BitNote

Where I philosophise on the Ego Shooter genre and the affect of videogames on youth. sWitch by Marcin 'Cedyn' Czartynski from Painkiller by People Can Fly; Suspicious Afternoon by Seth Parker from Octodad by DePaul Game Experience; and A Storm is Coming and Deployment by Mateo Pascual from Commandos 2 by Pyro Studios.

Strategic combat has many forms; Semi real time battles, turn based and console FPS. Fight V1 and Liligue by Noriyuki Iwadare from Grandia II by Game Arts; Main theme (Wormparty) by Bjørn Lynne from Worms Armageddon by Team 17; and Byelomorye Dam and Cradle by Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope, Robin Beanland from Goldeneye 007 by Rare.

Carribean dictator and obscure puns. Intro, title and theme of Bubble Bobble by Zuntata from Bubble Bobble by Taito; Perrito Callejero by Daniel Indart from Tropico by PopTop Software; Trace Memory by Makoto Hagiwara, Kenjiro Matsuo, Yuichi Nakamura from Another Code: Two Memories/Trace Memory by Cing; and Empty Halls by Olivier Derivière (performed by Children choir of the Opéra national de Paris) from ObsCure by Hydravision Entertainment.

In which I completely fail in talking about one of the largest videogame franchises in existance, and chart the rise of a single guy who made a series of games before gaining a popular web video series. Remember the Days by Mark Lovegrove from Trilby's notes Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw; Battle Music by Junichi Masuda from Pokemon Yellow/Red/Blue by Game Freak; and selection of music by Satoshi Okubo from Hotel Dusk: Room 215 by Cing.

Just because a piece of videogame music is notable or remembered, doesn't mean it's good! Intro & opening by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Michael Landfrom from Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle by LucasArts; DK Rap by Grant Kirkhope from Donkey Kong 64 by Rare; and Ending theme by Tarnya from G-LOC: Air Battle by Sega.

In which I discuss one of the most absorbing and addictive games I ever played. Track 01 by Jesper Kyd, Albert Olson, and Raymond Watts from MDK2 by BioWare; Theme by Hisayoshi Ogura, Yasuko Yamada, Yasuhisa Watanabe from The New Zealand Story by Taito; Main theme by Lind Erebros from King's Bounty: The Legend from Katauri Interactive; and Myst Theme by Robyn Miller from Myst by Cyan.

Like music with haunting orchesteral chants? Night of the Mutants by Howard Drossin from Comix Zone by SEGA; Halo by Martin O'Donnell from Halo by Bungie; and Daniel's Ending by Mikko Tarmia from Amnesia: The Dark Decent by Frictional Games.

In which I express the joys of no loading times and play a song from a game that lets you choose the next verse. Ship Song by Michael Land from Curse of Monkey Island by LucasArts; Toxic Caves by Howard Drossin from Sonic Spinball by SEGA; Sentinel Beach by Mutato Muzika from Jak and Daxter by Naughty Dog; and Cornered and Won the Lawsuit - The First Success by Sugimori Masakazu from First Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney by Capcom.

Another great selection of videogame music that hits right across the emotional spectrum! Stage 1-4 by Masanobu Tsukamoto (Mats), Einosuke Nagao, Masanori Hikichi, Masayuki Nagao from Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine by Compile, Sega Technical Institute; Everybody Jump Around by (Yukifumi Makino, Fumitaka Shibata,) Richard Jacques from Jet Set Radio by SEGA; Max Payne theme by Kärtsy Hatakka from Max Payne by Remedy Entertainment; and Link and Marin's Song by Yuichi Ozaki, Kazumi Totaka, Minako Hamano & Kazue Ishikawa from Link's Awakening by Nintendo.

In which I put off the inevitable, and play the video game song that the internet has been alive with. Diva Comeback Amore by Oleksa Lozowchuk sung by Patricia Drake from Dead Rising 2 by Capcom; Concentrate by nervous_testpilot (electronic musician from the UK) from Frozen Synapse by Mode 7; and Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton and performed by Ellen McLain from Portal by Valve.