Final Fantasy music is so good... could it be the nostalgia factor? Nothing else compares. I was listening to FFVI soundtrack last night and I was actually quite blown away again. A 16-bit console created that music. The synth orchestras! Pseudo-voices!
On the discussion board of my computer science class last year, we were talking about what we listened to while programming. The prof himself mentioned that he liked listening to video game tracks when he was younger, but he would be a little embarrassed to show that to anyone. I said he didn't have to be embarrassed because it was so good. I forgot that back then, video games were more taboo and a bigger indicator of "nerd-dom" and ostracism. Now it's nerd cred. Gets you the ladies.
Final Fantasy 7 is over 10 years old... That's half my life. This game came out when I was in 4th grade. Video game music was half my library when I was 12. Do you feel old too?
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