slightly dark/spirit of gamer - jap.game.music goodness.

For those who like Japanese videogame music, I noticed on vorc.org that there was a new .PDF magazine about that whole genre, called 'Spirit Of Gamer'. And I downloaded it, and it was good - very good, actually, and the broadband version, whilst pretty large at 21mb, is well worth getting for some great reviews and liner note translations of recent Japanese soundtracks like 'Dark Cloud 2' and older soundtracks like 'Sega Arcade '80s Vol.1'. Interestingly, I notice the parent website, Slightly Dark, is dedicated to 'out-of-print' game soundtracks, and has a number of intriguing ones for download. Sadly, it's not strictly legit, but it's worth temporarily sampling great stuff like the Famitsu-freebie 'Super Smash Bros DX Orchestra CD', given away on the front of a magazine in Japan, and featuring all your favorite Nintendo soundtracks played live by a full symphony orchestra..