This week, friend of the podcast Sam finds an isolated Galen and the duo decides to make lemonade out of the lonely lemon by tackling themes of isolation.

From isolation in the magical world of Final Fantasy VI to an isolated vampire in Vampyr, we try not to let things get too lonely.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: Music Arcade #98

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Song credits (in order of discussion):

Final Fantasy VI - "Dark World" by Nobuo Uematsu (unconfirmed arranger - full list of "A New World" arrangers include: Arnie and Eric Roth, Shiro Hamaguchi, Adam Klemens, Casey Ormond, and Nobuo Uematsu)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - "The Lost Woods" by Manaka Kataoka

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - "Anxiousness" by Shinji Hosoe

Silent Hill 2 (Remake) - "White Noise (Actual Noise)" by Akira Yamaoka

Persona 4 - "Who's There?" by Shoji Meguro

Vampyr - "The Struggle" by Olivier Deriviere

Nier: Automata - "Dependent Weakling" by Kuniyuki Takahashi

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Sam "Zeral"

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

Art and design:

Alex Hadzaman