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Jukebox Heroes is Justin Olivetti’s mad project to review all the MMO music in existence, one soundtrack at a time. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]

Jukebox Heroes: MMO victory fanfares

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Interestingly enough, there are a few types of video game music that don't often pop up in MMORPGs for various reasons. One of these...

Jukebox Heroes: Wild West MMO tunes

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"Wait a minute," you say out loud to your computer. "Western MMORPGs aren't a thing, except in my fondest dreams. How can you write...

Jukebox Heroes: Great tunes from dead MMOs

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When a beloved MMORPG is canceled, it doesn't entirely vanish without a trace. After all, there are thousands (if not millions) of eyewitnesses with...

Jukebox Heroes: City of Heroes’ soundtrack

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In the history of MMORPGs, City of Heroes might well go down as having one of the most passionate communities in the genre. People didn't...

Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes

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There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...

Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO tunes for a starry night

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I am in love with the night. No, I'm not an emo vampire or Batman (although...); I've just always appreciated the quiet and peacefulness...

Jukebox Heroes: MMO tracks to make your heart happy

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Music doesn't just speak to emotion; it often evokes it, conjuring it out of thin air with notes and tones and those squiggly lines...

Jukebox Heroes: ARK: Survival Evolved’s soundtrack

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If you've been hiding in a cave on Mars with your fingers in your ears and your social media feeds on the fritz, you...

Jukebox Heroes: Six forgettable MMOs with unforgettable soundtracks

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I have often thought it grossly unfair that a video game soundtrack is linked, for better and for worse, with the popularity of the...

Jukebox Heroes: Six soundtracks from MMOs that never launched

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As an MMO fan, there are few things as sad as a promising game being killed in development without seeing the light of a...

Jukebox Heroes: The top 10 EVE Online music themes

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One of the great things about the EVE Online soundtrack, other than its perplexing popularity despite being mostly an ambient synth score, is that...

Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO soundtracks that need to be in your collection

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Lately, a friend was asking me where he should start with collecting MMO soundtracks. "Pretty much anywhere and everywhere" was my initial reaction, although...

Jukebox Heroes: The 2015 Online VGM Awards

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With another year coming to a close, I thought it would be an opportune time to go back and give out flippant awards to...

Jukebox Heroes: A very merry Christmas MMO mix

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Now that we're into the thick of December, I've given myself permission to finally turn the radio station over to the all-Christmas-all-the-time channel for...

Jukebox Heroes: Ragnarok 2’s soundtrack

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Game soundtracks like this are the reason why I scrounge outside of the well-known MMOs for hidden gems. As I've often said before, the...

Jukebox Heroes: An MMO Halloween playlist

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Halloween is upon us, that spooky and magical time of year that exists both in real life and in many of our MMOs. While...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks

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I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...

Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time

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In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...

Jukebox Heroes: An exclusive journey through Aion’s Upheaval soundtrack

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Aion is a game that's well-renowned for both its visual and audio beauty. Among my fellow MMO soundtrack enthusiasts, the title's many soundtracks stand out...

Jukebox Heroes: Infinite Crisis’ score will get you pumped up for the good fight

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I love a really good superhero score. Some of my favorite pieces include John Williams' Superman theme, Danny Elfman's Batman introduction, Brian Tyler's Iron...

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