Press

For recognition and representation within the game industry, please see Industry Recognition.

For media inquiries (interviews, articles, conventions), please contact site creator David "djpretzel" Lloyd at djpretzel@ocremix.org.

2008

TooManyGames 5

Greater Reading Expo Center, Reading, PA, May 4, 2008

CNN

"The Internet, in real life", Anne Hammock, May 1, 2008

ROFLCon (Harvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

"Incubating the Mindvirus: Meme Infrastructures", Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Building 26: Room 26-100, 1:30PM), Cambridge, MA, Kevin Chiu, April 26, 2008

Music of the Gamer (Crescent City Radio - Loyola University New Orleans)

"Alone in the Dark With DJPretzel", Week 8, Montgomery Goulet, April 19, 2008

Nostalgiaholic

"Overclocked Oji Q&A", Shawn "Nostalgiaholic" Galway, April 17, 2008

G4 (The Feed)

"Jeremy Soule Talks Music And Games With X-Play", Justin "Phthisis" Fassino, April 7, 2008

OurStage (EJ Blogs)

"Conversation with Grand Prize Winner Jillian Goldin", Quinn Strassel, April 1, 2008

Electronic Musician

"Letters: OverClocked ReMix", Vol. 24, No. 4, page 18, Nicole Adams, April 2008 (released late March 2008)

GameTrailers.com

"Super Street Fighter II HD: Capcom Digital Day: Overview and Balancing Interview HD", March 13, 2008
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix:

Music 4 Games

"Interview with God of War: Chains of Olympus composer Gerard Marino", Jayson "Arcubalis" Napolitano, March 7, 2008

Statler & Waldorf (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

"OverClocked Remix: A Game Music Community", Volume 7, Issue 8, page 5, Dan "Kholdstare" Scheffler, February 26, 2008

Electronic Musician

"Front Panel: OverClocked ReMix", Vol. 24, No. 3, page 24, Tracy Katz, March 2008 (released late February 2008)

SquareSound

• "Andrew Aversa Wins Our Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu Arrangement Competition!", Tim Maxwell, February 16, 2008
• "Prize Details for the Winner of the Tribute To Nobuo Uematsu Competition", Tim Maxwell, February 9, 2008
• "OverClocked ReMix Helping Sponsor/Judge Uematsu Competition", Tim Maxwell, January 17, 2008
• "SquareSound :: A Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu Arrangement Competition (2007/2008)", Tim Maxwell, January 1, 2008

eMusician Xtra (Electronic Musician)

"Odds and Ends: EM Pick: zircon", Volume 7, Number 13, Tracy Katz, February 14, 2008

Genericon XXI

"Guests: OverClocked ReMix - Gaming/Music", Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (DCC 308, 3PM), Troy, NY, January 26, 2008

DailyBits

"18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know", Skellie, January 23, 2008

MAGFest 6 (Music and Games Festival)

"Events / Guests: Discussions and Panels: OverClocked ReMix", Hilton Alexandria Mark Center (Main Event, 1PM), Alexandria, VA, January 5, 2008

2007

3D World (Australia)

"The NL issue 885 - Interview with djpretzel", Darryn King, November 19, 2007

Anime USA

"OverClocked ReMix: Video Game Music Community", Hyatt Regency Crystal City (Jefferson Room, Panel 2, 10AM), Arlington, VA, November 17, 2007

ROFLCon (Harvard University)

"BREAKING NEWS: DJPretzel of OCRemix and Overclocked.org Rocking Out with ROFLCON", Christina "crimsonninjagirl" Xu, November 5, 2007

Pelit (Finland)

"Musiikkia Vuosipäivän Ratoksi (Music for the Anniversary)", page 19, Juho Penttilä, dated November 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

Game Tabs

"Final Fantasy 7: Voices of the Lifestream", Richard "archard" Schaefer, October 13, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

The Skyline View Online (Skyline College)

"OC ReMix: breathing new life into classic games", Mike Whitebear, September 28, 2007

XLR8R

"Loading: Sony vs. Halo 3, Final Fantasy Remix Album, Winamp on Wii", Ryan Rayhill, September 17, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

SquareSound

"OCRemix Releases FFVII: Voices of the Lifestream Fan Tribute Album", Tim Maxwell, September 14, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

Kotaku

"FFVII: Voices of the Lifestream", Mike Fahey, September 14, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

GameDaily BIZ

"OC Remix Releases FFVII: Voices of the Lifestream", David Radd, September 14, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream: Press release.

Destructoid

"Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream album advance review", Dale North, September 10, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

Music 4 Games

"Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream", Jayson "Arcubalis" Napolitano, September 10, 2007
Voices of the Lifestream:

TooManyGames 4

With Mad-Gear LLC, The Inn at Reading, Wyomissing, PA, August 26, 2007

Otakon

"OverClocked Remix: Video Game Music Evolved", Baltimore Convention Center (Ballroom 2, Panel 4, 10AM), Baltimore, MD, July 20, 2007

Music 4 Games

"OverClocked ReMix to present panel on video game music remixing at Otakon", David "djpretzel" Lloyd, July 17, 2007
Otakon: Press release.

Video Games Live

Space Invaders Prize Presentation, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, June 30, 2007
Preshow/Space Invaders Prize Presentation/Meet and Greet, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, June 29, 2007
Playbill: The Kennedy Center, page 24, June 2007

Destructoid

"Video Games Live gets Overclocked", Dale North, June 28, 2007

Music 4 Games

"OverClocked ReMix joins Video Games Live in Washington, DC", David "djpretzel" Lloyd, June 28, 2007
Video Games Live: Press release.

Nintendo Power

"Run-'n'-Gun Revival: Interview: The Contra-versy Continues", #218, pages 56-57, Chris Hoffman, dated August 2007 (released June 21, 2007)

GameZone

"Getting Music into the Game Part 2: DDR Contest Winner Beatdrop Speaks", Louis Bedigian, May 22, 2007

New Haven Advocate

"The Perfect Score", Michael Levy, March 29, 2007

MAGFest 5 (Music and Games Festival)

"Meet OC ReMix", Sheraton Premiere (Main Event, Pavillion 23, 5PM), Vienna, VA, January 5, 2007

2006

Computer Music (UK)

"The Ultimate Lead Sound", #105, pages 36-40, Paul "nervous_testpilot" Taylor (uncredited), October 2006 (released September 21, 2006)

User Friendly

"Link of the Day: The soundtrack of a mis-spent youth", J.D. Frazer, September 12, 2006

Game Music Radio

"The Next Level", #9 ("The Megas and Zircon & Pixietricks of VGDJ.net"), Brian "Galvatron" DiDomenico & Becky "Aktrez" Young, September 11, 2006

Music 4 Games

"OverClocked ReMix releases Chipamp", David "djpretzel" Lloyd, August 29, 2006
Chipamp: Press release.

GameDaily

"The Emergence of Video Game Musicians", Robert Workman, August 23, 2006

Hipster, please!

"Reverence Through ReMixing", Z., August 15, 2006

Otakon

"Overclocked Remix", Baltimore Convention Center (Panel 4, 10AM), Baltimore, MD, August 4, 2006

Game Music Radio

"The Next Level", #8 ("Push Start and Dj Pretzel"), Brian "Galvatron" DiDomenico & Becky "Aktrez" Young, July 23, 2006

GameSetWatch

"GameSetInterview: OCReMix's DJ Pretzel", Alistair Wallis, July 5, 2006

The Entertainment Depot

"Tommy Tallarico, Composer/Producer of Video Games Live, chats with EntDepot", Jayson "Arcubalis" Napolitano, June 28, 2006

IGN.com

"Time Warp: Sonic Turns 15", Douglass C. Perry, June 23, 2006
Hedgehog Heaven:

Music 4 Games

"OverClocked ReMix releases Street Fighter II Turbo remix project", June 7, 2006
Blood on the Asphalt: Press release.

GameSetWatch

"Video Games Live Gets OCRemix Podcast", Simon "simonc" Carless, June 7, 2006

MAGFest 5 (Music and Games Festival)

"Meet OC ReMix", Sheraton Premiere (Main Event, Pavillion 23, 5PM), Vienna, VA, January 5, 2007

Video Games Live

Meet and Greet, Merriam Theater, Philadelphia, PA, June 3, 2006

Game Informer

"Listen Up!", #157, page 119, May 2006

GameSetWatch

"Follin's Prime Gone, Not Forgotten - Remixers", Simon "simonc" Carless, April 30, 2006
Dirge for the Follin:

Game.EXE (Russia)

#3, DVD insert, March 2006
Chrono Symphonic:

N-Philes

"Interview with OCRemix's djpretzel", John Ondrey, February 17, 2006

2005

SHEI Magazine (University of Michigan)

"Interview with DJ Pretzel", #12 ("Journey to the West"), pages 29-31, Jason Skorski (intro) & Mark Fisher (interview questions), December 12, 2005

PC Gamer (UK)

"Muzak: Doomed Headphones", #154, page 140, November 2005
The Dark Side of Phobos:

1UP.com

"Gaming's Rhapsody: Third Movement", Nich Maragos, August 18, 2005

SOUNDTRACK.notes

"Doom: The Dark Side of Phobos", Jouni H. "Necrophilisimo" Lahtinen, August 9, 2005
The Dark Side of Phobos:

Slashdot

"DooM Remix Project - The Dark Side of Phobos", David "djpretzel" Lloyd, August 9, 2005
The Dark Side of Phobos: Press release.

Slashdot

"OCRemix.org Partners with Electronic Arts", megli, April 1, 2005

GameSpy

"Pixel 24: Beeps and Boops", Ben Turner, March 25, 2005

MP3.com

"Video Game Remixes: How, Where, and Why?", Eliot Van Buskirk, February 9, 2005

2004

Slashdot

"Kong in Concert - Donkey Kong Country Arrangements", Binnie "Digital Coma" Katti, September 13, 2004
Kong in Concert: Press release.

SPIN Magazine

September 2004

G4techTV (The Electric Playground)

"Game Break: ocremix.org", Victor Lucas & Tommy Tallarico, exact date unknown (Q3 2004)

2003

Gamers with Jobs

"(Re)Arranged: An OC ReMix Q&A", Julian Dasgupta, December 21, 2003

2002

Nintendo World Report

"PGC E3 2002 DVD Official Soundtrack", July 5, 2002

Electronic Gaming Monthly

"Caught in the Net: Freshly Remixed", #156, page 30, July 2002

EGM magazine! I remember buying the very first issues of this, the largest video game mag in the US, a VERY long time ago - back when it was 'Sega Genesis vs. NEC Turbografx-16 - who will win?'. Quite cool to have one of their editors mail me about being included in an upcoming issue, and even cooler to see it happen. This was directly responsible for many new faces showing up in our forums, and also for getting sgtRama, whose Kirby mix was mentioned, completely stoked. It should be noted that both now and at time of press not all mixes are "handpicked" by me - many go through our judges panel - but the screenshot came out pretty well and is our current, permanent logo as well.

TechTV

"Site of the Night: Overclocked Remix", Martin Sargent, April 30, 2002
"Saturday, February 28: Site of the Night: Overclocked Remix", Leo Laporte's 2004 Technology Almanac, Martin Sargent, September 8, 2003, ISBN: 0735713693

Penny Arcade

"Choose Your Own Adventure", Jerry "Tycho Brahe" Holkins, April 12, 2002

Tycho and Gabe rule. 'Nuff said.

Planet //Rome.ro

"Overclocked Remixes", John Romero, March 23, 2002

Love him or hate him, prominent game industry figure John Romero gives us a nice mention, and you gotta give him some respect no matter who you are for singling out 'Team Gato' in his post.

Salon

"Hot salsa Tetris", Katharine Mieszkowski, March 18, 2002

The first in-depth article specifically on game ReMixes, which covered OCR as well as other game remix and arrangement sites, and did an excellent & eloquent job of summing up what it's all about. There's some minor issues, but overall this is equitable & solid journalism, and is probably the first to acknowledge what has essentially become a musical subculture on the net. And I'm not just saying that because they gave me the closing quote.

2001

TechTV (The Screen Savers)

"Site of the Night: remix.overclocked.org", Martin Sargent, exact date unknown
First known mention of OCR on television. VERY cool spot where they actually played two SMB ReMixes (Jazz Plumber - which they seemed to like, I might add and Italian Plumber) side by side and also the original, to illustrate the concept. The online mention is of course shorter and disses the popup ads, but the TV spot was really pretty cool.

EDGE Magazine (Canada)

exact date unknown
First known mention of OCR in print. Some amusing typos ("DR Pretzel") notwithstanding, a nice + favorable write-up as site of the month in this Canadian periodical. However, they certainly didn't dig my Super Mario Jazz Plumber ReMix, and specifically cited it as essentially sucking. Oh well.

Fark.com

"Video Game music remixes", March 17, 2001
"If it was a videogame tune in the 1980s or 1990s, there is likely an awesome, professional remix of it here. Keeping your childhood alive, one game at a time", December 18, 2004

2000

Slashdot

"Arcade Remixes And The Six Million Dollar Cabinet", July 14, 2000
A casual mention on Slashdot brought in a flood of visits and many new eyes and ears seeing OCR for the first time. Amazingly, the site survives and doesn't suffer the dreaded "/. effect". Comments range from very positive to somewhat dismissive, and of course OCR is more than just arcade ReMixes as the topic title suggests, but still pretty cool.