MIDI Week Singles Archive A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

I'd like to formally introduce MIDI Week Archives, a weekly YouTube video where we revisit MIDI Week Singles from our original site, where the series began 12 years ago.

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MIDI Week Singles: "Colt Travels" - GUN Showdown (PSP) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our MIDI Week Single takes us back 20 years to the world of Colton White in GUN Showdown on the PSP, w/ music by Christopher Lennertz.

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Sony Backing Out Of Steam A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Over the last week, there's been talk about Sony ceasing to release games on PC/Steam, but little talk as to why their games are not selling as well as they'd like. We're here to make assumptions!

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#SonyAndSteam #Rambling #SonyPCGames #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: Egg (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Sometimes a game comes out that challenges expectations and conventions. Egg is not that game. I played 1% of the game for 33 minutes and then I wrote about it.

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#Egg #KolbasinoGames #ClickerGames #ThisGameIsAWasteOfTime #StageSelectStart

MIDI Week Singles: "Underwater Scene: - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our MIDI Week Single today is from everyone's favorite stage in the 1989 NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Sorry not sorry. Music by Jun Funahashi & Hidenori Maezawa

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Game EXP: Pigeon's Mission (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article yesterday was for Pigeon's Mission, a fun retro-styled platformer, started out strong, but turned unreasonably difficult partway through.

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MIDI Week Singles: "Rainbow Road" - Mario Kart World (NS2) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our MIDI Week Single today comes from playing Mario Kart World with the Squire this past week, specifically Versus races w/ only the Kamek item while driving on Rainbow Road.

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We have a new site! It's actually the old site, but it's new now. So it's old-new. You can still read us at our old URL, but might I introduce you to our new one?

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#NewWebsite #StageSelectStart #WhoDis #Rambling

MIDI Week Singles: "Divine Divinity" - Divine Divinity (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

This is what happens when you buy a game for fewer than 100 pennies & the opening song captures the essence of the game. Music by the late Kirill Pokrovsky.

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We have a short Game EXP article for a short stop-motion horror game, The Children of Clay from indie developer Balazs Ronyai.

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Game EXP: The 18th Attic (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article today looks at The 18th Attic, a new psychological horror narrative walking sim from Steelkrill Studios.

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#The18thAttic #SteelkrillStudios #IndieGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

MIDI Week Singles: "Alley" - Chicken Little (NGC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We have a bit of out of left field choice with today's MIDI Week Single, both in terms of game and that it was cut from the game. So enjoy this track from Chicken Little.

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Game EXP: Mindway (MQ2) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article today looks back at a months long use of Mindway a mindfulness & meditation app from Mindway VR on the Quest 2 VR Headset.

Discl: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer

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#MindwayVR #Mindway #MetaQuest2 #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

MIDI Week Singles: "Big Iron" - Fallout: New Vegas (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our MIDI Week Single is from the 16-year-old Fallout New Vegas and was used in season two of the Fallout streaming series, w/ music written & sung by Marty Robbins

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#MIDIWeekSingles #FalloutNewVegas #ObsidianEntertainment #MartyRobbins #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: The Shaved Ice Shop (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article for The Shaved Ice Shop from Holitass is now up, ashort thriller indie night cafe sim-lite.

Disc: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#TheShavedIceShop #Holitass #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: MANDAGON (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Last week we had an article for the beautiful and short indie game MANDAGON, a platformer that takes visual and narrative cues from Tibetan mythology and philosophy.

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#MANDAGON #BlindSkyStudios #TibetanMythology #IndieGames #StageSelectStart

Our MIDI Week Single today takes us to the town of Springfield and the home of one C. Montgomery Burns, with music by Christopher Tyng.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #TheSimpsonsWrestling #ChristopherTyng #PlayStation #StageSelectStart

MIDI Week Singles: "BGM #09" - Gonta no Okiraku Daibouken (GBC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our MIDI Week Single today is from an unintentionally obscure title, released on the Game Boy Color in Japan in 2000.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #GontaNoOkirakuDaibouken #GameBoyColor #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart

First Impressions: ACE COMBAT 7: Skies Unknown (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We have an impromptu First Impressions article for ACE COMBAT 7: Skies Unknown on the Steam Deck. In short, a return to form in what I love about games from Project Aces.

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#ACECOMBAT7SkiesUnknown #ProjectAces #SteamDeck #FlightSim #StageSelectStart

First Impressions: Romancing SaGa - Minstrel Song - Remasterd International (NS2) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our First Impressions article today is about the recent port of Romancing SaGa - Minstrel Song - Remastered International.

[Disc: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer]

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#RomancingSaGaMinstrelSongRemasteredInternational #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

We return to our regular semi-random MIDI Week Singles today with a song from Crayon Physics Deluxe w/ music by Alec Holowka.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #CrayonPhysicsDeluxe #AlecHolowka #Kloonigames #VideoGameMusic #VideoGameSoundtrack #StageSelectStart

Year in Review: 2025 Part 1: The Lists A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

On Monday, we posted Part 1 of 2 in our Year in Review series. The first is a list with the following Monday, a look at our gameplay across various systems and platforms.

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#YearInReview #YearInReview2025 #SteamDeck #NintendoSwitch2 #StageSelectStart

Monthly Update: January, 2026 A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

In an unconventional post, we have a Monthly Updaye for January, 2026 that went up yesterday morning:

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MIDI Week Singles: "Snow Man" Mother / EarthBound: Beginnings (FAM/NES) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We're closing out 2025 on a MIDI Week Single from a game I've never played in the much-loved Mother franchise, w/ music by Hirokazu Tanaka & Keiichi Suzuki.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #Mother #EarthBoundBeginnings #HirokazuTanaka #KeiichiSuzuki #StageSelectStart

MIDI Week Singles: "6PM (Snow)" - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our MIDI Week Single today is a celebration of the beginning of the snowy season w/ music from Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #AnimalCrossing #6PMSnow #VideoGameMusic #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #HappyHolidays #StageSelectStart

First Impressions: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (NS2) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

An impromptu First Impressions article for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain from Tin Man Games on the Switch.

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#TheWarlockOfFiretopMountain #TinManGames #NintendoSwitch #IndieGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

Our MIDI Week Single is from Viscera Cleanup: Santa's Revenge, a tongue-in-cheek cleaning sim following the 2015 North Pole incident.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #VisceraCleanup #SantasRevenge #SantasRuin #TheRunest #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: The Grandfather (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article today is from The Grandfather, a game by David Szymanski and Mikeypoo's Games, that I pledged on Indiegogo 10 years ago, and I just finally got around to playing & reviewing.

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#GameEXP #TheGrandfather #IndoeGames #StageSelectStart

Stage Select Start Lists: The Games of The Game Awards 2025 A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

The Game Awards for 2025 were last night, so what better way to throw my hat in the ring than to blurb about a lot of the games that were announced last night?

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#TheGameAwards #Rambling #Lists #TheGameAwards2025 #StageSelectStart

MIDI Week Singles: "Oversnow" - The Elder Scrolls: Arena (MSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We continue our snow-themed MIDI Week Singles with "Oversnow" from the first Elder Scrolls: Arena, with music by Eric Heberling.

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