[00:00] Surprisingly, this was one of the few comments we received on the subject (via voicemail, anyway!)
[01:02] Do we... sound familiar to anyone? A cookie to anyone who gets it. ;)
[01:57] Welcome Herman, our newest host. He's still working on becoming more articulate, but we think he's got potential.
[02:55] Didn't catch our contact info? Here it is again; 1-800-990-VGDJ is the voicemail, vgdjpodcast@gmail.com is our email/Paypal donation account, irc.enterthegame.com #vgdj is our IRC chat, and right here is our lovely thread.
[04:05] You geeky guys and gals have been doing a great job so far with the PodcastAlley votes, but we need a little more of an "oomph" to hit the top 10. It's fast and easy, so there's no reason not to! Just click here.
[05:10] Last week, zircon claimed multiple victories at the 2006 JPF Music Awards, smacking up the competition in "Best Techno Song" and "Best Techno Album" categories. Yea!!! You can check out the album (more physical copies soon) at its CDBaby page and listen to samples there. But we wouldn't just shameless advertise to y'all - no sir-ee. zircon has put out a special promo page for VGDJ listeners where you can get the CD in digital form for a significantly reduced price. Simply visit this link! Just don't give it out to any non-VGDJ listeners, please.
[08:43] The Rama Report: A new video game music concert feat. Yasunori Mitsuda? Yes please. The 2006 Ar Halloween ReMix contest is now over. A group of cross-community ReMixers including Mustin, Mazedude, zyko, and Dhsu have created a Bad Dudes remix album for everyone to enjoy (though it doesn't have to do with the game "Bad Dudes"). Lastly, DETHKLOK will be a playable track in the upcoming game Guitar Hero II.
[13:33] ReMix Review: Final Fantasy X 'Via' by pixietricks, Tepid, and The Orichalcon ... It might have taken awhile to be properly judged and posted, but it sure was worth the wait. This three-way heavy hitting collab is a great mix of acoustic, electronic, and vocal elements that really showcases the individual talents of the mixers involved. Tepid sent in a clip for us to tell a little more about it, too!
[19:01] ReMix Review: Mega Man X 'Light in the Fortress' by housethegrate ... We were just about ready to only have one review on this week's show, so seeing this posted was a pleasant surprise! Guitar + synth + prodigous soloing always works for us.
[22:25] Compo Report: CMC2, PRC80, FLMC4, ARHRC2k6, and TOMCX1.
[27:04] Meetup Report: Back to back reports! YEA! NYC Meetup 2k6, Western Prairie Canada, and Winnipeg!
[30:23] Russian ReMix Roulette: Swords, lords, tapeworms, and N-Sync are all involved this week on the RRR, so you know it's gotta be good. Though zircon's pick was "close", pixietricks guessed it right with a FIVE; Simona and N-Joy's collaboration 'Marble Pack Edit' from the game Stormlord. More love to obscure games please. And bad puns.
[39:06] As you guys may have guessed by her diminished activity in our chat, Ms. Pixie has been working extra hard as of late. Most notably, she's playing Barbarina in the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" which opens next week. Hopefully, we'll still be able to do a show together, but there are only 24 hours in a day so we'll have to see what's up. On the bright side, there's always Herman, right? :)
[41:01] El fin de show. (zircon edit: I think that's how you say it) As you listen to our voicemails and stinger, feel free to throw down a vote or look at our photo album. Till next week!
[42:54] VOICEMAIL: Gimgak, soviet VGDJ listener, Baconman (?) 42 aka Galvanoob (??), Shiver McTimbers, AHHH!!!, Xiao Xiao Neo, and the ever-present anonymous caller.
[47:49] [stinger]

BACKGROUND MUSIC used in Episode 064, in the order that it appeared:

"Acid Dominion", from zircon's original album Impulse Prime
"Final Level (Mountains)" from zircon's soundtrack to the game Chroma Chaos
Earthbound 'Red Blue Sanctuary' by Binster
Sonic the Hedgehog 'GreenHill (Euroclub '95 Mix)
Dance Dance Revolution '4F73R M3' by MC and SuperGreenX
"Eva" by Jean-Jacques Perry
"Makai Fusion" from the Makai Kingdom OST
Eternal Champions 'Perpetual Motion' by zircon
Treasure Conflix 'HOMMAGE A NANAKO' by Shnabubula
Tetris 'McVaffeQuasi UltiMix' by McVaffe
Road Rash 'sierra nevada-tan' by analoq
Castlevania 'WickedestChild' by Chikusho Sound Team
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 'Oil Spill' by analoq

[00:00] We seem to be getting a lot of singing voicemails lately... perhaps they were inspired by zircon's beautiful stinger on 062...?
[01:03] YAY pixietricks is back on the show! As much fun as the whole two-male format thing is, we think male-female sort of works a little better.
[01:40] Betcha didn't see that one coming! :D
[02:58] This may not be the last abbreviated show we have to do 'cause of school and stuff, but fear not - we'll do our best to keep you hooked up with all the latest OCR community news.
[04:39] Our OCR thread and Cafepress store might be cool, but what we really need IS YOUR VOTES AT PODCASTALLEY.COM! It's a new month, so your votes have been reset. It's soooo easy, but so helpful to us.
[06:13] ReMix Review: Donkey Kong Land 'Revisiting the Ruins' by Patrick Burns ... Ahh, smooth jazz. It's always good to see new artists submitting to OCR, but it's even better when they make ReMixes in genres that aren't so common on the site. Great ambience and sound effects, relaxing guitar, groovin' drums. Recommended!
[08:18] ReMix Review: Chrono Cross 'People Seized With Trance' by ambient ... However you want to pronounce his name, ambient doesn't play around. He's been steadily improving since his first mix on the site and we think this is his most refined work to date.
[11:24] Our Halloween Cosplay Contest has ended! You can check out the winning costumes in our photo album. The winners (in no particular order) were Gimgak (dressed as Mario), Tom "BlackMage" Hamilton as a Shyguy, and Andrew Anderson as Mr. Game and Watch. Congratulations guys!
[14:17] Russian ReMix Roulette: Though there's lots of new stuff every week at OverClocked ReMix, there's always fun to be had in looking through its history, and that's what the RRR is all about! zircon nerds out for the second week in a row in order to roll the die, which ended up on JigginJonT's most excellent 'Silent Progression (remastered)' mix from F-Zero. Solid.
[21:00] VGDJ has amassed a pretty varied group of listeners. From doctors to truck drivers, kids to adults, and everything in between. One of our newest fans, SonikBoom, has generously provided hosting for re-encoded MP4 versions of our two videocasts; you can check those out right here. There's also our favorite M@DM@X who left a nice personal message for pixie. Someone's got a cruuush (I'm looking at you, Jill!)
[22:51] Amazing! We actually kept the show at less than 40 minutes in length. We really did want to do a full one, but between opera rehearsals, recording sessions, papers, and midterms, well, we did the best we could. Anyway, see ya next time, and please please please please VOTE for us at Podcast Alley! Don't let us drop any lower! ;_;
[26:10] VOICEMAIL: dish, Steve, Dave (Lawyer Distribution Network), Cameron, Kento's sister (rofl), Abadoss, Sgt Rama.
[30:04] [stinger]

Background music used in Episode 063, in order of appearance:

- Revenge of Shinobi 'Consent' by djpretzel
- Final Doom 'Milagro Del Demonio' by The Orichalcon
- Secret of Mana 'Time in the CloudsDX' by Kailem
- Megaman 2 'Duck and Cover' by Star Salzman
- Double Dragon 2 'Twin Blood' by Sixto Sounds
- Tetris 'McVaffe Quasi UltiMix' by McVaffe
- Secret of Mana 'Beyond Comprehension' by McNoods
- Street Fighter 2 'Home at Last (Dhalism Ending)' by Malcos

[00:00] Victory! 142 experience. 544 gold. zircon's level up!
[01:05] It started as a show like any other show, until...
[01:22] WTF Fusion2004??? Ah well. Da pixietricks be at de rehearsals this week, so rather than cancel the show, we found an old friend to sub in. And whatnot. ;)
[02:04] For not having been on the show for about 59 episodes, Fusion's not too rusty on our contact info! Call us up at 1-800-990-VGDJ to leave a voicemail, check out our OCR thread and vote for us at podcastalley.
[03:37] The Rama Report: Did anyone really notice Rama was on vacation...? Oh well, good to have him back! Shael Riley has released an audio bootleg of his Boston show at The Western Front. ReMixer and master shredder housethegrate is releasing an album and has put the call out to OCR to help with artwork. Keep updated on more community news at ThaSauce.net!
[05:30] Fusion2004 reveals the dark secrets behind the inner workings of ThaSauce and how stuff really gets done when Rama's involved.
[07:20] ReMix Review: Super Mario Brothers 'Moisturor' by ilp0 ... It's odd that SMB, despite being the most popular game of all time, isn't even in the top three most ReMixed games. That being said, relative newcomer ilp0 has given it the attention it deserves with a smooth, instrumental rock ReMix of the aquatic level theme. Good stuff.
[09:35] ReMix Review: Final Fantasy 10 'How Much Longer' by tekcoh_top ... Perhaps one of the most surprising first submissions to hit OCR in recent times, tekcoh_top (pot hocket) brings us a very emotional classical guitar version of the immortal "Suteki Da Ne" from FF10, with a bit of FF7 tunage mixed in. We both were diggin' it, and while pixietricks wasn't here, she was a preeeetty big fan when this hit the panel as well. Mr. Lee was also kind enough to send in a voice clip talking about himself and the mix, to give a little bit of background. Thanks bro!
[13:53] Between VGDJ, Ormgas, and OCR itself, you might think that there are enough ways to grab all your favorite video game music rearrangements. We respectfully disagree. Forum member CCMods has essentially completed a simple Java app he calls the OCReMix Jukebox that lets you easily browse any posted ReMix and instantly stream it right from the app. Bandwidth and ad revenue concerns aside, we think it's a pretty cool idea - especially for people on slower connections or with smaller hard drives, as the program doesn't keep the music on your drive once it's played.
[16:08] Compo Report: Anime Remix, FLMC, TOMCX, PRC, CMC, and CMC2.
[18:56] Our voicemails just keep getting weirder and weirder.
[19:05] It looks like Shael Riley is just up to no good. First, he's releasing bootlegs of his own music, now he's just waltzing into the MAGfest 5 concert lineup?! Who does he think he is, some sort of big shot nerdcore musician? .. oh wait. Seriously though, congrats Shael and keep it up :)
[21:54] Meetup Report: HI DOUG WELCOME BACK DOUG! There is but one meetup this week of note, that being the Western Prairie/Canada meet. Umm more meetups plz.
[23:45] Russian ReMix Roulette: zircon and Fusion might not have any dice to speak of, but does that stop them? NO! The powers of dork are activated and an... improvised solution is developed to avoid disaster. Surprisingly, Fusion's choice of mix was selected, despite its somewhat lame title; MIDIMan's 'MegaDance Mix 2002' from Super Metroid.
[33:01] Just a quick review of the contest we started last week for y'all. We're asking for cosplays of video game characters that were created for this Halloween (so no pictures from old cons). Send us pics to vgdjpodcast@gmail.com by November 1st and we'll be sending out prizes to the three entries we feel were the best.
[35:21] Fusion2004 discusses the age old question you've ALL been asking yourselves since the beginning of this show - why his name is still "Fusion2004" rather than "Fusion2006".
[39:51] That's a wrap! Hope everyone enjoyed the presence of a guest host for the second week in a row. We (zircon & pixie) would like to thank Mark for filling in at the last minute and encourage everyone to check out his radio show; if you're on irc.enterthegame.com, just go to #FusionRadio. And while you're on EntertheGame you can also visit our chat, #vgdj.
[41:28] VOICEMAIL: Salty (not drunk), Kento, Salty (drunk), sinclair44, Salty (drunk... again), creepy contest winner guy, "O" guy, Salty (not drunk - just kidding!), creepy cooking guy, pixietricks, Kento again, Salty (very drunk), unintelligible guy, and Mad Max.
[45:46] [stinger]

BACKGROUND MUSIC used in Episode 062, in the order that it appeared:

- Zelda 3 'Aghanim's Curse' by chthonic
- "Descent" by Rellik
- "The Silent Stones" by Tyler Heath
- Gunsmoke 'Spaghetti Cowboy' by Gux
- Blaster Master 'Swizzle Swamp' by Disco Dan
- Metal Gear 'My Frequency is 140.85' by virt
- Megaman X2 'Beamsabre Beat' by Darkesword
- Tetris 'McvaffeQuasi UltiMix' by McVaffe
- Zelda 2 'Mirror and Transparent' by Rellik
- Dr. Mario 'Funky Pills' by virt
- Tetris 'Thirty-Plus Mix' by R3FORGED
- Chrono Trigger 'The Trial in Concert' by Spekkosaurus