Posts Tagged ‘Retrospective’
A Musical Metroid Restrospective
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“I had a concept that the music for Metroid should be created not as game music. . . . I wanted to create the sound without any distinctions between music and sound effects.”
This quote from a Gamasutra interview with Hip Tanaka (composer of the original Metroid) sums up the beginning of the atypical sound the Metroid series is now known for. While it has definitely evolved as the series progressed through the changes in composers and hardware, the spirit and tone of the original has mostly remained throughout.
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Star Fox: Past, Present, and Future
"What have I become?"
I’m a big fan of Star Fox. The name of this site, “WingDamage”, and our podcast, “Barrel Roll!“, are both references to the series. But when I say I’m a big fan of the franchise, what I really mean to say is that I’m a big fan of about two and a half of its games.
Today, I’d like to take you down memory lane and discuss the high points, what went wrong, and what Nintendo could do to save the series.
Barrel Roll! Bonus Episode 3 – Space Quest Retrospective (Part 2)
Welcome to a special bonus installment of our video game podcast, Barrel Roll.
Colin “MrColinP” Panetta, and Jonah “thespambot” Gregory got together to discuss one of their favorite video game series, Space Quest. This is an overview of the entire Space Quest series, and we have broken it up into two parts, for your convenience.
In Part Two, we discuss the remake of Space Quest 1, games four through six, the very short lived Space Quest comic book, the canceled games and the fan games. We also get into some of the legal troubles Sierra ran into because of the games, and where you can pick up a copy and play them these days.
A great big special thanks to everyone that helped us put this show together.
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Barrel Roll! Bonus Episode 2 – Space Quest Retrospective (Part 1)
Welcome to a special bonus installment of our video game podcast, Barrel Roll.
Colin “MrColinP” Panetta, and Jonah “thespambot” Gregory got together to discuss one of their favorite video game series, Space Quest. This is an overview of the entire Space Quest series, and we have broken it up into two parts, for your convenience.
In Part One, we will be talking about how each of us found this series, and then moving on to focus on games one through three. Full show notes can be found after the break.
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Videogame Jam of the Day Latest Podcast- Barrel Roll #150 - "I Can't Stop Playing James Brown" January 31, 2012Welcome to our one-hundred and fiftieth episode! This should probably be some sort of milestone, but instead we carry on and talk about video games as per usual. This week we are joined by Mike Bachmann, host of Fistful of Pixels and generally known as a decent sort of fellow. Topics include Dustforce, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Resident Evil: Revelation […]
