<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Fineness &amp; Accuracy]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://finenessandaccuracy.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Scott Madin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://finenessandaccuracy.wordpress.com/author/smadin/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Quick Hit: Minibosses!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>(While I&#8217;ve got PAX and games on the brain&#8230;)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m way behind the times on this.  Apparently, awesome 8-bit rockers <a title="Minibosses' website" href="http://minibosses.com/">Minibosses </a>— whose performances were, I am assured, highlights of the already spectacular PAXen 2003 through 2008, and whose albums all tragically appear to be out of print — put up the entirety of their album <em>Brass</em> as free MP3 downloads on their above-linked website&#8230;about two years ago.</p>
<p>If the 8-bit NES was as big a part of your childhood as it was mine, the dulcet strains of their arrangements will have approximately <a title="Penny Arcade strip &quot;A Trick of Retrospective&quot;" href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/10/1/">this effect</a> on you, with a healthy dose of <strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">\m/</span></span></strong> thrown in for good measure.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Minibosses&#8217; <em>Mega Man 2</em> medley, via YouTube, below the fold.</p>
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