Nitro Game Injection & Chernabogue Present Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania!

Chernabogue, in association with Nitro Game Injection, is proud to announce the release of Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania. This album, directed by Chernabogue, is a tribute to the NES game Castlevania with 19 tracks celebrating the 25th anniversary of Konami’s venerable series of platforming games, featuring some of the best names in the video …

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Nitro Game Injection & Dj Mokram Present Dynamite Headdy: Secret Bonus Point!

AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM http://dhsbp.kngi.org/! RIVERSIDE, CA–Dj Mokram, in association with Nitro Game Injection, is proud to announce the release of Dynamite Headdy: Secret Bonus Point. This album, directed by Dj Mokram, is a tribute to the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive classic Dynamite Headdy, a sidescroller-platforming/shooting game developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. and released in …

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Nitro Game Injection #163: Memorial (featuring Audun “Akumu Audi” Sorlie )

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This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ryu Umemoto, 1974-2011. This week, Kyle, Larry and Slider 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 …

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Nitro Game Injection #156: Octave Theory (featuring Abadoss )

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The classically-trained Abadoss joins Nitro Game Injection and planned to crash the show, but even the most carefully-laid plans can be easily be ruined by a certain Oji. The crew discusses Nobuo Uematsu’s new band Earthbound Papas, as Kyle admits that he screws up in not making this episode Father’s Day-themed. Larry also spills the …

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BREAKING NEWS: Fumapero is okay!

For those of you who listened to last weeks’ Nitro Game Injection, you might remember that we had Akumu (Audun Sorlie ) back on the air with us for a bit, mainly to talk about his displaced friend in Japan, doujin VGM arranger Fumapero. She was thought to have possibly been lost after the catastrophic …

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Nitro Game Injection #143: Bronze Crocodile (8th Anniversary Special )

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NGI celebrates eight years with over FIVE HOURS of music and FIVE guests joining Kyle and Larry! First, Akumu returns to the show to dedicate some time to pay tribute to doujin artist Fumapero, who is currently displaced in Japan after the recent string of disasters. Then Ian Flynn comes back on to brainstorm more …

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Nitro Game Injection #140: Unleashed

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This week, NGI takes a look at Cliff Colon’s ContraBand (not to be confused with Bit Brigade ), an amazingly fresh and creative jazz album arranging Konami’s classic Contra soundtrack. They also play a few highlights from the recent OCR/Bad Dudes collaboration Heroes vs. Villains, check out some great doujin works that they don’t know …

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Nitro Game Injection #131: Beatu Brade (Doujin Special featuring Akumu Audi )

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Audun “Akumu Audi” Sørlie returns to NGI, joining Kyle and Larry to lend his expertise on Japanese fan-made musical arrangements, known as doujin works. This episode is dedicated to showcasing just a small portion of the best of the best from the doujin community, and Audun shares his extensive knowledge on several subjects, including that …

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Audun “Akumu” Sorlie returns to NGI for doujin special – December 5th, 2010

That’s right: Former NGI co-host, game music journalist, and doujin collector Audun Sorlie will be joining Kyle and Larry for the Dec. 5th episode of Nitro Game Injection! He will appear as a special guest co-host to educate listeners on all things doujin. The guys will take a listen to some of the best Japanese …

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Nitro Game Injection #129: A View to Kill

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This week, Kyle and Larry take a look at Machinae Supremacy‘s newest release, A View From the End of the World. They also discuss the gray legalities of the Japanese doujin scene, the rise of game music composer prominence, praise NES game Shadow of the Ninja for it’s mind-blowing soundtrack, and tons more.