Show Notes
Following up our last show on CANYON.MID, we're joined by the artist that closed out the show, Austin Green. Austin is a guitarist and leader of the band WASD. We're going all in on PC game music today with a mix of Austin's favorites as well as PC game music covers from his recently released album Escape.
For more info about Austin and WASD, check out the following links: Linktree | Bandcamp Don't forget to catch WASD live at MAGFest 2023 January 5-8, 2023 (Thursday to Sunday)
Episode Track List:
0:00:00 Jazz Be Damned - Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (1998) - Alexander Brandon 0:05:33 Welcome to Fyrestone - Borderlands (2009) - Jesper Kyd 0:15:03 Fyrestone (WASD cover) - Borderlands (2009) - Jesper Kyd 0:21:37 Progressive - The Incredible Machine 3 (1995) - Chris Stevens, Tim Clarke, Jan Paul Moorhead 0:25:30 Programmable Rock (WASD cover) - The Incredible Machine 3 (1995) - Chris Stevens, Tim Clarke, Jan Paul Moorhead 0:36:23 Brain Freeze - Command and Conquer: Yuri’s Revenge (2001) - Frank Klepacki 0:42:29 Buy Mode 1 - The Sims (2000) - Jerry Martin, Marc Russo 0:47:02 Goin' Down the Fast Way - Rise of the Triad (Christmas 1994) - Lee Jackson, Bobby Prince 0:54:16 The Cathedral - Heretic (1994) - Kevin Schilder 0:57:56 Blighted Sanctuary (WASD cover) - Heretic (1994) - Kevin Schilder 1:07:55 Baba Yetu - Civilization IV (2005) - Christopher Tin 1:14:51 Stand the Test of Time (WASD cover) - Civilization IV (2005) - Christopher Tin
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