Chip Grooves Radio
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Total War: Shogun 2
The boys welcome Jesse as a regular host by celebrating Jeff Van Dyck's gorgeous soundtrack. Van Dyck uses a handful of instruments to capture eastern melodies and sounds with great ski…
Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Jesse joins while Jon is out on business. The two discuss good and bad video game film adaptations before launching into their review. Breath of the Wild changed the game for many thing…
Doom (2016)
Initial discussion: Square Enix's sales woes. One man stepped up to deliver a soundtrack that changed the game. Literally. Mick Gordon's approach to electronic metal brings combat in th…
Civilization IV
Mike and Jon revisit one of Jon's games. The two comment on the obvious standout track "Baba Yetu" and how other songs stack up to it. Does the soundtrack hold up for Jon?
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Final Fantasy VI
For the game's 30th birthday, the hosts cover Squaresoft's FINAL fantasy for the 16 bit generation of gaming. It's a game that pulled no punches. Mike tells a tale of his childhood and …
Chrono Trigger
With a special tribute to Akira Toriyama, Jon and Mike are joined once more by special guest Jesse to celebrate Yasunori Mitsuda and his illustrious, oft-hailed and touching score. From…
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
What happens when the gothic beauty of Castlevania meets the epic scale of The Lord of the Rings? Whatever the answer is, Oscar Araujo's score plays a big role. The sweeping orchestral …
The Lost Art of Manuals
Mike and Jon reminisce about video game manuals and the care that often went into them. Each sharing some of their favorites from ages past, they discuss the depth some had and the stat…
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Yoko Shimomura composes a soundtrack to bring Mario's grand entrance to the RPG landscape to life. With an upbeat and jovial sound, the Mario universe is given the depth and style it pe…
World in Conflict
Ola Strandh lends his hand to this tactical RTS game. With a more modern setting, this game brings your focus on your units and objectives, rather than base building for a more emotiona…
Borderlands
A few artists collaborate to bring life to a wasteland of giant, violent creatures and power hungry militants. Mike and Jon talk about the game's impact on RPGs and FPS titles and also …
Devil May Cry (2001)
Let's rock, baby! Mike and Jon discuss this stylish and trend-setting action game that captured the hearts of many edgelords of the early 2000s. Dante sliced and fired his way through h…
Cyberpunk 2077
When a soundtrack builds out a world like it does in this game, it's a treat. Mike and Jon talk about this deep and immersive adventure and how the music fits and informs the player/lis…
Grim Fandango
Peter McConnell combines a vast array of musical stylings to accompany this point and click adventure game. Ironically, the soundtrack gives this afterlife adventure a breath of life. M…
Baldur's Gate III
Borislav Slavov helms the soundtrack for the epic return to Baldur's Gate. Relying heavily on chanting he composes a thrilling soundtrack to bring the game to new heights. Already prais…
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Power Glove fully embraces the 80's action flick with this album. They'd be crazy not to. What they accomplished here gives life to a game just as insane and over-the-top as the action …
Bastion
The boys have a special guest this episode. A listener, Jesse, wrote in to request that we cover this soundtrack and we decided to have him on! It's a lush...maybe lush is the wrong wor…
System Shock
Greg LoPiccolo composes the soundtrack to this classic FPS adventure. Using a unique blend of synthesizer, fast beats and...flutes?...he brings the world of System Shock to life and gra…
Rise of Nations
An eclectic grouping of tracks accompany this Civilization-style game from Jon's past. Duane Decker brings life to the various locations in the game, although Mike and Jon find issue w…
Risk of Rain 2
A mix of campy sci-fi synthesizer and heavy metal, this soundtrack takes players on a journey. Complete with songs that take you from highs to lows, it delivers a punch, but how does it…