While 2020 has been a challenging year for almost everyone, it has been a banner year for video game music, with the release of several highly anticipated titles. What’s more, the video game cover community has been more active than ever.

For this article, I caught up with seven musicians from Cry of the Planet to ask about their experiences with the album, video game music, and social injustice.

It’s been two years since Xnarky uploaded a VGM cover, and the community (including myself) has sorely missed him.

VGM dad Ubaldo B is joined by Xnarky for this fantastic, funky cover of K.K. Disco from Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

I sit down (figuratively speaking) with Xnarky aka the King of Smooth Jazz VGM, to discuss his career with GameLark, the VGM community, and his unique headless guitar.