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  • Top Ten NES Castlevania Songs

    Top Ten NES Castlevania Songs

    The morning sun has brought us a top ten list! When I decided to try my hand at composing an album of 8-bit music, and frame it as an OST for a game that never existed, I turned to the source for inspiration: original NES soundtracks. I was not long in my search until I…

  • Past Lives (and Future Plans) at Retro Games Plus, Lawndale, CA

    Past Lives (and Future Plans) at Retro Games Plus, Lawndale, CA

    A few months ago, I stepped into Retro Games Plus in Lawndale, CA for the first time. Originally there to ask about putting up a flyer for Draakula (my debut 8-bit album: more details here!), I was struck by two things. First, an unexpected wave of 90’s and 2000’s nostalgia. Second, after the starry, shimmering…

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 10 Years Later

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 10 Years Later

    Ten and a half years ago, the second teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens played at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. Screened in the exhibition hall, somewhere on a massive screen, I did not see it from our exhibition booth. I could scarce hear it, too, the speakers, facing away from us…

  • My all-new 8-bit album, DRAAKULA, is out now!

    My all-new 8-bit album, DRAAKULA, is out now!

    Behold, an album of all-new 8-bit music! An original soundtrack to a game that was lost to time! An epic tale of a heroine versus the ultimate evil, Draakula! Verily, dear friends, yours truly has composed an album of 8-bit music for a “lost” horror-adventure game (in reality, it never existed) entitled Draakula. Who is…

  • The Brat Snack (short film)

    The Brat Snack is a 2022 short film written, produced, and directed by myself and Ralph Blanchard. It is the ninth film under the Cat cat Productions banner, the fifth title with a food pun, and the third to be a direct spoof of a director’s work or genre. It stars Lyssa Samuel, Trevor Marcotte,…