Tis the Christmas season (or Advent to be theologically accurate), and in the spirit of the season, the lovely blogger over at Later Levels has decided to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas a few days earlier with 12 gaming related questions for all of us good, little gaming elves out there. These are my responses.
🎶 22 December 2017: It’s now Christmas Eve and you’re throwing a lively party for all your friends, family and favourite characters. Which video game soundtracks would be on your playlist?
Can I say Advent Children just for the lulz? Because…it’s the season of Advent, huh? Tiny factoid: Final Fantasy VII actually started on December 9. Yes really! Look up the timeline. That means FFVII takes place…during Advent #mindblown
Anyway, I’ve always thought the orchestrated ending theme to Final Fantasy IV had a part that sounded like sleigh bells starting around 3:00.
Then there’s the Voices of the Lifestream version of “Buried in Snow” titled “Frozen Landscape,” which is better than the original (and I wish/hope they’d use it in the Remake). It just seems like a song best realized in the minor key. The OST version is kind of dowdy, and doesn’t capture the wilder, fiercer, desperate need to break through the blizzard that Voices does.
Hey look! There’s a suggestion for 70 minutes of Nintendo winter and holiday music! I could just put that on ad call it an Eve(ning). Okay, I don’t really like that one, but the hour of festive holiday video game music is much better.
Oh…well I know why, the first song is from FFXIV, called “Starlight Celebration.” Wow, this is…amazing.
*star eyes*
What video game soundtracks would you have on your holiday playlist? Would you just pick one or would you have a mixture? Sound off in the comments!
The Shameful Narcissist Speaks 
I always enjoy your music recs! Listened to that remix and it’s wonderfully atmospheric for this time of year. ❤
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Yay! Hey lady, I hope you have a Merry Christmas ♥ Isn’t that a great remix? It makes me really want to play XIV even more.
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Just got to Colorado for Christmas, so it’s been good. ^_^ I hope you’ve been having a wonderful Christmas! Will have to send you an email at some point and catch up. 🙂
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I’d love to catch up! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas ♥ 😀
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I did not know FFVII took place during Advent… #mindblown indeed! 😱 Did I mention you rock at puns? Because you totally do 😂
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I was floored when I found that out, but the timeline that says it is accurate. I think the entire game takes place around one month and the climax happens before Christmas. It’s actually brilliant since so much of Sephiroth’s story is a subversion of Christ, since he’s an antichrist/Satan character, and this is juxtaposed with Aeris being the true Christ figure (whoohoo feminist subversion!), so the time it takes place just adds to the awesome layers ♥
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I could seriously read you talking about FFVII things all day! Wow! 😀 You know so much about the game.
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So much random knowledge 😀 Yet…I STILL discover new things, which is amazing.
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I laughed so hard at your Advent connection. Now, I’m just imagining One-Winged Angel transformed into a Christmas Carol XD!!! The number one Christmas album I play during the holidays is 8-Bit Jesus, an amazing compilation of 8-bit NES and Christmas carol mashups. I listen to it every year!
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Tee hee, I have a great picture to post on Christmas. I’m so glad you reminded me. Get ready for awesome 😀
What is this? 8-bit Jesus? Is there a “Link?”
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Yup! http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/8-bit-jesus/
You should be able to listen to the whole thing there. It’s brightened up many a Christmas for me. 🙂
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Okay so this is amazing.
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Right?!
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The songs are all in the minor key! That’s my favorite ♥
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