"While there’s a million things one can do at MAGFest, the concerts tend to be its biggest draw. After all, what’s a music and gaming festival without the concerts?
MAGFest 12 boasted an impressive lineup of several videogame music cover bands hailing from a variety of places in the U.S., including one band from Sweden and even one from Brazil. There’s an incredibly vast amount of genres that these artists cover, spanning from metal to rap, jazz and even folk.
If there’s one bit of advice I can give anyone who will be attending shows at MAGFest in the future, it’s that your curiosity can lead you to some amazing experiences. Don’t know a particular band? Go attend the show anyway, because your head might explode from the awesomeness.
Granted, I couldn’t attend every single concert, so this isn’t a complete list in the slightest. Nevertheless, I present to you several mini-reviews of the acts I had a chance to rock out to, along with some choice video footage and links to their Bandcamp pages." - Patrick Kulikowski
Otaku emcees Mega Ran and Noveliss just released Maverick Hunters, a tribute album dedicated to the dystopic future chronicled in the Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero games.
Mega Ran is an influential rapper who loves rapping about video games. He loves it so much he has even managed to acquire a Guinness world record for it.
Whilst doing all that he's also toured the world, been given the seal of approval from Capcom and so much more.
Read our interview with him to find out what he loves and what makes him tick, plus see an exclusive music video about Monster Hunter: World!
He's always been really nice whenever I see him at gigs. Seems to go out of his way to chat to his fans.
I would love to interview him myself. Been a big fan of his for years and saw one of his first gigs in the UK. Chatted to him a tiny bit but not a full on interview.
Every time I see him live he doesn't disappoint.
Lmao first time hearing about him, that’s awful rap. But hey, if he’s doing world tours and shit then good for him. No hate from me.
The Music and Gaming Festival (MAGFest) is thrilled to announce that composer Vince DiCola--best known for his soundtracks to Transformers: The Movie (1986) and Rocky IV--will be taking to the main stage alongside game music cover band LonelyRollingStars at MAGFest 2018.
