super Metroid

Contest: If you’d like to enter our contest for the MAG beta code email us here and the fifth person to email us will win the code to the upcoming PlayStation 3 shooter.

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It’s pretty well known that in these parts of the great vast interweb we love our good friends The Megas and Entertainment System. After meeting both bands last year during their Megatainment Tour and hearing afterward that both bands decided to get together and work on a Mega Man 1 EP, you could easily say I was very excited for it.

Well the time has finally come, both bands have finally completed their ends of the EP and it’s available for public consumption! The EP is a four song face melting session of Mega Man goodness that is–in my opinion pretty fair priced at $5 if you so choose to buy it via digital download or a additional $3 for shipping of the cd!

I’d like to see our listeners support these two bands as they’ve given me some awesome tunes to play on Critical Music as well as being part of a growing list of video game based bands!

So if you’d like to hear a song from the album then go to The Megas myspace page or to buy the album head over to The Megas website and show them your support