{"id":3629,"date":"2020-11-02T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taroomiya.com\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2020-10-27T20:53:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T00:53:52","slug":"weeklygamemusic-a-quick-break-cuphead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taroomiya.com\/2020\/11\/02\/weeklygamemusic-a-quick-break-cuphead\/","title":{"rendered":"#WeeklyGameMusic: A Quick Break (Cuphead)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ready for a hard-to-find tune in a hard-to-play game? This week&#8217;s WeeklyGameMusic has you covered with <em>A Quick Break<\/em> by Kristofer Maddigan from the indie game classic, <em>Cuphead<\/em>. This acapella piece from Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.&#8217;s debut title encourages the player to&#8230;put the game down. Huh. Interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-embed-aspect-4-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/adPVaU0WCNU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cuphead<\/em>&#8216;s story takes the 30&#8217;s animation approach of starting awfully dark. 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