We’re in the final week; today it’s the finals, plus a bronze match. You can listen to the entire top 2 here. See the bracket here. PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING Voting will be live until Sunday, … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Finals

We’re in the final week; today it’s the semifinals. You can listen to the entire top 4 here. See the bracket here. PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING Voting will be live until Thursday, November 14th at 10:00 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Semifinals

We’re in the final week; today it’s the quarterfinals. You can listen to the entire top 8 here. See the bracket here. PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING Voting will be live until Tuesday, November 12th at 10:00 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Quarterfinals

Now it’s time for the top 16. We’re getting down to contenders now, no need for multiple parts. You can listen to the entire top 16 here. See the bracket here. PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 16

Now it’s time for the top 32. With one full round of eliminations behind us things are really heating up. Now that the number of songs is nice and manageable we will no longer be feathering rounds; this round will … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 32 (Part 2 of 2)

Now it’s time for the top 32. With one full round of eliminations behind us things are really heating up. Now that the number of songs is nice and manageable we will no longer be feathering rounds; this round will … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 32 (Part 1 of 2)

Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket here We’ll be doing the entire top 64 this week, 16 songs per day. Feathering groups same as last time, so … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 64 (Part 4 of 4)

Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket here We’ll be doing the entire top 64 this week, 16 songs per day. Feathering groups same as last time, so … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 64 (Part 3 of 4)

Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket here We’ll be doing the entire top 64 this week, 16 songs per day. Feathering groups same as last time, so … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 64 (Part 2 of 4)

Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket here We’ll be doing the entire top 64 this week, 16 songs per day. Feathering groups same as last time, so … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 64 (Part 1 of 4)

(Current standings for completed groups can be found here) Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 8

(Current standings for completed groups can be found here) Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 7

(Current standings for completed groups can be found here) Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 6

(Current standings for completed groups can be found here) Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 5

(Current standings for completed groups can be found here) Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 4

Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! The top 4 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 3

Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! The top 4 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 2

Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! The top 4 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 1

Last time we focused on the absolute earliest songs in the history of the medium (some might say too early!) This time we get a little more sophisticated and a lot more iconic, covering the remainder of the 80s, roughly … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Nominations

Our final round came down to the wire, with only a single vote separating the two. But in the end it was Ms. Pac-Man’s “Intermission Music” that took home the crown. A perfect combination of iconic status and actually being … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament – Prehistory (Before 1983) – Final Results