Another week ended in VGIM and we find ourselves with over 10 new OCReMix tracks to celebrate ten years online. One of which is from good friend XMark who appeared on our second mixtape. Also with the release of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (which is awesome by the way) for the Wii this week, news comes that Akira Yamaoka has left Konami, making this possibly the final SH soundtrack by him. Finally, up above we have some interesting FF6 (or 3) artwork called Awakening by MOOMANiBE which looks at one part of the game from another perspective. You can check out more of his work on his DeviantArt. Along with last week's picture these may be getting a tad risque, but this is just the awesome stuff I come across. We shall see if next week continues this streak or not.

NEWS

• GameSetBaiyon: 'An Audience with Hirokazu Hip Tanaka' via GameSetWatch
• Silent Hill composer, Akira Yamaoka, leaves Konami via Aeropause and Nobuooo
• Assassin's Creed 2 Soundtrack Review via Higher Plain Music
• Final Fantasy Tactics Orchestra Concert Review via Bitmob
• VG Emulation for Newbies Chapter 6: Extracted Video Game Music via FantasyAnime
• Christopher Tin album Calling All Dawns holiday sale via Christopher Tin
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Michael Jackson: So it was true. via VGMdb

PODCASTS

• Nerdy Show Episode 16: Atomic Robo v.2.0
• Ballad of the Wind Fish 12/08/09: Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks release special

REMIXES Latest OCReMix releases

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 'Mystic Chemicals' by XMark
• Final Fantasy VI 'A World of Decisions' by Khemael
• Super Mario 64 'Big-Band Battlefield' by The Runaway Five, The University of Toronto 10 O'Clock Big Band
• Final Fantasy VIII 'SeeD Mission' by The Dual Dragons
• Panzer Dragoon II Zwei 'Lagi's Takeoff' by MattInc
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 'Eye of the Storm' by Rozovian
• Secret of Evermore 'Canine Labyrinth' by Shnabubula
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'Sonic Gargles with Garden Marbles' by GuitarBizarre, Prince of Darkness
• Mega Man 'Cutman's Lullaby' by ilp0
• Cheetahmen II 'C.H.E.E.T.A.H.' by PrototypeRaptor
• Secret of Mana 'Sea/Sky' by Ziwtra

Other singles and releases

• Spirit Tracks Trailer Soundscape Redux by Zelda Reorchestrated
• Aboda Village Outside by Zelda Reorchestrated

VIDEO This week we have an awesome video of a performance by Random, AKA Mega Ran. This was from a show I was lucky enough to attend in Los Angeles this past November 27th. Mega Ran put on a great performance, and this is my particular favorite. This was recorded by Jeriaska of Nobuooo.com and you can see the rest of the concert through here. Although if last weeks live chiptunes footage is more up your alley, then check out BOSTON8BIT's youtube page for more footage from that concert!

Mega Ran in LA - Splash Woman from Jeriaska on Vimeo.

Also, thanks to Doc Pop for linking some news to me last week! Remember to leave a comment with awesome articles, songs, videos, art, etc. for next weeks round up as well!