There’s a sad girl, crying as the snow falls. This is what her heart sounds like.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Tokemeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - All Alone on Christmas (composers: Mikio Saito, Seiya Murai, Miki Higashino, and Hiro Noguchi)

01:28 - Intro Talk Segment

02:11 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Undella Town (Autumn) (composer: Hitomi Sato)

04:31 - Doki Doki Literature Club (PC) - Sayo-nara (composer: Dan Salvato)

07:09 - Etrian Odyssey III (DS) - That's the Beginning of the Adventure (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

10:22 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Where Do I Go From Here? (composer: Garoad)

12:21 - Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Cry in Sorrow 2 (credits: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto)

14:32 - Arcus Odyssey (Genesis) - Act 6-4: Pray for Victory (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

18:02 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Will You Remember Me? (composer: Garoad)

19:46 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Epitaph (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

22:38 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Tifa's Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

27:45 - Last Bible 3 (Super Famicom) - Field Theme 1 (composer: Yanda)

30:21 - Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Kaori (composers: Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, Toshiki Konishi, and Atsushi Kitajoh)

33:30 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Goodnight (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, and Kenichi Saito)

35:33 - Aerobiz Supersonic (SNES) - Deficit (composer: Koei Sound Team)

36:24 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Who Was I? (composer: Garoad)

37:44 - Mega Man and Bass (Super Famicom) - Database (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida)

41:14 - Dual Orb (Super Famicom) - Deserted Village (composer: Lucky-7)

43:23 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - If You Open Your Heart (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

46:11 - Outro Talk Segment

47:55 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Everything Will Be Okay (composer: Garoad)