The main event is here! After literal YEARS, the patrons have finally chosen to have Touhou Tuesday…on a Friday?! Kyle barely scratches the surface of possibly the single most remixed video game series of all time: ZUN’s Touhou Project, the quintessential bullet hell arcade shooter starring an endless cast of anime waifus! PLAYLIST: 1:13 – ...

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This breezy episode’s got some new stuff from Skatune Network, some stragglers from the April 2021 DoD, a healthy dose of Sonic (wouldn’t be NGI without ‘im!) and tons more great VGM! PLAYLIST: 1:14 – TheOnlyDeerAlive – Corneria Theme (Star Fox [SNES] :: YouTube) — 7:12 – Skatune Network, Tom Shea, Felonious Skunk – K.K. ...

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This week, Kyle reminisces about some Arecibo Radio history, has a problem pronouncing various words including Astyanax, and otherwise just has kind of a low-key time. There’s also some video game music in there, somewhere. PLAYLIST: 1:13 – Connor Engstrom, Anthony Nuccio – Jump Up (and SLAM), Super (All)Star: Dank Memelord Remix (Super Mario Odyssey ...

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There’s a new Touhou game out, so Kyle drops some Touhou remixes! Jett Swole also has some new albums, there’s a lot of Pokemon lately, and much more things, only on this episode! (NOTE: not actually only on this episode) PLAYLIST: 1:14 – Peter Clarke – Afterburner [High Energy Prog Mix] (After Burner [C64] :: ...

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This week, NGI cracks the whip on this month’s Patreon‘s Choice special with western-themed games and game music! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW PLAYLIST: 1:15 – Lame Genie – Shootout at the Sunset Ranch (Sunset Riders [ARC] :: Bandcamp) — 6:16 – One Man Dan Band – Hayride Dreams (Super Mario Bros. 2 [NES] :: OverClocked ReMix) 9:21 – ...

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This week, NGI defends Earthrealm from the most fearsome VGM foes of Outworld, battling until techno syndrome consumes all of reality! PLAYLIST: 1:13 – Lame Genie, Gilbert Gottfried – Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat [FILM] :: YouTube) — 9:41 – Tab Newflax – Fatality (Mortal Kombat [ARC] :: VGMix Archive) 13:52 – Qumu – Mortal Kombat ...

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What is an episode of NGI without technical difficulties? Why, I’d say that’s barely even an episode of NGI at all! This time, Kyle sits down with VGM pianist Rob “88bit” Kovacs to talk arranging game music for piano, their mutual love for retro games (particularly Marble Madness,) and more! PLAYLIST: 0:00 – WillRock – ...

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Animal Crossing dominates this week’s show thanks to the entries of the March 2021 Dwelling of Duels competition, while some April 1st silliness sneaks its way onto the playlist, as well as some other fine releases from some fine musicians! PLAYLIST: 0:00 – WillRock – Nitroglycerin Injection (Theme of KNGI :: Bandcamp) 1:13 – The ...

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This week, NGI features not only some great new tunes, but Kyle also sits down for a fun chat with former head of MAGFest Nick Marinelli about his history with gaming and conventions, his work with his new company Video Games in Concert, and a whole lot more! PLAYLIST: 0:00 – WillRock – Nitroglycerin Injection ...

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An extra-long special show this week with a playlist theme selected by the lovely patrons over on Patreon, who wanted to hear original songs composed by remixers and VGM composers! Kyle also celebrates the big milestone of 450 episodes by forgetting how to speak! Wait, that happens on every episode… Background Music for this episode ...

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