On the 10th anniversary of the passing of legendary game developer and musician Kenji Eno, Limited Run’s James Mielke joins us to explain the legacy of Eno’s work, his savage break-up with PlayStation, and a canceled Nintendo game no one knows about.
Also, loads of news this week!
2023 BAFTA Best Music Award
Fortnite + Unreal Engine creator tools
K-pop collaborations in mobile games including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical live stream
Techno legend Ken Ishii DJ’ing at Reboot in Croatia
Tchia features a playable (digital) ukelele
R.I.P. Ryuichi Sakamoto, who influenced video games in several ways
00:07:00 - News
00:35:42 - Topic discussion: legendary creator Kenji Eno
00:39:20 - Limited Run’s James Mielke interview
01:14:28 - Done in 60 Seconds (recommendations)
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Further reading:
Via NME, “The musical legacy of Kenji Eno, video game developer and musical maverick”
Stories covered in the news:
• Via BAFTA, “2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners”
• Via Laced, Oliviere Derivere interview
• Via Laced, Stray composer interview with Yann Van Der Cruyssen aka Morusque
• Via Music Ally, “Fortnite’s ‘Creator Economy 2.0’ could be exciting for musicians”
• Via Yahoo News, “Mobile Legends partners with K-pop group Itzy for ALLSTAR event”
• Via Humble Games, “Myth and Music: An Evening with Stray Gods (register via the Humble Games link attend the FREE livestream on Wednesday, April 12th at 7pm PT / Thursday April 13th at 12pm AET”
• Via YouTube, “Tchia Official Ukelele Gameplay Trailer”
• Via NME, “Video game music wouldn’t be the same without Ryuichi Sakamoto”
Our ‘Done in 60 Seconds’ picks:
• “Sailing” from Tchia’s Original Soundtrack by John Robert Matz (Bandcamp, Spotify)
• “Sketch 3 Morning Theme” from D2 Remixes Album by Mijk Van Dijk Remix. Original composer: Kenji Eno
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