Ro chats with Pixel Mixers' leadership team/album runners Hashel, Erika, and Dewey about the 10 year anniversary of the Pixel Mixers founding, the celebratory 38-track VGM album for the 10th Anniversary, and reflect on the communities. Ro and Hashel share stories of founding the Pixel Mixers scene together, how the PM group has worked to grow and enjoy new artists, and they all discuss favorite memories and surprises in keeping an open community alive this long.

Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), Hashel (He/Him), Erika Richards (She/Her), Dewey Newt (He/Him)

Plugs:

https://pixel-mixers.com/

https://linktr.ee/PixelMixers

Ro chats with Ben Zimmermann and Jayhan from the band JiggyTones about their new live album "Live at HeroFest" and their band performing and growing the video game music scene in Europe. They discuss the unique aspects of arranging as a band, and building a diverse setlist to connect with fans. Don't miss great stories about performing without any prep for their first show, let alone collaborating with Video Games Rock including composer David Wise and designer Kev Bayliss!

Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), Ben Zimmermann (He/Him), Jayhan (She/Her)

Plugs:

https://linktr.ee/jiggytones

JiggyTones is:Rhythm Guitar/Piano/Vox: Ben ZimmermannLead Guitar: Jakob HeldBass: Gülsen GüldalDrums: Nikolas LangholzVocals: Jayhan

Ro chats with Drew AKA Lowlander about co-directing and producing GameGrooves' Donkey Kong Modern-Metal/Prog tribute album "Konged Loose" released in November 2025.

The two discuss how the project is unique to the entire game music arrangement scene, the defining of metal genre, and the new quality bar set by the feedback cycles and strive to push the album farther as well as hijinks and challenges the album took!

Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), Drew Gibson (He/Him)

Plugs:

https://bsky.app/profile/drewbertisms.bsky.social

https://lnk.to/konged-loose