On the latest episode of The 8-Bit Show, host Hekla Peturrson talks to Madison Turner about RVA’s alternative music scene.

Composer David Farrell started making 8-bit covers of Christmas songs several years ago for fun. Using tones roughly based on the sounds that an old Nintendo console makes, Farrell would generate the ...

There are many reasons Queen is universally recognized as having reached supreme levels of excellence: Freddie Mercury’s otherworldly vocal power and the fleshed-out and epic rock instrumentation are ...

The 8-Bit Big Band, under the direction of Tony-nominee Charlie Rosen, has released their third full length album, Backwards Compatible. An exploration of the "Great Video Game Songbook'', this ...

Japanese artist and developer Riki Iwasaki last month released 8-Bit Music Power, a chiptune album that as of now can only be played on Nintendo's original home console. Adam Bolton is a contributor ...

Earlier this year, the Digital Culture Beat had the pleasure of attending the “8-bit Music Exhibit” for the Digital Studies Institute, planned by Toni Bushner and Norah Vulpes — a digital scholarship ...

Hip-hop and video games have been synonymous with each other for many years now. Fans of the electronic games have either played video games where rap artists are the players (2003’s Def Jam Vendetta) ...

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As far as the Internets go, Doctor Octoroc is the real deal — he's the animator, composer, and wizard behind more or less every good retro videogame parody online, like “Jersey Shore: The RPG,” “Game ...