This week we vent about another massive round of games industry layoffs, Chad talks about his FF7 addiction, and Adam got to play an early demo of Deathbound, a new souls-like you should be paying attention to.

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Ep. 341 - Chad's Addicted to FF7 Games

Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto
Music and property owned by Square Enix.

Also called "A Closed Off Village." 
From the original PSP Crisis Core. A really good rendition of Anxious Heart / Heart of Anxiety from FF7. The percussion sets a very specific, eerie mood for what's to come.
Plays in the Nibelheim area.

The Shrouded Village (Anxious Heart) - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) OST

Zo lang als de Button Bashers podcast bestaat zijn er de jaaroverzichten waarin aan het einde van elk kalenderjaar wordt teruggeblikt op wat het afgelopen jaar op het gebied van gaming, hobbies en leven heeft gebracht. Ook over het jaar 2024 viel weer genoeg te vertellen.

00:00:13 - Introductie
Mike en Niels praten bij over hoe het gaat en wat er sinds BB118 allemaal is gebeurd. 

00:27:00 - Secret Santa 2024
Op het Button Bashers forum werd in 2024 opnieuw een Secret Santa actie georganiseerd, en misschien wel de beste tot nu toe volgens Mike en Niels. 

01:26:33 - Game Talk
Niels speelde in de laatste maanden van 2024 twee recente remasters uit de Final Fantasy serie, waaronder  de remaster van Final Fantasy IX (01:27:34), Michael maakte een begin aan Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (01:40:14), de andere Final Fantasy remaster die Niels speelde was Crisis Core Final Fantasy XII Reunion (01:51:31) en Michael vindt Call of Duty Black Ops 6 toch een hele toffe game (02:05:40). 

02:09:41 - Jaaroverzicht 2024
Zoals elk jaar heeft Michael weer het spraakmakende nieuws van het jaar uiteengezet.

02:36:30 - Tegenvallers in 2024
Niels had weinig issues met games in 2024 maar Michael heeft toch een lijstje aan ergernissen samengesteld, waar ook twee tamelijk onverwachte dingen in staan.

02:59:04 - Beste aankopen van 2024
Van een airfryer tot een gaming stoel en de zoektocht naar een horloge dat bij je past, in dit onderwerp blikken Mike en Niels terug op hun favoriete aankopen van het jaar. 

04:19:39 - Beste games die we in 2024 hebben gespeeld

04:36:58 - Games waar we naar uitkijken in 2025

Muziek:
- Yakuza 0
 - Paper Mario TTYD
- Pilotwings 64
- Live a Live
- KoekiemonsterAdvance



Podcast 119: Jaaroverzicht 2024

Crisis Core - Final Fantasy 7 - Wings Of Freedom (Master Mi Remix - Version 1.3)
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- Crisis Core - Final Fantasy 7 - The Price Of Freedom Remix
- made by Master Mi
- produced with Samplitude Pro X4 Suite
- mastered at EBU R 128 standards for the best dynamic range

This soundtrack is the newest (and maybe even the final) version of my remix for the original song "The Price Of Freedom" from the PSP game Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, which was originally composed by Takeharu Ishimoto.

I haven't uploaded any new soundtrack or remix content of mine in the last two years because I've been particularly dedicated to developing my mixing concept, which I call "Life Force", to be able to present my compositions and remixes at a much higher level of quality.

This mixing concept, which I have developed over the last years, is primarily aimed at bringing much more clarity, a more natural, organic sound, much better dynamics, more atmosphere and spatiality back into the mix through sophisticated depth gradation and unique mixing techniques.

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But I have also developed my compositional skills over the last few years, which I wanted to show in this heartfelt remix project.

Not only did I make the dynamics and playing style of the existing instruments much more lively, natural and artistically elevated, I also recorded numerous new instruments and composed completely new passages to deepen the atmosphere of the remix even further and steer it in more specific directions.

The early musical part with harp, strings and bells is primarily intended to emphasize the heaviness, sadness and tragedy of the approaching death of the main character Zack Fair, while his girlfriend Aerith apparently also suspects this at this moment or has been told this by the planet itself.
This part becomes a little more powerful a little later with the introduction of the acoustic guitar and a slightly more intense way of playing the instruments.

The section with the brass instruments such as trumpets in combination with an almost fanfare-like solo trumpet, followed by powerful French horns, is intended above all to emphasize the heroic side of Zack's self-sacrificing final battle against a veritable superior force of hostile Shinra troops, which presumably saved the life of his friend and companion Cloud, who was still incapacitated at the time, suffering from severe Mako poisoning.

A slight musical change then takes place with the new electric guitar part, which transforms the previous orchestral part of the remix into an increasingly intensifying power ballad, which, in addition to driving power chords, also contains very beautiful melodic electric guitar leads, piano arpeggios as well as a Spanish guitar, all of which together are intended to illustrate once again the extremely liberating feeling that the main character Zack might have felt at the end of his hero's journey.

For the soundscape and the mixing of the electric guitars, I drew a little inspiration from the really atmospheric electric guitar sounds in the song "Everytime We Touch", sung by Maggie Reilly.

And for the final part of the remix, I composed an additional harp section to symbolize the path of the inner heaven that Zack has obviously taken, because he has always pursued his big dream of becoming a real hero with his heart in the right place, without forgetting the high value of honour, friendship, helpfulness and humanity.

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In this sense, the title of my remix "Wings Of Freedom" does not stand for any small-minded, money-focused libertarian ideas or for one-sided freedom without justice, but rather for the freedom of the heart within the power of the unleashed soul, which allows some people in difficult situations and hard times to take not always the easiest but the right path, which fully convinces them, literally flows through them and gives them wings.

Crisis Core - Final Fantasy 7 - Wings Of Freedom (Master Mi Remix)

The version of the Price of Freedom from the game in this scene is only around 20 seconds long, and it's an amazing version of the song. It doesn't exist on any soundtrack so I decided to extend it myself.

Price of Freedom (FFVII Rebirth Version Extended)

Ddjörk - Anyways (Prod. ChiefShango)

Ddjörk - Picture (Prod. ChiefShango)

Ddjörk - Liam Neeson (Prod. ChiefShango)

Ddjörk - That's Yo Hoe (Prod. ChiefShango)

Ddjörk - Oroboros (Prod. ChiefShango)

Master Mi - The Price Of Electric Guitar Practice (Version 1.0)
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- The Price Of Electric Guitar Practice - early exercises with my first electric guitar Ibanez Gio GRG140-WH, based on a melody from the soundtrack “The Price of Freedom” from the video game Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7
- made by Master Mi
- produced with Samplitude Pro X4 Suite
- mastered at EBU R 128 standards for the best dynamic range

In late summer 2024, after a long time, I fulfilled a big wish and finally bought my first electric guitar for my small home studio, a pretty versatile Ibanez Gio GRG140 in a really stylish white.

At the time, I didn't have much time to learn how to play the electric guitar more intensively.
But at least I was able to familiarize myself a little more closely with the electric guitar, its construction, its functions, its care, etc., and I was able to make the strings of the electric guitar sound quite official and play a few notes using the really good guitar amp plugin Vandal in my DAW Samplitude Pro X4 Suite.

And the melody I play in this video was basically the first melody I was able to play reasonably well after just a few hours of practice.
It's a slightly modified melody from the soundtrack “The Price of Freedom” from one of my absolute favorite video games called Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, or rather the remake Crisis Core - Final Fantasy 7 Reunion (the short video footage I used here is from the remake version of the game).

The original song “The Price of Freedom” was written by Takeharu Ishimoto.

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In the summer of 2025, I finally started learning to play the electric guitar with the help of a specialist book, which also included additional online content with illustrative video material for practicing electric guitar playing and actively playing as a solo artist or in a band.

I usually only practice a few hours a month.
But I feel that even as a complete beginner, I have already made some progress.

For example, I have already learned a few important basics, such as theoretical principles relating to electric guitars, the different types of electric guitars, various types of guitar amplifiers, the correct posture for playing electric guitar, and how to read tablature.

I've also learned some practical skills, such as tuning the strings, correctly grabbing individual strings in different frets, playing with a pick (which was also used in this video), alternate picking, the basics of playing individual notes rhythmically, and the practical use of a metronome.

The first power chords are probably already on the learning plan.
Of course, out of curiosity, I have already tried my hand at playing more complex chords, but so far I have failed because I am not yet very good at grabbing the chords correctly, I obviously don't hold my fingers in the optimal position, and I usually end up accidentally muting neighboring strings with my fingers.

But I'm definitely not going to let that discourage me, because practice makes perfect (or at least better), as we all know.

And my musical journey into the world of electric guitar playing has only just begun.

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However, I was very proud of the live result in this video, even though it took me around 50 takes or recording attempts until the electric guitar playing on my Ibanez Gio GRG140-WH was kinda flawless and the use of various playing techniques finally met my expectations to the extent that I was really satisfied with it.

On this new and exciting journey, Master Mi will once again become the inquisitive student Mi and is already looking forward to his potential progress in the coming years and the many interesting opportunities that will arise for the future, especially in the field of music composition for soundtracks and remixes.


I could almost say:

“Yeah, I'm on fire now.” ))

Master Mi - The Price Of Electric Guitar Practice

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - The Price of Freedom (Yunie Cover)

Were the planet to die, so many things would be lost. Your hometown that burns so bright... The sound of her voice pleading for me to spare you. The shiver of her flesh yielding to cold steel. That which binds us together would be no more. And I would be loath to live in such a world. Which is why I must ask you this one favor. Don't worry. It's a simple thing. Run, Cloud Strife... Run away. You have to leave... You have to live.

Good, Cloud. Very good. Hold on to that hatred.

Embrace your dreams, and whatever happens... Destroy Shinra

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