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<em>Above: The Video Game Market</em></p>
<p>When the Titanic was sinking, the musicians kept playing to keep the audience calmed. So as the gaming market sinks (Analysts: &#8220;It cannot sink! Video games always grow!&#8221;), let me play the music from the past video games to keep everyone calm.</p>
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<em>Above: Malstrom&#8217;s band shall play for you&#8230;</em></p>
<p>Normally, I only do one music post per day or whenever I update this site. But since this month&#8217;s NPD numbers have depressed everyone, I will play <strong>three</strong> music posts! Perhaps this will calm publishers enough to not jump off a bridge.</p>
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