Monotonic Monopoly

OCReMix has an annoying tendancy to remix tracks from the same games over and over and over again. Leading the race is Chrono Trigger with a prepostorous 86 remixes, followed by Final Fantasy VII with a stupendous 79 remixes. Coincidentally, both these games have had OCR fan arrangement albums made. Anyone see a pattern here?

 

Let’s test that hypothesis. If a fan album is the cause for the ridiculous amount of remixes, the same should be true about the other games with associated fan albums. All games with associated albums should be having fantastic amounts of remixes. Kirby’s Adventure proves this is false.

 

The humongous interest in the music from these games can be attributed to composer extraordinaire Nobuo Uematsu, but since my lawyer says I should refrain from attributing anything to that particular composer again in these analyses, another cause to blame must be found. One could argue that the games were popular among music nerds and nerdy musicians back in the days before video games were as normal as they are today, but that would exclude more unlikely possibilities, something I’m sure dr House wouldn’t approve of.

 

In the spirit of House MD, I should consult a number of experts before telling them they’re all wrong, but as I’m trying to maintain a secret identity, I’m gonna ask myself instead. Those possibilities I’ve come up with that I will completely ignore are: people like the story, people like the music, people like the gameplay.

 

I’m gonna suggest Square (with a total of 418 remixes) has been attempting to take over the world since long before becoming Square Enix (2 remixes). Much like megalomaniacs like EA, Square Enix is all over the market, and seeing what a fan of FF7 my sister has become from just seeing the emos in Advent Children, this seems plausible. Subliminal messages is one possibility, but I seem unaffected. Then again, I missed out on FF7, which suggests exposure to both is required. Further research would likely confirm this, but I’m convinced I can’t be wrong about anything so further research is unneccessary.

 

I can only assume exposure to subliminal messaging both games causes a psychosis-related condition in which reality is shifted towards diverting attention to the music of the games, ignoring the propaganda they may contain. It seems that since I have played Chrono Trigger, I can’t examine FF7 without exposing myself to this. I assume a symptom on the condition is the inability to notice this.

 

Further research might required to independantly confirm this, but i am confident I am right no matter what I propose. There are most likely subliminal messages in both games, but requiring exposure to both games to induce the psychotic state, like in that one Batman movie. Fortunately, I figured it out.

 

The Craze

The most celebrated and famous composer of today might not be dead. I’m talking about the legend Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese video game composer. While his life and works might be fantastically interesting, I’m concerned about his fans.

 

OCReMix has a number of Nobuo-fanatics, such as Children of the Monkey MachinempFFMusicDJ, and site founder and owner DJPretzel. My lawyer advised me not to further speculate about DJPretzel, so I will focus on the other Nobuo-groupies.

 

Children, or CotMM, having 10 Nobuo-track remixes accepted onto OCR, is presumably the worst of the fanatics. Apparently, he expresses his interest in the composer in a remix titled Eyes on Me (Obsession), which seems like a fitting name. The first step is admitting it.

 

FFMusicDJ also seems aware of his condition. Both he (or she or it) and Cot collaborated on the examples I’ve mentioned. While it’s possible to fight off addictions alone, it helps to be accountable to someone, which Cot and FFMDJ both seem to have arranged.

 

This leaves us with the enignatic lowercase zealot, mp, who appears aware of his addiction but deals with it differently. Apparently, Violent Rage attempted to rehabilitate mp, as they collaborated in producing a remix that I assume was made to vent the frustration over the unreciprocated feelings for the composer. It seems that this was unsuccessful, as mp produced two more remixes of Nobuo-tracks before…

 

Still, the very night I was writing this, I noticed the craze is not over. A Nobuo-track remix produced by OCR homie Zircon made its way to the site’s vast database of remixes. The track in question is the winner of a Nobuo-competition. Is this a passing trend, a fad that will fade? I think not. While the relatively recent release of a Final Fantasy fan arrangement album might delay further arrangement projects that grand, there’s no doubt more will follow.

 

Who is to blame?