Unoriginal Soundtracks #97: Sonic The Hedgehog

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

The eternal struggle between machine and animal, order and freedom, patrolling a set amount of pixels and running free. Sonic the Hedgehog.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #96: Viscera Cleanup Detail Santa's Rampage

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Unoriginal Soundtracks is a podcast that uses music to talk about video games. So this isn't a Christmas playlist -- it's a Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage playlist.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #95: Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

The surprise hit of the season is an action game based on the Lord of the Rings books (not the films) by the developers of The Matrix Online. It mixes satisfying, flowing combat with the metal themes of orcs, the undead, and torture and it inspires this metal-heavy podcast.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #94: Desert Golfing

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

To hear a mirror in a song
And heaven in a music podcast,
Hold infinity in your ears
And 27 minutes in Unoriginal Soundtracks for Desert Golfing.

Shuffled #61: Splits

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

Diving once again into the vinyl pile! This month is a collection of ripped split EPs that go pretty much all over the place. Apologies in advanced for the low quality of some of these rips. Read that as record speak for "I need a new stylus."

Unoriginal Soundtracks #93: Brütal Legend

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

This episode of Unoriginal Soundtracks brings rap, '50s rock and roll, and soul about live music and the people who make it possible. And maybe some metal about metal itself.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #92: Broken Age, Act 1

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

These playlists about growing up, breakfast cereal, and bakery are conveniently presented here with two embedded audio players. Switch between the two episodes at will.

Shuffled #60: 2014 Then, Now, and Soon

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

We are well past the halfway point of the year 2014. Let's not dwell on the present too much though. Instead here's a bunch of handpicked tracks that dropped this year (and a few that are up and coming).  Full playlist after the jump.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #91: Spintires

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Spintires is a surprisingly fun offroading simulator. Instead of Euro Truck Simulator's sat nav, you scout the terrain in your soviet Land Rover knockoff and devise the best route to take your log-laden trucks. This playlist of southern rock, country, and rap would fit on one of the vehicle's tape decks, if communist Russia allowed such western decadences.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #90: Super Hexagon

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Super Hexagon is a fast paced gauntlet-running game with a chiptune-techno soundtrack. There's no techno here, but this playlist is full of funk, punk, and pop about geometry.

Shuffled #59: The Long Play

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

The average length of song these days is somewhere around 3 minutes (Ed. Note: This is 100% a guess). The average length of the songs on this week's podcast is about 9 minutes (Ed Note: Somewhere thereabouts). I suggest tucking in for the long haul on this one, because while the playlist only has 9 songs in it, the show is a well over an hour (Ed. Note: 1 hr 31 mins and 18 sec to be exact).

Unoriginal Soundtracks #89: Watch_Dogs

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Soundtracks, Unoriginal
Music podcast
Age: 4
Occupation: Bringing you dancehall, soul, and new wave about computers and surveillance.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #88: Bridge Constructor

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Like a bridge over troubled water, I will podcast you. This playlist of ballads, soul, and rock is about Bridge Constructor.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #87: Wolfenstein The New Order

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

This playlist has it all: rap, folk, sudden shifts in tone. It's Unoriginal Soundtracks for Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #86: Flight Simulator

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. I believe Unoriginal Soundtracks for Microsoft Flight Simulator is a playlist of rock about aviation.

Shuffled #58: Somewhat Random

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

Sorry for the delay. It's just been too gorgeous outside all week and I have been spending most of my time out and about. Here is a really quick seven track fix to get ya through the weekend. A lot of it is in instrumental form, so if that is your style I think you will love some of the deeper cuts. Tyler Abstract also joins me once again, so be sure to check out his podcast Abstract:Japan. Click through to get some music!

Unoriginal Soundtracks #85: Threes

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

This podcast is all about goaty things like trampolines, tongues, and parties. Its mix of jazz, reggae, and hip hop is far more relaxed than a playlist about Goat Simulator should be.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #84: Goat Simulator

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

This podcast is all about goaty things like trampolines, tongues, and parties. Its mix of jazz, reggae, and hip hop is far more relaxed than a playlist about Goat Simulator should be.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #83: Titanfall

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Titanfall is set in a hellish future where superhuman pilots and giant robots wage war for oil. Unsurprisingly, it inspires a playlist with its fair share of metal.

Shuffled #57: UToob

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

Oh YouTube. Your endless supply of videos knows no bounds! This episode I'm joined again by TylerAbstract as we listen to some of the tracks we play in our music video sharing rotations. Read on to check out the show and the music videos too.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #82: GRID 2

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

This successor to the TOCA games is perhaps the best way to virtually TOur the world with a CAr. GRID 2 inspires this globetrotting playlist of blues, jazz, and rock.

Shuffled #56: South By

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

Let's talk South By Southwest this week. Or rather, let's listen in. There are many reasons people travel all the way to Austin, Texas for SXSW: Cool new social media ideas, independent films, multiple tech conferences. In the midst of all this, though, is a crazy amount of live music! Bands from literally all over the globe descend on Austin in a ferocious wave of sound. I can't make it there this year, but someday I plan on it! For now read on to hear tracks from bands and artists rocking out the whole week at South By. 

Shuffled #55

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

We're back at it once again with a brand new playlist! Pretty much a standard, randomly compiled mix on this week's (though I should be saying month's) episode. I'm also joined again by my chum, TylerAbstract, while frequent background noise maker Jon makes a quick appearance too. This mix is courtesy of a short drive around town with my mp3 player set to shuffle, though I had to make a few editor choices to skim the length. Enough about the mundane happenings of a lowly podcast host and producer. Click on to the tunes!

Unoriginal Soundtracks #81: Assassin's Creed 4

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Going from metal to male-voice choir to blues to sea shanty, this playlist is as contrasting as the 18th/21st century sci-fi/swashbuckler it's all about. It's not pirating if you hit the Amazon Associates links.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #80: Call of Juarez Gunslinger

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Of all the instalments in Ubisoft's western series, this one is neither bad nor ugly. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger inspires this playlist of rock and roll, metal, and folk.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #79: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Rapidly hammer the space bar to enjoy this playlist of rock, folk, and reggae all about David Cage's apocalyptic thriller.

Unoriginal Soundtracks #78: Pac-Man

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

This podcast was originally going to be about Puck-Man, but I was scared of mis-speaking. So enjoy this playlist of hip hop, rock and roll, and country about Pac-Man.

Shuffled #54: 13 for ‘13

Every other Wednesday either Matt or Alex C-Y share their love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as their tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.

The year 2013 is long gone, but before it becomes too late into 2014, let's have a look back at some of the more "traditional" songs and albums to drop over the past year. On this episode, I'm joined once again by my drunken buddies Tyler and Mike, who offer some colorful commentary to the show. While I was busy dodging bottle caps and yelling at Mike to shut up for two seconds, I streamed the show live over on our Mixlr page. Check it out next time I do a live show. It's free to use and doesn't require an account to listen. Show times are random, but I usually post when I'll do one over at our Twitter and Facebook page. Interested in learning what my favorite albums and songs of 2013 were? Read on to find out!