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Kirk Hamilton
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Kotaku Editor-at-Large

Is that the normal opening song to the podcast? It sounds like the opening from an 80s-90s sitcom. It’s like a cross between My Two Dads and Greatest American Hero. It’s great. Read more

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Put this on full blast on my car speakers the other day as I drove home from writing the last exam of my undergrad.

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I wound kindly like to ask the universe to play this every time somebody asks me for a ride, and I oblige them.

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This is what I use when I feel so invincible that I could take over the world.

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Dating a huge Zelda nerd, the "You got a thiiiiiiing" jingle has become a regular part of my life.

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Whenever I finish a really hard test, I want this song to play.

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Ookay, let's try again. This will forever be my favorite FF victory music.

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Short, punchy, extremely satisfying, and still the best!

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Props to you Kirk for including the SaGa victory fanfare though I would have liked the Romancing SaGa PS2 remake version better.

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I love the "Battle Results" song in FFXIII. It sounds particularly good on headphones (and with the real track, not youtube). Easily my favorite victory track in the series.

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I always play this after completing a game or a test.

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VII Victory Fan Fare plays whenever I get a text from my best friend, I have that song on lock for whenever something amazing happens.

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I've always loved this victory theme. Megaman X is just awesome, Period.

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Nothing quite like Won the Lawsuit from Phoenix Wright. Such a pervasive feeling of relief!