Nitro Game Injection #185: To Be or Not to Bee (Hudson Soft Tribute Special )

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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 …

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Nitro Game Injection #184: Downward Thrust (featuring Jay Pavlina )

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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 …

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Nitro Game Injection #183: Keepin’ the Ho’s Hoin’ (featuring Nick Burgess of Super Radio X )

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NGI goes super-old school this week as they welcome a very special guest: Nick Burgess! Nick is the man behind one of the very first video game music radio shows and direct inspiration for KyleJCrb to start his own: Super Radio X! He is also half of Mega Man cover band Project X, along with …

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Nitro Game Injection #182: Killer Studio Chops (MAGFest 2012 Retrospective )

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Kyle, Slider, and Larry look back and reflect on their awesome experiences at MAGFest this year, recounting their best highlights and memories of an absolutely mindblowing weekend. They also play tracks from MAGFest performers like Descendants of Erdrick, virt, Autoscroll,  Danimal Cannon, and Chipocrite, as well as selections related to many of the guests at …

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Nitro Game Injection #181: A Very Baraka Christmas (Winter Special )

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It’s an episode mired in technical difficulties, but Kyle, Larry, and Slider power through it to cap off a great year with a playlist of some very wintery selections put together by all three hosts. Slider dabbles into some Sonic, Harvest Moon, NiGHTS, and Mega Man Zero; Kyle has two selections from Mario games, a …

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Nitro Game Injection #180: BadAss (Boss Themes Special )

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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, …

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Nitro Game Injection #177: Protein Slider (Natsume vs. Data East Special )

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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 …

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Nitro Game Injection #176: Hey Look, a Distraction! (Konami Special feat. virt & TrueStar )

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It’s a bit of a distracted show this week as NGI pays tribute to Konami!  Larry is concerned about the OCReMix YouTube suspension debacle (help ’em out! ) and Slider is in the middle of working on Christmas presents, leaving Kyle to do his best to batten down the hatches and play songs from Konami greats like …

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Nitro Game Injection #175: Deus Ex Machina (Square Enix Special feat. Robert Stjärnström of Machinae Supremacy )

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NGI celebrates yet another milestone and continues Japan Month with the music of one of the most celebrated, venerable game developers in the East: Square Enix! Larry, Kyle and Slider celebrate the history of both Square and Enix with arrangements from Romancing SaGa, Rad Racer, Terranigma, Itadaki Street, Soul Blazer, Act Raiser, and more. They …

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Nitro Game Injection #174: Game & Watch (Nintendo Special )

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It’s Japan Month on Nitro Game Injection, and the crew celebrate their gaming heritage with the company that started it all for them: Nintendo! Kyle, Larry, and Slider reminisce about the NES kicking off their love of video games, and how Nintendo’s influence has stretched worldwide. They also check out tracks by Aoi Kiba, Rare …

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