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Canas Renvall
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32 and also fat and also gay. I like to write sometimes! He/Him, all thoughts are mine and mine alone!
Day 30: Credits Music

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My first ever memories of games were messing around on the SNES with Super Mario World. Seems fitting to end the challenge where I began. This was a lot of fun, and made me really consider the breadth of my experience with gaming. To many more months!
December 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Day 29: Final Battle

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"Next time, take the FUCKING HINT!!"

Who better to update RE3's soundtrack than the OG composer? Masami Ueda took the epic original theme against Nemesis and supercharged it with immense gravitas. You feel the weight of the world on your shoulders.
December 25, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Day 28: Nostalgic Music

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How could it be anything else? I was raised at the height of Pokemania. I begged for Pokemon lots on local TV auctions. My dad grand-opened a store on my 7th birthday and we went to see The Movie 2000 in theaters after. This OG version makes me tear up.
December 24, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Day 27: Handheld Music

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I don't often wax nostalgic about this little gem, but I grew up absolutely adoring this title. It was very exciting for a little kid to be able to take Bomberman on the go, worm light in hand. I actually played it more on GB than GBC!
December 23, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Day 26: Haven't Played It

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I intend to play it soonish, but man. Meguro don't miss. He's always got style, but to hear it adapted in the form of more traditional fantasy is awesome. You can tell he felt good about flexing into other genres, damn.
December 22, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Day 25: Hype Music

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I tried to stick to one franchise per day, but I couldn't. This track near the end of FFVII Rebirth makes me feel all kinds of things. Starts sad, transforms into an incredibly hype rendition of JENOVA seamlessly. It's goddamn electric.
December 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Day 24: Music on my Mind

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I think about Bury the Light constantly. It's such a cool, intense song, and it's impossible not to belt out the lyrics alongside Victor Borba. I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROOOOACHING....
December 19, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Day 23: Underrated Music

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I'm not usually one for strategy games like this, but something about Endless Space hits for me. This track usually opens every game, and I can't help but get excited for the next laborious 4+ hours of gameplay.
December 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Day 22: Town Music

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Mm, just makes you wanna go out shopping huh? Just a casual stroll through little Armor Town, that's all.

Once again, an example where there was no need to go so hard, buuuuut I'm glad they did!
December 17, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Day 21: Music of Frustration

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I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella. I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella. I am SO TIRED OF HEARING THIS QUOTE FIVE THOUSAND TIMES OH MY GOD EAT MY ASS WITH YOUR WATERFOWL DANCE BULLSHIT AAAAAAAAAAAA

I'm okay. Deep breaths.
December 16, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Day 20: Racing Game Music

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Wipeout is a formative racing game for me. Played it with my uncle all the time growing up, and the music was bangin. Wasn't until years later I learned the music was licensed! Any chance to share music from The Prodigy is good enough for me.
December 15, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Day 19: VG Cover

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I was going to use the Smash Ultimate version, but then I remembered Hyadain from MANY years ago. Had to share this part of my internet past. I loved these weird remixes about all the Robot Lords being gay for Mega Man. Now he's a pro in the music industry!
December 14, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Day 18: A Game From my Birth Year

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I didn't play Mortal Kombat until I was close to 10, and going back to the original when I started with UMK3 was hard, but it's shocking to see how far the franchise has come in the last 30+ years. Ghostface is in Mortal Kombat! Craziness.
December 13, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Anyone using Axe Body Wash in 2024
December 13, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Day 17: Evergreen Music

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This is THE spy track to me. It's so effortlessly cool. People talk about how good the pause menu track is (and it's good!) but the Severnaya Bunker track is just too slick. I hope IO Interactive's 007 is good, seems like a dream pairing!
December 12, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Day 16: 16-bit Music

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When do we get another EWJ game?? The music in the first two is excellent. I question Tommy Tallarico's involvement given recent discoveries, but whoever composed it harnessed the crunchy bass of the Genesis sound setup beautifully.
December 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Day 15: Boss Battle Music

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At husband's recommendation I had to drop this absolute banger. Ryota Kozuka earns a spot up there with Shoji Meguro with his INSANE compositions. There was no need to go this hard. But when the turn-based needed to become turn-bassed, he stepped up.
December 11, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Day 14: Music With Vocals

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Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn are a FORCE when they collaborate. They touch on some of the rawest emotion and tackle difficult themes with his composition and her voice. I could have picked almost any of their songs, to be honest.
December 10, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Day 13: Music from a Disliked Game

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I wanted so badly to like Yooka-Laylee, but I couldn't. I think Impossible Lair is awesome! But this one was very rough. Never looked back. Maybe it was good after some patches though? Might be worth a retry with the remaster...
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Day 12: Music That Makes You Sad

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"Listen to my story. This... may be our last chance."

There's a reason "star-crossed lovers" has been a popular theme for 500 years. Tidus and Yuna are doomed to love one another, and it's crushing to see unfold.
December 8, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Day 11: Puzzle Game Music

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I always come back to this game for a little bit every now and then, just tried it by happenstance tonight actually to test a SNES for function. It's a happy, fun little puzzle game about BLOWING UP ADORABLE CREATURES WITH BOMBS. What's not to love?
December 7, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Day 10: RPG Battle Music

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For a turn-based game, Fire Emblem has always had some fantastic tracks. However, the composers went over the top with this, dare I say, FIRE battle theme. It's sweeping + grandiose in a way that makes you ignore the art style. All units have no feet!
December 5, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Day 9: Music from a Licensed Game

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One of the first OSTs by the famed Jesper Kyd. He didn't need to use the iconic Animated Series theme. Instead, Kyd dropped an original 9.5-minute, dark, crunchy banger that still sounds 100% grade-A "BATMAN". Rest of the OST is just as good.
December 4, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Day 8: Music from FPS/TPS

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I adore Shadows of the Damned. It's flawed, and it shows clear signs of EA meddling in the affairs of the stellar cast of creatives that worked to make this game happen at all, but still their work shines through. Yamaoka on music is always big!
December 4, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Reposted by Canas Renvall
ANNOUNCING I'M IN AN INDIE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME!

I've been added to the epic zodiac party game LUNARS, by the awesome folk over at @lunarspartygame.bsky.social !

Play as your favorite big tail demon fox in the demo on steam today! 🦊✨
November 30, 2024 at 10:47 AM