Magpie Gamer

I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page. Composers: P. T. Adamczyk, Marcin Przybyłowicz, and Paul Leonard-Morgan Singers: Aligns & Rubicones, REL & Artemis Delta,  Jason Charles Miller, Alexei Brayko, Release Date: February 15, 2022 A freelance mercenary known as "V" (Vincent / Valerie) operates within the independent megacity and city-state known as "Night City". They are reluctantly imbued with a cybernetic "bio-chip" during a job that contains a digital version of the legendary rockstar and terrorist, Johnny Silverhand. The t...

Story: Three Hopes is a re-telling of the story from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It diverges from the main timeline by introducing a new player character, Shez, as a student at the academy and having Jeritza fill in as a professor instead of the previous protagonist, Byleth. Solon is outed early and Monica is saved from Kronya. There are three routes depending on which house you side with after the prologue: A rivalry between Byleth and Shez is set up but awkwardly incorporated and has very little impact on the story. Blue Lions (Kingdom): In this timeline Dimitri never goes insane because the Remire Village Massacre, Flame Emperor, and his exile never occur. With Dimitri cognizant, he assumes more of a leadership role and the responsibilities that go along with it. Most of this route's focus is on protecting the Church and the Kingdom lands from the Empire's incursion, which requires a bit of backtracking across the same areas multiple times. This version felt t...

I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page. Composers: P. T. Adamczyk, Marcin Przybyłowicz, and Paul Leonard-Morgan Singers: Aligns & Rubicones, REL & Artemis Delta,  Jason Charles Miller, Alexei Brayko, Release Date: February 15, 2022 A freelance mercenary known as "V" (Vincent / Valerie) operates within the independent megacity and city-state known as "Night City". They are reluctantly imbued with a cybernetic "bio-chip" during a job that contains a digital version of the legendary rockstar and terrorist, Johnny Silverhand. The t...