Expressing emotional truth through music seems like an obvious move -- but for GosT, being that open is a little harder than it looks. As one of the pioneers of the now-massive dark synthwave genre, ...
James is a writer for GameRant. He fell in love with video games as a child and has yet to recover. He is still obsessed with Ocarina Of Time and regularly lectures people on how Metal Gear Solid ...
Synthwave fuses 1980s-inspired sound design with modern tools, combining retro synth tones, classic drum machine grooves, and neon visuals for a cinematic atmosphere. New producers can start with a ...
Neon lights. Fast cars. Moody atmospheres. Violence. Synth tunes. These are the hallmarks of the Outrun aesthetic, a general subgenre born out of synthwave music and 80s movie visuals. Outrun is hard ...
Design by Shannon Stocking. Buy this photo. Nostalgia for retro ’80s and ’90s consumer culture hit a high in the mid to late 2000s. Marketed media like “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” turned an entire ...