Sep 26 2016
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The first Castlevania game was released in Japan 30 years ago today. Known there as Demon Castle Dracula, Konami’s…
Let's PlaylistIn Let’s Playlist, the Gameological staff assembles a themed lineup of video game music and packages it in a YouTube playlist. But we’re just providing the start. It’s up to you to nominate your own candidates and fill out the list.
Aug 11 2016
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19XX was simultaneously the end of Capcom’s 1942/1943 shooters and their salvation. Trading in the deeply awkward…
Jul 14 2016
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Most songs on video game soundtracks are functionally named, reflecting the time and place they appear in the game…
Apr 28 2016
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The Suikoden games never shy away from depicting war as truly devastating. Suikoden III tells the series’ most fully…
Feb 11 2016
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Buried in L.A. Noire’s vast soundtrack of dramatic orchestral and jazz pieces are several period-appropriate…
Dec 17 2015
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The best winter-level themes feel more like a natural extension of the landscape than composed pieces of music.…
Oct 8 2015
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Even more than catching monsters or pitting them against each other for profit and glory, Pokémon is really about…
Apr 30 2015
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Super Mario Bros. 2 introduced elements of a stage-play motif into the series, with a drawn curtain framing its…
Mar 5 2015
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On Bastion’s official soundtrack, Rucks, the carburetor-throated narrator, muses that one of the worst things about…
Jan 22 2015
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Is Silver Surfer for the NES a bad game? It’s impossible to tell. The game is just too maddeningly difficult to make…