I am finally back with the first This Week in VGIM of the new year, and decade, and millenium (depending on where you start counting). Up above we have some incredible artwork by zgul-osr1113 and goes by the name Like Jazz Zora band Indigogos. This piece definitely has video game music written...ahem...drawn all over it! Well in site related news I have to reiterate that we have our second release. This time it's some ambient space tunes courtesy of Doug Leinen and his new album Songs to Sing in Space (download here). I have been away for a bit due to unforeseen circumstances that were mentioned before, so there is a huge list of remixes this time around. Now let's get down to the nitty gritty of the news.

NEWS

• SIlence in Sound Design Article by George Spanos via Game Sound Design and Nobuooo
• Nobuo Uematsu Discusses Game Music Past and Present via 1up.com
• KQEK - Exclusive Interviews and Profiles: Winifred Phillips, composer for God of War via KQEK.com and nobuooo
• 2009's Finest: The Suitably Breezy Music of Flower via 1up.com blog Chiptuned

PODCASTS

• Nitro Game Injection #126: Hot Seat – Kenneth “Abadoss” Keyn

REMIXES Latest Remix:ThaSauce releases

• Zelda 3 'Great Job!' by chthonic & halc
• Bad Dudes 'My Way Or (Night Version)' by just64helpin
• Castlevania 'Juese Belmont' by The Stuff of Legends
• Mega Man X2 'Congregation of the Fallen' by Protricity
• Bloody Wolf 'Hot Bullets of Shotgun to Die! R:TS Mix' by Sixto Sounds
• Final Fantasy 9 'Weeping Shards' by Kenogu Labz
• Mega Man X 'All Together Now' by Cyril the Wolf
• Live-A-Live 'The Goose and the Cursed Knight' by Rexy

Latest OCReMix releases

• Ghosts 'N Goblins 'Ghosts 'N Condoms' by Mazedude
• Virtua Fighter 2 'Juunen Hayaindayou' by Willrock
• Final Fantasy IV 'The Flying Machine' John Revoredo
• Final Fantasy VII 'Aire Tam Break' by Fishy
• Tales of Phantasia 'as time goes on (you are love to me)' by the prophet of mephisto
• Mega Man ZX 'Flames of Darkness' by DJ Velly
• Romancing SaGa 3 'Romancing the Bossa' by Bladiator
• Final Fantasy IV 'The Skies Hold No Angels for Us' by audio fidelity, Level 99
• Marble Madness 'raMble and Mess' by Justin Tense
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'A Path to Hyrule' by Ekaj
• Langrisser II 'The Prophecy of Alhazard' by Dr. Manhattan, Scaredsim
• Xenogears 'My Child' by Abadoss, DragonAvenger, Nutritious
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 'Wet Dreams' by ktriton

Other singles and releases

• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 'Castle Town' by Zelda Reorchestrated
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 'Ciela’s Theme' by Zelda Reorchestrated
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 'Title Theme' by Zelda Reorchestrated

VIDEO Video this week is pretty crazy, but hard not to enjoy, and comes our way via Nobuooo and Tiny Cartridge. The song is “Star Soldier - Soul of the 16 Shot” by Takahashi Meijin and IOSYS and Tiny Cartridge has this to say about it, "This wondrous music video comes from Takahashi Meijin Legend: Soul of the 16-Shot, an upcoming album remixing songs from classic Hudson titles like Lode Runner, Challenger, and Milon’s Secret Castle."

It definitely sounds like this should be one catchy, album of some of the more overlooked classic themes of the NES era. Enjoy, and don't get your mind blown too much.

Remember to leave a comment with awesome articles, songs, videos, art, etc. for next weeks round up as well!