Press/1999-2006

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For media inquiries (interviews, articles, conventions), please contact us at press@ocremix.org.

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

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-13: 978-0735713697

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 Super Mario Bros. ReMixes ("Jazz Plumber Trio" - which they seemed to like, I might add and "The 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.

OverClocked ReMix reviewed by Martin Sargent on The Screen Savers

Edge

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

GameGO!

Left Overs: Do the Twist, Volume #1, Issue #1, page 62, Eric C. Mylonas, June 2001

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

SHIFT

"the shift list", Volume 8, Number 8, page 98, Shift Multimedia Inc., October 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.

1999

Retrogames

"Sunday, December 12th 1999", December 12, 1999