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March 2025 · OverClocked ReMix Podcast

• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to the Overclocked Remix Podcast, the best source of OCR news and music that you can listen to while practicing Guilty Gear combos.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_00: This is episode number five, which is the same as the number of the best Dragon Quest game.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: This is April 2025, and we are covering new music released in March 2025.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: Our play-in music is Oil's Bill by Analog from the game Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: The Genesis version, if that wasn't clear.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Olivia.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_00: It's our first Newfoundland.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: Just a big old whoopsie-doopsie.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: For those of you not fluent in toddler, that means I've got a mistake to apologize for.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: I forgot to credit Dark Sword for his track See You Next Time, Water, from Final Fantasy V that I used as outro music last episode.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: The funny thing is, I've been toying with just using that as outro music every episode.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: It's one of my favorite remixes, and I mean it's called See You Next Time.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: Kind of perfect.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: And speaking of crediting, our news music has been Indian Raga by McVaff from Yoshi's Island.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: Moving on to new releases, I hope you're ready to be overwhelmed.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: OCR dropped 38 new tracks on us this month for almost three hours of music.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: I'm still dedicated to covering it all, but we're gonna have to do things a little different to make sure I have the time to record and edit this podcast.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: Each song is gonna get crediting, and then three sentences.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: No time to dwell on that.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_00: Let's get started! First up is Leave Me Behind from Celeste by Navi and featuring Square.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: That's S Q O R E all in cats.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_03: I guess we're through.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_03: Now that you've seen me alone, now that you've seen me with you.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_03: Oh I can be okay with this.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_03: I think I have to be, and you will go away with it.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_03: And that's cool, and that's cool, and that's cool with me.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_02: You think you can just leave me behind?
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_02: That's unfortunate.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_02: I don't think so.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_02: Nice try.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_02: You should just lay down and let entanglement strangle your eyes and shine away again.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_02: You and me were intertwined and not a friend forever and ever inside.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_02: It doesn't add up.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_05: It makes sense.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_02: You know it makes sense.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_02: Every year you blame me.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_02: You should blame yourself.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_02: Now you've been holding me at a height you won't summon, right?
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_02: We both plummet through life, and there's no cushion, it's tight and so crushing.
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  SPEAKER_02: Inside is so cozy.
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  SPEAKER_02: Always rosy, never stressed, never lonely.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_02: Why would you go?
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_02: You think you can just leave me behind?
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_02: That's adorable.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_02: I don't think so.
• 6:22
  SPEAKER_02: Nice try.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_02: You should just lay down and die.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_02: Let entanglement strangle your rise and shine away again.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: See you and me wearing to twine a knot a friend of forever and ever inside that was not a young production of vocals and featuring score on vibrophone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Very theatric.
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_00: Approaches the source material from a what if there were a celeste musical angle?
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: Next is The Heart of Atlantis from Castlevania, Aria of Sorrow, by a whole bunch of people.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_00: I'll credit in a minute.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_00: But also some Metroid Fusion because this is a mashup.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_00: Lucas Guimarez did arrangement and chips, Ridley Snipes was on drums, keys, and mixing, Zach Parrish did guitars and bass, and JSA Blixer did more chips.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_00: Next up is War Eternal from Final Fantasy XIV by Tremendous.
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_00: Up next we have a Metal Gear solid track by several French people whose names I am about to mispronounce.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_00: Cinematic rock take on several themes, very in keeping with the stylistic conventions established by the game.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: Amori did arrangement and composition, Francois performed the guitar parts, the vocals are lighty, and Maxime did scoring, mixing, and mastering.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_00: They are all newcomers.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Ten Years from Earthbound by Shield Eater.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pretty appropriate for Earthbound, really faithful to the source material.
• 28:59
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Astral Projection from Globulus by Timaeus 22.
• 32:47
  SPEAKER_00: This is remixer on remixer action, because the source material is by our very own Jeff Ball and Zircon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next up is Circles in the Sand from Golden Sun by a whole bunch of folks.
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  SPEAKER_00: This comes from a Golden Sun tribute album from Pixel Misters called Djinstrumentals.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go check it out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sori did arrangement, trumpet, and flugelhorn.
• 37:04
  SPEAKER_00: Electronic sounds, mixing, and mastering were emulator's job.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_00: Sean R.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hansen played Bongos, Jembe, and Rainstick.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rodok provided violin and double bass.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finally, George O's Hanaguito played next up is To Be Forgotten from Final Fantasy Nine by the way.
• 40:05
  SPEAKER_00: And now she's back for a sophomore OC remix with Final Fantasy IX.
• 40:09
  SPEAKER_00: If this trend continues, her next remixes will be Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XV.
• 40:15
  SPEAKER_00: This is first in a series of tracks celebrating lady remixes for International Women's Day.
• 44:57
  SPEAKER_00: Bouncy, wacky arrangement of the music from Saturn Valley starts with some ragtime piano and trumpet before going full electronica.
• 45:05
  SPEAKER_00: This is another track for and from the ladies.
• 45:08
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Implements of War from Final Fantasy VI by Male Decision.
• 47:30
  SPEAKER_01: How will I know which way is right?
• 47:36
  SPEAKER_01: How could anyone put that out of me?
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  unknown: Please tell me that we don't know what you're doing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tara's theme from Final Fantasy VI and Shawla's theme from Chrona Trigger.
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  SPEAKER_00: They work pretty well together.
• 49:24
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Riparian Rhythms from The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess by Chimpzilla and Eminator.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know why, but the jungle feels like the least Zelda genre.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rebecca E.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tripp does Arrangement as Usual with Oboe and English Horn from Medlink, Flute and Piccolo by The Gamer of the Winds, and Honest to God Ocarina by Stephen Higby?
• 59:22
  SPEAKER_00: Have we ever had live Ocarina in a Zelda track before?
• 59:25
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Chrono Hopper from Ultimate Paintball Challenge by CJ the Music Dude.
• 1:02:13
  SPEAKER_00: I hear some Sega Genesis samples in there, drums from the Sonic games, and a Gunstar Hero sound effect.
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  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Dancing with the Wind from Super Mario Galaxy by like a million people.
• 1:08:08
  SPEAKER_00: A beautiful take on one of the sweetest melodies in all of gaming.
• 1:08:12
  SPEAKER_00: I love the subtle use of that Theremin adjacent Mario Galaxy synth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Huge list of credits on this one.
• 1:08:20
  SPEAKER_00: We've got Zack Parrish on arrangement, production, keys, guitar, mixing, and mastering, emulator chipped in on production and keys, and threw in some sound effects as a bonus.
• 1:08:30
  SPEAKER_00: Shea's violin played Wait for It, Violin, and mysteriously, additional parts.
• 1:08:39
  SPEAKER_00: T-Sori blows a meme trumpet.
• 1:08:41
  SPEAKER_00: Gamer of the Winds flouted the flute.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pearl Pixel contributed oboe.
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  SPEAKER_00: And last but not least, Sean R.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hansen provided all that wonderful profession.
• 1:08:56
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, next we've got a synonym for death from Chrono Cross by Minus World and I'm gonna pronounce this paper, but it's spelled all P four P three Right.
• 1:20:52
  SPEAKER_00: This one is a fun D ⁇ D track.
• 1:20:54
  SPEAKER_00: The synth guitar reminds me of Doom a little.
• 1:20:56
  SPEAKER_00: This track also celebrates Chrono Trigger's 30th birthday.
• 1:21:00
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is another Chrono birthday mix, Skylands from Chrono Trigger by Prophetic Music.
• 1:31:44
  SPEAKER_00: What a coincidence! Having missed it in my childhood, I just played the jazz games for the first time.
• 1:31:50
  SPEAKER_00: Newcomer Inwing gives us a nice atmospheric mix.
• 1:31:54
  SPEAKER_00: We've got an Undertale mix next with Waterfall sincere mix from McVeigh.
• 1:35:42
  SPEAKER_00: This is a good one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Very chill.
• 1:35:45
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is Remachination from Super Mario RPG by DDR Kirby ISQ.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's that ISQ for anyway?
• 1:35:54
  SPEAKER_00: I always want to pronounce it Esquire.
• 1:39:35
  SPEAKER_00: Next we have Spiral Deacons from GoldenEye Double O seven.
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  SPEAKER_00: Michael Huda.
• 1:39:40
  SPEAKER_00: Michael Huday.
• 1:44:23
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know what the original is like, but this is a pretty catchy technique.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kind of spacey and minimalistic.
• 1:44:28
  SPEAKER_00: Up next is cave diving from Splunker by a lot of people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will credit them individually.
• 1:47:51
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think Island is a genre we have a lot of remixes in.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, let's get through this massive rogues gallery of crediting.
• 1:48:00
  SPEAKER_00: Tisori played the trumpet and did the arrangement.
• 1:48:02
  SPEAKER_00: Guitar SVD provided classical guitar.
• 1:48:05
  SPEAKER_00: Ruben Spears played acoustic guitar.
• 1:48:08
  SPEAKER_00: Seol for the Jackal rounds out the guitar section with electric guitar.
• 1:48:12
  SPEAKER_00: Sean R.
• 1:48:12
  SPEAKER_00: Hansen did the hand percussion, apparently of his own volition.
• 1:48:17
  SPEAKER_00: You'll never guess what Marimba Matt played.
• 1:48:19
  SPEAKER_00: That's right, it's a steel drum.
• 1:48:21
  SPEAKER_00: Kenny Jr.
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  SPEAKER_00: played the rest of the drums.
• 1:48:24
  SPEAKER_00: Xander provided the piano.
• 1:48:26
  SPEAKER_00: Dewey Newt nuded out some trombone.
• 1:48:28
  SPEAKER_00: Last but not least, Muick played the bass and also did the mixing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now for something completely different.
• 1:48:35
  SPEAKER_00: Zelda by Lamplight from The Legend of Zelda by Showdown.
• 1:52:22
  SPEAKER_00: I love this.
• 1:52:24
  SPEAKER_00: It's a very somber chamber music medley of several Zelda tunes.
• 1:52:28
  SPEAKER_00: Shodon is a newcomer, and they screwed up by setting the bar very high.
• 1:52:32
  SPEAKER_00: Keeping the vibes vaguely classical, Rebecca E.
• 1:52:35
  SPEAKER_00: Trip and Gamer of the Winds bring us Bard in the Rain from The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.
• 1:55:40
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think I've heard much bass flute outside of the Golden Sun soundtrack.
• 1:55:44
  SPEAKER_00: Rebecca Eatrip did the arrangement in Gamer of the Windsor Right of the Winds.
• 1:55:49
  SPEAKER_00: Next is Onia Indubium Voka, or in English, call everything into doubt from Phoenix Wright to Ace Attorney.
• 1:59:27
  SPEAKER_00: Excellent Proggy instrumental rock mix.
• 1:59:30
  SPEAKER_00: Zach Parrish did the arrangement, production, mixing, and mastering, and also provided live performance on guitars, saxophone, and keys.
• 1:59:38
  SPEAKER_00: A real do-it-all guy.
• 1:59:40
  SPEAKER_00: Eminator did sound design.
• 1:59:43
  SPEAKER_00: Colorado Weeks provided the vocals and also wrote the lyrics.
• 1:59:46
  SPEAKER_00: T-Sorry did the trumpet.
• 1:59:48
  SPEAKER_00: Again, making a lot of appearances this month, T-Sori.
• 1:59:52
  SPEAKER_00: Paradidal's Josh rocked out on the drums, and PixelCeth provided more guitar.
• 1:59:58
  SPEAKER_00: Cyril the Wolf joined in on the fun with bass.
• 2:00:01
  SPEAKER_00: Continuing on with Ace Attorney, next is No More Games Now! From the Great Ace Attorney 2, Resolve.
• 2:00:10
  SPEAKER_00: And again, a lot of crediting that I'll have to save for later.
• 2:03:36
  SPEAKER_00: Reminds me of East music, and being compared to Falcom's Sound Team is absolutely a compliment.
• 2:03:42
  SPEAKER_00: That was minus world on every single guitar and also bass.
• 2:03:46
  SPEAKER_00: Shea's violin played violin lead and was also responsible for the string ensemble.
• 2:03:51
  SPEAKER_00: Kev Ragone did all the percussion.
• 2:03:54
  SPEAKER_00: Gamer of the Winds rocked out on the flute.
• 2:03:57
  SPEAKER_00: Jay and Wake didn't credit himself, so I'm going to assume he did everything else.
• 2:04:02
  SPEAKER_00: Next up, we've got some Final Fantasy VI rock goodness with Bringer of Ruin.
• 2:10:07
  SPEAKER_00: Progressive Metal Dancing Mad.
• 2:10:09
  SPEAKER_00: Just hook me up to an IV drip of this.
• 2:10:12
  SPEAKER_00: This track celebrates Nobuo Uomatsu's birthday.
• 2:10:16
  SPEAKER_00: This was Jay and Wake on the arrangement and also the synths.
• 2:10:19
  SPEAKER_00: Minus World did some serious shredding on guitar, and Jabo did some serious shredding on guitar also.
• 2:10:25
  SPEAKER_00: Plus some bass.
• 2:10:27
  SPEAKER_00: An unknown pseudo artist laughed.
• 2:10:30
  SPEAKER_00: No kidding, that that's what they did for this track.
• 2:10:34
  SPEAKER_00: We're going to continue and sit back and soak up the UMatsu with Rebecca E.
• 2:10:38
  SPEAKER_00: Trips take on Final Fantasy VII with Quiet Witch.
• 2:20:27
  SPEAKER_00: This is another track from GameSet MASH 2, mashing up Metroid Prime and Castlevania Symphony of the Night.
• 2:20:33
  SPEAKER_00: Emmunator reveals that Fanandra Drifts is his favorite Metroid Prime track.
• 2:20:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's mine too.
• 2:20:38
  SPEAKER_00: Emmunator did arrangement, orchestration, production, mixing, and also played keys.
• 2:20:44
  SPEAKER_00: Zach Parrish also did arrangement, both acoustic and electric guitar, some more orchestration and mastering.
• 2:20:50
  SPEAKER_00: Lucas Guimarias also played guitar and did some synthesis on percussion.
• 2:20:55
  SPEAKER_00: And is the voicing here?
• 2:20:56
  SPEAKER_00: Ridley Snice also also played guitar.
• 2:21:01
  SPEAKER_00: And Ronald was responsible for it.
• 2:26:35
  SPEAKER_00: This time we have Xalif on Composition and Arrangement, and also Eminator on Composition and Arrangement.
• 2:26:42
  SPEAKER_00: And also, and also Zack Parrish on Composition and Arrangement.
• 2:26:47
  SPEAKER_00: And guitars.
• 2:26:49
  SPEAKER_00: Lunarice provided us with some sound design and effects.
• 2:26:52
  SPEAKER_00: Those vocals you hear were Audiomint.
• 2:26:55
  SPEAKER_00: Lucas Guimarez brings it home with some more sound design and effects.
• 2:27:00
  SPEAKER_00: Also, apparently Audiomet is Xalef's daughter.
• 2:27:03
  SPEAKER_00: What a wonderful family activity.
• 2:27:06
  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna keep an EDM with Dark Toxin from Doom by Mike Norvak.
• 2:32:11
  SPEAKER_00: I like it a lot.
• 2:32:12
  SPEAKER_00: This is from Mike's album Redoomed.
• 2:32:15
  SPEAKER_00: Links on the mix post, go check it out.
• 2:32:19
  SPEAKER_00: Time to get some more metal going.
• 2:32:21
  SPEAKER_00: From Bloodborne we have Fight or Flight by The Man PF, Shea's Violin, and Zach Chapman.
• 2:35:28
  SPEAKER_00: Ooh, I like it.
• 2:35:30
  SPEAKER_00: I'm a sucker for mournful cinematic violin and a metal piece.
• 2:35:34
  SPEAKER_00: This is very symphonic metal, it's just missing the lead singer whipping her hair around everywhere.
• 2:35:40
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, let's keep the spooky going.
• 2:35:42
  SPEAKER_00: Blaze, or Belaze, brings us Witchcraft from Banjo Kazooie.
• 2:38:38
  SPEAKER_00: I completely missed it when I was a kid, but I was playing the version included on the Rare Replay Collection when I first met my wife.
• 2:38:46
  SPEAKER_00: The track itself is great.
• 2:38:48
  SPEAKER_00: Fun bouncy mix of a not very serious theme.
• 2:38:51
  SPEAKER_00: I love the game's speech samples and work.
• 2:38:56
  SPEAKER_00: All right, we're done with Halloween and March.
• 2:43:20
  SPEAKER_00: Man, this is a fantastic mix.
• 2:43:22
  SPEAKER_00: Really recognizable, but still reimagining the original in an incredible way.
• 2:43:27
  SPEAKER_00: Ivan Hexstock is at the door with a yeast two track.
• 2:43:29
  SPEAKER_00: Still more saline.
• 2:49:13
  SPEAKER_00: DOD had a mashup month, and Hackstock mashed up Yeast II, Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy VII remake.
• 2:49:20
  SPEAKER_00: The mix post describes this as pirate metal.
• 2:49:25
  SPEAKER_00: Genre whiplash time, Blue Lighter is mixing it up with an acoustic Final Fantasy XI mix, Batalia Ruins.
• 2:57:10
  SPEAKER_00: I love that hard turn halfway through from something vaguely sinister to a much more upbeat melody.
• 2:57:16
  SPEAKER_00: The contrast of the piano and bird song to the electronic elements is great.
• 2:57:20
  SPEAKER_00: Last but not least, Rebecca E Trip brings us home with Soul's Mission from The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past.
• 3:01:31
  SPEAKER_00: No segment this month.
• 3:01:32
  SPEAKER_00: You just listened to almost three hours of new remixes.
• 3:01:36
  SPEAKER_00: Let's give your ears a break and keep things short.
• 3:01:39
  SPEAKER_00: Well that about wraps up our look back at March 2025.
• 3:01:43
  SPEAKER_00: What a crazy month for remixes.
• 3:01:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm writing this right now as the Boston Marathon has concluded, and I feel like I've done my own marathon here.
• 3:01:51
  SPEAKER_00: You know, just without all the exercise and being healthy.
• 3:01:55
  SPEAKER_00: The outro music is See You Next Time, Water from Final Fantasy V by Darksword.
• 3:02:01
  SPEAKER_00: I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you enjoyed it so much that you're looking for spare change in the couch cushions to send to me, hold on to your nickels.
• 3:02:09
  SPEAKER_00: I do this for love of OCR, so I kindly ask any donation go to the OC Remix Patreon.
• 3:02:14
  SPEAKER_00: You can find a link on the main page.
• 3:02:17
  SPEAKER_00: And speaking of main page, let's hit up the OC Remix Roulette.
• 3:02:22
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, here comes the die roll.
• 3:02:25
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, that's number two.
• 3:02:27
  SPEAKER_00: So that's Sensual Ippon by MV from Streets of Rage.
• 3:02:32
  SPEAKER_00: Alrighty, folks, have a great month, and I'll see you next time.