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As a black person covering rock music in America of all places for 20 years, I shouldn't have to fight to be accepted by my own people.   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ https://www.terrancepryor.com/

Super Bomberman Collection announced - https://www.konami.com/games/bomberman/collection/us/en/   Disney Dreamlight Valley comes to Nintendo Switch 2 - https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/news/NintendoSwitchUpdate2026   Overwatch 2 is just known as Overwatch now - https://www.thepopverse.com/gaming-overwatch-2-spotlight-name-change-rebrand-blizzard   Mindseye gets major update - https://news.mindseye.game/#update-#7:-consoles-and-pc   The Midnight Rumble at UCB Theatre in Los Angeles - https://www.instagram.com/themidnightrumble/   Check out the music acts featured on this week's podcast Autumn Owls - https://autumnowls.bandcamp.com/music Waxed - https://waxed615.bandcamp.com/album/the-continental-way Tombstones In Their Eyes - https://tombstonesintheireyes.bandcamp.com/ Laptop - https://laptoptheband.bandcamp.com/ Banda AL9 - https://linktr.ee/bandaal9oficial   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ https://www.terrancepryor.com/

With decades of obvious racism in metal/rock journalism in America, sites like MetalSucks and Metal Injection shove black voices out of the way by excluding them from their upcoming Annual Holiday Rager event at Harvard and Stone in Los Angeles. Rock journalism in America is racist: https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/rock-journalism-in-america-is-racist

Our look at all the games we played during PAX West 2025!   Bubsy 4D - https://atari.com/products/bubsy-4d Unyielder - https://store.steampowered.com/app/789940/UNYIELDER/ OPUS Prism Peak  - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947910/OPUS_Prism_Peak/ Morbid Metal - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1866130/Morbid_Metal/ Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1454370/STARSEEKER_Astroneer_Expeditions/ Bar Hopper - ???? Rain98 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3498720/Rain98/ Fallen Tear: The Ascension - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1446900/Fallen_Tear_The_Ascension/ Fantasy Fantasy Football - https://sites.google.com/ff-games.com/www-ff-games-com/home Ambrosia Sky - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/Ambrosia_Sky/ Royalty Free-For-All - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3176720/Royalty_FreeForAll/ Blocks For Babies - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776770/Blocks_for_Babies/   Thanks to the bands! Wolfheart - https://www.wolfheartmetal.com/ Sadlands - https://www.instagram.com/sadlands_band/ SUNBENDR - https://www.instagram.com/sunbendr.band/   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@BlackManTalksRock https://www.tiktok.com/@mp3sandnpcsofficial

When Kevin Lyman started Warped Tour back in 1995, rock publications in America refused to hire black people as rock critics. Upon Warped Tour's return in 2025, rock publications in America still refuse to let black people be voices in rock journalism. As a result of this decades-long shutout, rock festivals in America still have a different point of view about black people.

Running down the games we played at The MIX Summer Game Showcase at the Grammy Museum Rooftop Terrace during Summer Game Fest. Music from music from My Point Of You, Sirene, and Keeper also featured on this episode. Overhours - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2439500/Overhours/ Flesh Made Fear - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3316350/Flesh_Made_Fear/ Blippo+ - https://blippo.plus/ 1000 Deaths - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1141260/1000_Deaths_Thousand_Deaths/ Table Tactics - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730680/Table_Tactics/ Beatdown City Survivors - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3383040/Beatdown_City_Survivors/ Bakudo - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275860/BAKUDO/ Mechanimals - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3395330/MechAnimals/ Heroes of Mount Dragon - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2733070/Heroes_of_Mount_Dragon/ Return To Ash - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3445830/Return_to_Ash/   Thanks to the music artists!   My Point Of You - "Eviscerate" (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2c0LDipXPL8jKgYwEIkkSx) Sirene - "Marco" (https://linktr.ee/sirene_music) Keeper - "Alright/Too Slow" (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4NP9tc1Z7J0KNB4ySDP7VI)   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ https://linktr.ee/terrancepryor

From Sleep Token to Falling In Reverse, I discuss what bands will take over as headliners at rock festivals in America such as Inkcarceration Festival and what Big Ass Truck has to do with this whole thing! https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ https://www.threads.net/@terrancepryor

While the rock community cheered seeing Zakk Wylde and Entheos' Chaney Crabb on Kai Cenat's stream, they seem to have a different feeling whenever a black person actually plays or writes about rock music. Black people are allowed to love the music, but we're not welcome to be part of the music. Audio version of YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTHlONVgyTc https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@terrancepryor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrancepryor/ Twitter: twitter.com/terrancepryor

Summer Slaughter is one tour that managed to tick off a lot of folks in 2024. MP3s and NPCs/Black Man Talks Rock's Terrance Pryor discusses what exactly happened. Audio version of original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LplS1w79TBc Edited by: Terrance Pryor Background music by: Terrance Pryor https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ https://mp3sandnpcs.podbean.com/

Being a black man while writing about rock music in America for nearly 20 years really isn't fun. Here's my story.   My website (MP3s and NPCs): https://mp3sandnpcs.com/ My article about Jann Wenner: https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/as-a-black-rock-critic-jann-wenners-words-proved-i-wasnt-welcome Old reviews from back in the day: https://terrancepryor.weebly.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/terrancepryor TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mp3sandnpcsofficial MP3s and NPCs Podcast: https://linktr.ee/mp3sandnpcspodcast

Hello, humanity! It's episode 12 of (probably) the only music and gaming podcast in the world! It's MP3s and NPCs, ya'll!   Show notes Future Games Show 2024 spring edition (https://www.gamesradar.com/everything-announced-future-games-show-spring-showcase-2024/)   Stardew Valley update is HUGE (https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-6-update-full-changelog/)   One Piece Music Symphony 2025 world tour (https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/one-piece-music-symphony-25th-anniversary-world-tour-announced)   Crunchyroll Spring 2024 Preview (https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/seasonal-lineup/2024/3/13/spring-anime-2024-crunchyroll)   RollerCoaster Tycoon merch (https://atari.com/collections/rollercoaster-tycoon-25th-anniversary)   Check out the musical artists!   Ginger Winn - "Super 8" (https://www.gingerwinn.com/) M Wagner - "We Could Stay" (https://mwagner.bandcamp.com/album/we-could-stay) Kate Clover - "Here Comes The Love Bomb" (https://www.kateclover.com/) The Omnific - "Base Camp" (https://www.theomnific.com/) Gramercy Arms - "Never Say Anything" (https://gramercyarms1.bandcamp.com/album/the-making-of-the-making-of)   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/

A special episode of the MP3s and NPCs Mixtape podcast surrounding the 2024 installment of the Treefort Music Fest. (https://treefortmusicfest.com/) Check out the musical artists! Shred Flintstone - "Waste Away With You" (https://linktr.ee/shredflintstone) Die Spitz - "Hair of Dog" (https://linktr.ee/diespit) The Thing - "Midnight" (https://thingthething.bandcamp.com/album/the-thing-is) Wizzerd - "Dire Wolf" (https://linktr.ee/wizzerdrocks) The National Parks - "Timber!" (https://thenationalparksband.com/)   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/

Episode 11 of (probably) the only music and gaming podcast in the world! It's MP3s and NPCs, ya'll!   Show notes FarmCon 24 dates (https://www.farming-simulator.com/newsArticle.php?&news_id=518/) Mt. Joy at Troubadour review (https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/review-mt-joy-perform-a-sold-out-show-at-the-troubadour) Headbangers Rhythm Royale season three (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbQtG5nRYwI) Hawked gained 1.5 million players (https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gd8WQxlT9/?img_index=1) Crunchyroll 2024 spring schedule announced (https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/seasonal-lineup/2024/3/13/spring-anime-2024-crunchyroll)   Check out the musical artists! Vanderwolf - "The 6:09" (https://vanderwolf1.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-bewilderment) Sun Atoms- "Tower of Song" (https://sunatoms.bandcamp.com/album/ceiling-tiles-single) Neptune's Core - "Box" (https://neptunes-core.bandcamp.com/album/box-anyway) Dog Park - "Time" (https://geographie.bandcamp.com/album/festina-lente) Kira McSpice - "Evaporate" (https://kiramcspice.bandcamp.com/album/the-compartmentalization-of-decay)   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/

Episode 10 of (probably) the only music and gaming podcast in the world! It's MP3s and NPCs, ya'll!   Show notes S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Legends of the Zone Trilogy released (https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/stalker-legends-of-the-zone-trilogy-lands-on-xbox-and-playstation-today)   Frostpunk 2 coming in July (https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/frostpunk-2-gets-july-2024-release-on-pc)   New Gintama compilation film announced (The Courtesan of the Nation) (https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/3/4/gintama-anime-s-courtesan-of-a-nation-arc-compilation-film-gets-release-date-main-visual)   Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass announced (https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/03/06/xbox-partner-preview-persona-3-reloaded/)   Turbo Golf Racing officially launches in July (https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/03/05/turbo-golf-racing-release-date-million-players/)   Check out the musical artists!   Sophia Dashing - "Does Love Have to Be This Way" (https://www.sophiadashing.com/) Dent May - ""Time Flies When You're Having Fun" ft. Pearl & The Oysters" (https://dentmay.bandcamp.com/album/whats-for-breakfast) Hannah Frances - ""Keeper of The Shepherd" (https://hannahfrances.bandcamp.com/album/keeper-of-the-shepherd) Icarus Phoenix - "Different Languages" (https://drewdanburry.bandcamp.com/album/son) Fates Messenger - "Scars" (https://fatesmessenger.bandcamp.com/track/scars)   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/

The fourth mixtape episode of the MP3s and NPCs podcast. A special edition promoting New Colossus Festival in NYC. More information about New Colossus Festival: https://www.newcolossusfestival.com/   Check out these acts! Friend Of A Friend - “The Man That Loves Me” (https://www.instagram.com/friendofafriendband) Iceblynk - "Enter the Sky" (https://iceblynk.bandcamp.com/track/enter-the-sky) Eclectic Charango Beats - "Amigo (feat. Outernational)" (https://eclecticcharangobeats.com/) Hot Garbage - "Snooze You Lose" (https://hotgarbagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/precious-dream) Shelf Lives - "All Grown Up" (https://shelflives.bandcamp.com/album/you-okay-2)   https://mp3sandnpcs.com/