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There was a time, years ago, when LucasArts could do no wrong. They were unstoppable. Every time I got their…

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When you talk to people about game music, Nobuo Uematsu is gonna come up.

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Akira the Don, rapper, producer, hip-hop musician and gamer, dropped nearly an hours worth of amazing Street…

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