Ep17: Rob’s Fave Video Game OSTs 2014-2021 [Playlist Included]

Recorded 1/6/2022

 

00:00 intro

00:59 Preamble

5:03 Don’t look up 

47:16 Type O Negative makes sad man music and October Rust has programmed drums?!?!

 

57:00 topic start

1:05:10 Undertale

1:29:10 Rando Percussion talk, Shovel Knight, and Retro Game riffage

1:39:32 Nier Automata

1:55:24 Necrodancer and Persona 5

2:12:24 Garth Brooks story and beer rant

2:21:00 What the F*#k kind of game is Inscryption?!

2:31:54 Gravity Rush

2:55:16 bonus

Rob sez:

 

Why these specific games/tracks:

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1. Special to me/nostalgia
2. Tended to favor rhythmically interesting over atmospheric for Richard's benefit
3. Just good tunes
4. There are many other tracks from games that I love, but weren't as interesting to talk about or required specific experience because they're more mood builders/enhancers

 

Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWvzvA9F-7moDf-8u-IItwhxzCezQ9P5D

 

Part 4: 2014 - 2021

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Shovel Knight

- Jake Kaufman, USA, 2014, Retro Platformer, Difficult

Undertale

- Toby Fox, USA, 2015, RPG, Absurdist humor, Sincerity

Gravity Rush 2

- Kohei Tanaka, Japan, 2017, Anti-gravity 3D Platformer, Ghibli-esque world

Nier: Automata

- Various, Japan, 2017, Action RPG, Character-focused, Existential dread, Hope?

Persona 5

- Shoji Meguro, Lyn Inaizumi, etc, Japan, 2016, Modern-day Supernatural Japanese RPG

Crypt of the Necrodancer

- Danny Baranowsky, USA, 2015, Rhythm, Dungeon Crawler, Roguelike

Inscryption

- Jonah Senzel, USA, 2021, Room Escape, Card Battler, Roguelike, Seeecrets