.hack//IMOQ

Don't worry when looking at the title of this episode, your feed is not corrupted with a virus, but the game collection of .hack//IMOQ is. Today's episode Chris brings us an episodic JRPG series that spawned a cross-media story of novels, manga, anime, and video games back from yesteryear in 2002-2003. Pronounced "dot hack", the games were Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Quarantine, collectively referred to as IMOQ. Developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai exclusively on the PlayStation 2, it focuses on the story of people trapped in an online fantasy game (a game inside the game) due to some wild AI programming and sci-fi shenanigans. With a blend of fantasy and sci-fi from the turn of the millennium, composer Chikayo Fukuda goes in a lot of creative directions to bring us the soundscape of a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) gone berserk while your team unravels the mysteries driving all the plot of the game.

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• (00:01) - Loop1 (Vol 1 Opening)
• (01:28) - (Talky Bits)
• (09:00) - toppage (_The World_ Top Page)
• (10:32) - desktop (Desktop)
• (12:05) - (Talky Bits)
• (16:54) - rtown0 (Alpha Server Aqua Capital Mac Anu)
• (19:09) - stage01 (Prairie Rain Field Normal ~ Battle)
• (21:23) - (Talky Bits)
• (27:23) - blackrose (BlackRose's Theme)
• (29:22) - mia (Mia's Theme)
• (30:25) - (Talky Bits)
• (35:54) - rtown1 (Theta Server - Highland City, Dun Loireag)
• (38:19) - stage19 (Desert Field Normal ~ Battle)
• (40:55) - (Talky Bits)
• (48:21) - ev00 (Net Slum)
• (50:02) - dgn03 (Forest Field Normal ~ Battle)
• (52:29) - (Talky Bits)
• (01:02:55) - Bowser says hi
• (01:03:22) - ev05 (Phase #1 Skeith)
• (01:05:59) - ev17 (Phase #6 Macha)
• (01:08:31) - (Talky Bits)
• (01:17:39) - ending (Ending)