Pixelated Audio is back from another VGMCon in Minnesota, this time about space! Joining Gene once again from last year are Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels and Carlos from Heroes Three! We did a similar panel last year; we take a broad theme and make it educational, and then use it as an excuse to cram in all sorts of VGM examples. We had some tech issues and lost some of the recording but we were able to rescue it with a more laid back "part 2" we recorded in the hotel room as a way to fill in gaps and riff for a while. Prepare for launch on this massive double episode clocking in at almost 2 hours! We discuss space, its influence on games and computing, and a wide range of games that have a direct or sometimes tenuous link to space. We've got a ton of music this episode so we hope you enjoy it. Pardon the noise in the background, it was the best we could do with a portable recorder. If you'd like to follow along with our slides that we used during the talk, feel free to click through. If the presentation doesn't show up below, click here. Track list Motoaki Furukawa (Carol Queen) Hidenori Maezawa (Michael Oldriver) Satoko Miyawaki (Rosetta Stone) Akiko Hashimoto (Shanghai Manmos) Takayuki Iwai (ANACHEY··TAKAPON··) [main composer on track] Shun Nishigaki (SYUN Nishigaki) Hideki Okugawa (HIDEKI OK) Isao Abe (Isao ··oyaji··Ave) Atsuki Watanabe (Atsuki) Harumi Ueko Shinya Sakamoto (S. Sakamoto) Kazuki Muraoka (K. Muraoka) Atsushi Fujio (A. Fujio) Kiyohiro Sada (K. Sada) Additional things mentioned during the talk Rhythm and Pixels VGM podcast with Pernell Heroes Three Asian cinema podcast with Carlos The Bruce Lees of Fighting Games - VGMCON Panel 2025 The Game Brass - Thomas Kresge From Here to Infinity: The Ultimate Voyage (1995) documentary narrated by Patrick Stewart Moffett Field / NASA Ames SpaceBar Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, WI Arcades mentioned: Galloping Ghost in Brookfield, IL Timeline Arcade in York, PA The Break (aka 8 on the Break) in Dunellen, NJ GiGO (formerly Sega arcade) in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan Blue Ghost Arcade in Woodstock, GA Wild Weasel’s Golf Shrine Astronaut ice cream Dippin' Dots Moon Mice aka Armadillos