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In this episode, Larry suffers from the pre-MAGFlu bug and is laid up while Kyle laments his lack of MAG XI. They also play some music for you!
NOTE: NGI is off the air on January 6th due to MAGFEST! Be sure to tune in to Arecibo Radio and 8bitX all weekend for live streaming of EVERY concert, as well as exclusive interviews and updates from the festival floor. Don’t miss it!
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The internet is SERIOUSLY SERIOUS business as Kyle and Larry discuss the SERIOUSNESS of video game music. This episode features a SERIOUSLY awesome cameo from Larry’s Lady Paige, some SERIOUS discussion on the merits of Turtles in Time and the beat-em-up genre in general, SERIOUS dishwashing and Christmas tree setup, and of course some SERIOUSLY badass VGM from SERIOUSLY cool folks like Shnabubula, The OneUps, Pongball, Devastus, Disco Dan, and SERIOUS solo tracks from Mike Villalobos and Amanda Lapre, the guitarists of Descendants of Erdrick. SERIOUSLY!
Larry also drops the info on his secret talk show podcast hosted by himself and The Lady Paige: Dinner Date Discussions. Go check it out!
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On this edition of Nitro Game Injection, Kyle, Larry and Slider get back into the swing of things by checking out new arrangements from albums released at Comiket 82, as well as new songs from OverClocked ReMix and Dwelling of Duels. They also check out various remixes from Tweex, Little V, a new original track from Leitbur, and an arrangement from doujin artist Puchi in honor of Ryu Umemoto, who sadly passed away one year ago. They also discuss the incredible MAGFest guest announcement made earlier this week, Zelda music at the Olympics, and more!
Also, Slider announces that she has moved her Tumblr blog to a new location. Be sure to check it out and commission her!
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This week, NGI welcomes legendary composer Grant Kirkhope as part of an episode paying tribute to his career as a composer for critically-acclaimed Rare titles like Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, and Donkey Kong 64, as well as the recently-released Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning from Big Huge Games. Grant speaks extensively with Kyle, Larry, & Slider about his work on Amalur, as well as sharing his thoughts on his time with Rare and giving some background on the soundtracks for Banjo-Kazooie and Goldeneye, as well as sharing the history behind the infamous DK Rap. He also weighs in on the pepperoni debate from NGI’s Meat Special: you’ll have to listen to hear what his verdict is!
The NGI crew also discuss the new Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos, and Slider pays tribute to the Kirkhope fun by drawing what could be the best game/food marketing tie-in EVER. You don’t want to miss this packed episode of Nitro Game Injection!
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Konami has officially announced that Hudson Soft will be dissolved at the end of February, so Kyle and Larry pay tribute to the end of an era celebrating the company’s long history of service to gamers all over the world. Features remixes from games like Bomberman, Adventure Island, Star Soldier, Milon’s Secret Castle, Faxanadu, and of course Bonk’s Adventure. Also, in honor of Super Bowl Sunday, two appropriate bonus tracks mark the occasion.
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Kyle, Larry, and Slider are joined this week by a very special guest: Exploding Rabbit‘s Jay Pavlina; a filmmaker, musician, and the mastermind behind the incredible game Super Mario Bros. Crossover. They also check out new releases from A_Rival, CarboHydroM, halc, and Thunder Thouin; classic tracks from Ryan8bit, dimmer, and ilp0; as well as a number of selections from the Unsung Heroes OverClocked ReMix arrangement album. Also features an exclusive Blaster Master SNES-style remix by Mathew Valente, which will be featured in the upcoming update for Super Mario Bros. Crossover!
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Inspired by OverClocked ReMix’s latest album, Kyle and Larry take a listen to some of the greatest boss themes in gaming history, along with some obscure bosses that are no doubt still formidable badasses in their own right. They check out various tunes from BadAss, from artists like Jago, Nutritious, The Joker, Skummel Maske, Mazedude, and Kidd Cabbage, as well as tracks from Persona 3, Capcom vs. SNK, Sonic Adventure 2, Super Mario 64, Mega Man 2 and more!
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Kyle, Larry, and Slider play catch up this week as they take a listen to selections of releases from November and December, including the top three Dwelling of Duels entries from November’s Puzzle Games Month, remixes from the Sonic CD 20th Anniversary Soundtrack, VikingGuitar’s new EP Made of Metal, OverClocked ReMix’s latest album 25YEARLEGEND, Danimal Cannon’s original chiptune album Roots, minibosses’ follow-up brass 2: mouth, and plenty of other great stuff.
The three also get hyped for MAGFest as Larry does dishes LIVE ON THE AIR, resulting in another art challenge from Slider: Super Dish Boy! Kyle also goes blind, which is always fun.
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It’s a short show this week as Kyle & Slider round out NGI’s Japan Month celebration with double the awesome, featuring tracks from Natsume AND Data East games! Kyle also gets confused by Japanese translations as they check out arrangements from Shatterhand, Robocop, Wild Guns, Bad Dudes, Shadowrun, and Lemmings!
Slider also gives thanks to the Harvest Moon series with four tracks from various games in the series, all lovingly selected by her!
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NOTE: GameFuel for August 1st and NGI for August 7th are canceled. We’ll be back on August 8th!
Kyle and Slider are back behind the wheel this week as Larry is distracted by the wiles of Otakon. Despite meeting Kyle in person and finding out how terrible he really is, Slider decides to stick around, and the two discuss some of the awesome experiences that they had at San Diego Comic-Con. They FINALLY met Archie Comics‘ Sonic and Mega Man series writer and NGI regular Ian Flynn, saw and played all sorts of cool new and upcoming video games, and otherwise survived the stench of the sweaty nerd conglomerate. Kyle gets jealous that Slider managed to grab a picture with THE Jamie Hyneman, and details his post-SDCC follies (THANKS LEA. )
In between all this talk of SDCC, the two manage to fit in some excellent music, including tracks from I Fight Dragons, Ryu Umemoto, Dorothy’s Cafe, N-JOY, Rellik, halc, Buckner & Garcia, and TWO preview tracks from the upcoming ‘We are ROCK-MEN!’ album!
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