*Press A* 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

In 2024 we identified a great wave of equalizing conditions in terms of production values between large corporate actors and the independent scene. In 2025 that continues and indeed seems to now be the norm. The trend seems to be

*Press A* ~ The Rhythm of Violence in the Hotline Miami Soundtrack

Hotline Miami (2012) is an utterly violent game enamored with the question of agency as well as gaming’s long-standing depictions of different kinds of aggression, and it has one of the most powerful soundtracks in the medium’s recent history. Not only