Michiko Naruke’s Wild Arms
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Interviews, Music | No Comments »Back in the early days of the 32-bit era, the first generation of home game consoles to adopt the compact disc as a storage system, there was something of a perceived RPG vacuum between the release of Square's last Super ...
Extra Hyper Korg DS-10
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Interviews, Music | No Comments »From left to right: Michio Okamiya (The Black Mages), Nobuyoshi Sano (Ridge Racer), and Yasunori Mistuda (Chrono Trigger) The Korg DS Trio performed techno arrangements of songs from Final Fantasy, Ridge Racer and Chrono Trigger at the EXTRA Hyper Game Music Event. An ...
Hiroki Ogawa e il cammino verso la Dog Ear Records
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Interviews, Music | No Comments »This is the first article since "Kikuta's Lost Files Regained" that I've written in an editorial style that combines quotes taken from an audio interview with background research. The subject of the article is Hiroki Ogawa, the director ...
Global Catastrophic Risks
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Futurism, Risks | No Comments »Two non-profit organizations that advocate for the ethical use of highly powerful emerging technologies participated in an afternoon conference in Mountain View on November 14. Those orgs were the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and the Center for Respondible ...
Music of Mega Man 9: Original & Arranged
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Interviews, Music | No Comments »GameSetWatch - Remixing the Mega Man 9 Soundtrack Gamasutra - The Story Of The Mega Man 9 Arrange Soundtrack (cross-posted) Siliconera - Mega Man 9 Original Soundtrack Interview (Both interviews available in Portuguese and Japanese)