Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Many of you probably know Magic: the Gathering is a big part of my life.  Over the past 10 years it has been my hobby, my competitive passion, my social circle, and my career.  Prior to Magic, I never owned a deck or went to a physical card shop.  But I had played a few…

Today’s theme is shooter music.  I nearly chose something from the DOOM soundtrack, since Mick Gordon gets it.  But instead I’ll be pulling from probably one of the least Day 8: Shooter Music Game: Metroid Prime Track: Phendrana Drifts I’m glad I got to experience Metroid Prime when it first came out.  I’d probably consider it…

Day 7: Indie Game Music Game: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Track: Diptera Sonata I don’t have much to say today, but I’ve played a fair bit of Binding of Isaac (>500 hours) and this song rips.  Cool combination of instruments, great buildup.  Repetitive enough to get you in a trance, but highly replayable.  Brings…

Day 6: Relaxing Music Game: Genshin Impact Track: A New Day With Hope Genshin Impact is a beautiful game.  It’s a Breath of the Wild clone, but you don’t have to be pro-gacha or anti-Zelda to enjoy it.  The first hundred hours or so of gameplay are so good, I’d honestly recommend everyone give it…

Back home today – 6 week travel marathon complete! Day 5: Hub/Overworld Music Game: ActRaiser (SNES) Track: Birth of the People ActRaiser is a game I downloaded and played in my late teens specifically after hearing its music.  Rather than “chiptuney,” it’s more of a traditional orchestral soundtrack.  It draws from 18th century European music…

It’s the morning of day 2 of BlizzCon.  My social battery is still recharging, and I’ve got 2 hours before the WoW deep dive. Edit: haha I ended up writing way more than I originally anticipated and once again didn’t finish until late. Today’s theme is console exclusive, the least restrictive theme so far.  Today’s…

It’s 9:30 pm.  I just finished a LONG day 1 of BlizzCon, followed by Din Tai Fung with The Guildies.  Good times.  Time for the third and final day of NES chiptunes, featuring my favorite track from my favorite NES soundtrack. Day 3: 8-Bit Music Game: Mega Man 6 Track: Knight Man Mega Man is…

I was hoping to get this out earlier in the day, but I’ve been on the road to BlizzCon.  Actually, I still am.  But Shelly’s back to driving and it’s dark enough that I can type! Day 2: Opening Level Music Game: Super C (NES) Track: Gates of Fort Firestorm (Spoiler: for some reason all…

This image was trending in 2020 but I apparently missed it.  Granted, Discord is my main social network, so it’s not unusual for me to miss Twitter trends.  But when I saw this last month, I had to do it. Video game music hugely impacted my music taste.  14 years ago I didn’t know who…