This week in VGIM, the biggest thing, IS OUR OBVIOUS REDESIGN! Did you not notice!? We got us some nice forums as well too! Well besides that we have some cool news stories, even an in-depth look at the history of chiptunes. Also a few new podcasts and a couple great remixes (Link’s Awakening anyone?). Up top we have some fantastic art by Rocco D Commisso who you might know from the great Megas inspired art we featured last year. “Galaga” is the simple name of this great pin-up piece. Also congrats to good pal jmr for his first piece published on OCReMix!

NEWS

• Interview: Concerto Tactics – The Music of Hiroki Kikuta and Hitoshi Sakimoto via Gamasutra
• Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes via Transformative Works and Cultures
• Microtonal Chipmusic Compilation taking submissions via chiptune musician Little-Scale
• Interview with Shota Nakama of the Video Game Orchestra
• Homeward Bound Earthbound Review by Chris Pranger
• Sound Current: ‘Yokohama’s MediaMix ’09 – Game Remixers Unite’ via GameSetWatch

PODCASTS

• VGM Decibel Episode #009: Capcom Prologue Plus Alpha
• OverClocked After Dark Episode 4
• Nerdy Show Episode 15: Retro Game Retro-Spection
• Ballad of the Wind Fish 12/01/09 and 12/03/09

REMIXES
Latest OCReMix releases

• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening ‘Waking the Fish’ by Willrock
• Banjo-Kazooie ‘Wallachian Prince’ by OA
• Final Fantasy VI ‘Behind Enemy Lines’ by Nutritious
• Super Mario Bros. ‘Bros with Dix’ by Nase
• Super Mario Galaxy ‘Meteorites and Rabbits’ by jmr

Other singles and releases

• Theme of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks by Manuel Mora
• The Windwaker: Dawn by Zelda Reorchestrated

VIDEO
This weeks video is of disasterPEACE (is he still spelling it that way?) performing Sober Colony live in Massachusetts at BOSTON8BIT Presents: Chiptune #2. Although if you liked last week’s video, now they have an even cooler version of it running on a Gameboy!

Remember to get any awesome new articles, songs/singles, videos, etc. to me for next week as well!

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