Video game music may have started life as simple bleeps and bloops, but as arcade uprights and home consoles gained more audio muscle, the basic sounds evolved into complex compositions. The natural extension of that growth was the addition of lyrics. Granted, many video game songs aren’t very memorable, but there are a handful that stood out from the pack due to their ability to move, make people laugh, or simply kick ass.

Lunar is back. The much-beloved RPG that first wowed gamers on the SEGA CD (and virtually every other console since) has returned in the form of Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, which  looks to be the definitive version of the game. While the crew works on the review, we decided to reach out to Jimmy Soga, [...]

When you’re told that a game was crafted with the assistance of the scenario writer and composer of Chrono Trigger, your ears immediately perk up. That’s what happened to me at a recent Sega event. As I dug through my man-purse in the hunt for a pen to jot notes, Aaron Webber, assistant community manager [...]