Though I started work on this way back in 2022, it’s finally come out: A book that only I could have written. Or maybe more accurately, a book that only I would have wanted to write? I don’t know…
This is Gameplay Harmonies: Japanese Recording Artists and the Video Games About Them. And as you might imagine from the title, it’s all about video games throughout the years that have featured Japanese recording artists themselves….not just their music…but actually them!
I have an explainer video here that includes a flip-through of some of the book:
And I guested on Retronauts awhile back to talk about it as well:
