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Nitro Game Injection plays catch-up this week with cuts from Retro City Rampage, Mutant Mudds, and Sonic Generations, remixes from Cave Story, Solar Striker,  Mega Man 10, and Willow, as well as original works by Shnabubula, C-Jeff, and virt.

Larry also loses his damn mind over Retro City Rampage vinyls. what is this i dont even

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This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ryu Umemoto, 1974-2011.

This week, Kyle, Larry and Suraida check out entries from July’s Dwelling of Duels competition, tracks from albums released at the Comiket 80 doujin convention, and the usual round of music from OverClocked ReMix, KWED, and more. Also, Audi “Akumu” returns as Nitro Game Injection pays tribute and respects to the life and career of Japanese composer Ryu Umemoto, who unfortunately passed away on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011. They talk about his life, inspiration, and the legacy that left his undeniable mark on the world of video game music (discussion begins at 1:43:45.)

Larry also provides an art challenge for Suraida this week, inspired by the awesome indie hit game Bastion: The Kid’s Name.

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Legends take center stage this week as NGI features great music from the classic Commodore home computers, while the incredible Chris Huelsbeck (composer of Turrican, Jim Power, ZombieSmash, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Trek: Infinite Space, and many more) joins Kyle and Larry for an extensive interview about working with the Commodore computers, his career, the Huelsbeck tribute concert Symphonic Shades, past and upcoming projects, and much more. Also features music selections from KWED, including Tonka, DHS, Makke, Rune-Bertil’s, Dummy, Moog, and plenty of others!

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After several guest appearances leading up to this point, Suraida makes the logical jump and joins NGI as an official, semi-permanent co-host! She will be appearing on future episodes along with Kyle and Larry, bringing some much needed class to Nitro Game Injection.

On this episode, Larry pimps the upcoming Sound of Speed: Sonic The Hedgehog OverClocked ReMix arrangement album, Kyle fails at the English language, and Suraida accepts Larry’s challenge to redesign the Cheetahmen!  The trio also check out tracks from Vomitron, Yoko Shimomura, bjkmenu, Trenthian, Brian Davis, and more, so grab it.

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