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Well, we’re a quarter of the way to the 100th edition with no signs of slowing down. This is the reason I love doing the Bitmob Community Jukebox: Despite the fact that we’ve amassed a seemingly exhaustive list of songs in the Archive, my fellow Bitmobbers continue to surprise me with all sorts of great video-game melodies I’ve never heard!
For go-around number 25, I decided to choose songs exclusively from great indies that everyone should play.
And the best community entry of the week comes from a little-known title, too. The rest of suggestions came in from all sides. Resident review robot, Brian Shirk, throws in a song from an early Falcom game that really packs a wallop. Repeat offender Ryan Conway shows us a tune which illustrates that not everything about Sonic 3D Blast completely sucked. And newcomer Chris Whitehead jumps in with a soul set from Nintendo’s best balladeer, K. K. Slider.
Got a great song suggestion? Don’t be stingy: Hit the jump to find out how to share it with everyone else!
I’ve got three ways to get you on your feet:
Method 1: Pick and Choose
My Selections
2) World of Goo — My Virtual World of Goo Corporation
4) Runman: Race Around the World — Beale Street Breakdown (by Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band)
5) Sonny — Heroic Confrontation
Community Selections
7) The Company of Myself — Theme* suggested by Alex R. Cronk-Young
8) Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory — Kokubo Sosho Battle suggested by Dan “Shoe” Hsu
9) Sonic 3D Blast — Rusty Ruin Act 1 suggested by Ryan Conway
10) Ys: Books 1 and 2 — First Step Towards Wars suggested by Brian Shirk
11) Persona 4 — Reach Out to the Truth suggested by Stephano Nevarez
12) Okami — Shinshuu Field suggested by Evan Killham
13) Person 4 — Pursuing My True Self suggested by Jasmine Maleficent Rea
14) Animal Crossing — K. K. Soul suggested by Chris Whitehead
15) You Have to Burn the Rope — Now You’re a Hero suggested by Aaron Rivers (++good)
Method 2: Let It Ride
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Method 3: I’m Tired of This Playlist
Tired of this week’s Jukebox selections? Want to scope which classic songs have already been nabbed by other Bitmobbers? Then check out The Bitmob Community Jukebox Archive. Contributor Evan Killham created — and maintains — a comprehensive list of every song that the community and I have ever chosen.
With hundreds of tunes now available in the Archive, you don’t need to fret if this week’s jams aren’t to your taste. Just click the link, and the records keep on spinnin’!
For all you newcomers, here’s how it works — I’ve got just two simple rules for submitting songs:
1) Songs from music games with original music and licensed songs from game soundtracks like Grand Theft Auto are OK. Submissions from games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band will not be accepted. Otherwise, this post may turn into a competition between people’s favorite bands.
2) Only one submission response per person, per week.
When you’ve thought of a selection, put it in the comments below.
I will always try to find the official name of any song I use — whether it comes from myself or the community. If I am unable to verify a song’s title, I will mark it with an asterisk (*).
Finally, if you’d like to win the Double-Plus Good Song of the Week (the weekly best of award), try to think of an obscure song or a song you think the community and I have overlooked in previous posts.
P.S.Thanks for keeping the dream alive guys! I never thought I’d make it to number 25!