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Our MIDI Week Single today comes again from time spent unloading my overencumbered character in Divine Dinvinty, with music by Kirill Pokrovsky.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/04/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #DivineDivinity #KirillPokrovsky #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
All week, I'll be releasing videos of my first time playing "The Exit 8" from KOTAKE CREATE. Will I make it to Exit 8 before going insane (literally and figuratively)? Only one way to find out.
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#TheExit8 #Playthrough #KOTAKECREATE #PLAYISM #StageSelectStart
We have our Game EXP article for Organ Quarter, the survival horror VR game from Outer Brain Studio & AMATA K.K. on the Quest 2 & PSVR
Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/04/game...
#OrganQuarter #OQ #OuterBrainStudios #AMATAKK #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
A new month, a new Monthly Update for y'all.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/04/mont...
#MonthlyUpdate #April2026 #Rambling #StageSelectStart
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Our MIDI Week Single yesterday felt appropriate for April 1st, and b/c The Squire is playing a lot of Wario World on the Switch 2.
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www.stageselectstart.com/2026/04/midi...
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#MIDIWeekSingles #WarioWorld #NorioHanzawa #MinakoHamano #StageSelectStart
This week on YouTube, I'll be uploading my playthrough videos for Organ Quarter from Outer Brain Studios on Quest 2/3/3S VR.
Disc: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#OrganQuarter #OQ #OuterBrainStudios #SurvivalHorrorVR #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
While playing Divine Divinity, I got to thinking about how certain aspects of CRPGs mimicked how I feel about some things in the real world, and so this article was born.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/one-...
#DivineDivinity #BaldursGate #CRPG #Cities #Rambling #StageSelectStart
Our Game EXP today is for the VR horror game Forgotten Possessions from indie dev Glock Software, now on the Quest 2 & 3/3S.
Disc: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/game...
#ForgottenPossessions #GlockSoftware #VRHorror #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Up now on our YouTube channel is a playlist for the new VR Horror game from solo indie dev Glock Software available now on Quest 2 & 3/3S
Disc I rec'd a review key from Keymailer
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#ForgottenPossessions #GlockSoftware #IndieGame #VRHorror #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Our MIDI Week Single today I had planned out seven years ago, but we're finally getting around to posting a song from Super Life of Pixel by Ashton Morris.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #SuperLifeOfPixel #AshtonMorris #IndieGame #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
Our First Impressions today takes a look at Ancient Shadows Awakening from solo indie developer Petr Najman.
Discl: I rec'd a review key through Keymailer
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/firs...
#FirstImpressions #AncientShadowsAwakening #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Our MIDI Week Single today comes from playing Cave Story+ for the past couple of weeks. Nearing the end (of my first run?) & did not expect this song late in the game.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #CaveStory #DaisukeAmaya #VideoGameMusic #IndieGame #StageSelectStart
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.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingelsArchive #MIDIWeekSingles #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
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.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #GUNShowdown #ChristopherLennertz #ColtonWhite #StageSelectStart
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!
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/sony...
#SonyAndSteam #Rambling #SonyPCGames #StageSelectStart
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.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/game...
#Egg #KolbasinoGames #ClickerGames #ThisGameIsAWasteOfTime #StageSelectStart
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
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/03/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles #JunFunahasi #HidenoriMaezawa #StageSelectStart
Our Game EXP article yesterday was for Pigeon's Mission, a fun retro-styled platformer, started out strong, but turned unreasonably difficult partway through.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/02/game...
#GameEXP #PigeonsMission #GlowingCheetah #RetroPlatformer #StageSelectStart
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.
www.stageselectstart.com/2026/02/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #MarioKartWorld #RainbowRoad #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
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?
www.StageSelectStart.com
#NewWebsite #StageSelectStart #WhoDis #Rambling
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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#MIDIWeekSingles #DivineDivinity #KirillPokrovsky #LarianStudios #StageSelectStart
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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#GameEXP #TheChildrenOfClay #BalazsRonyai #IndieGames #StopMotion #ArcheologyHorror #StageSelectStart
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
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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#MIDIWeekSingles #ChickenLittle #BillyMartin #NintendoGameCube #StageSelectStart
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
stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/game...
#MindwayVR #Mindway #MetaQuest2 #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
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
stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/02/midi...
#MIDIWeekSingles #FalloutNewVegas #ObsidianEntertainment #MartyRobbins #StageSelectStart
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
stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/01/game...
#TheShavedIceShop #Holitass #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
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.
stageselectstart.blogspot.com/2026/01/game...
#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
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
