Phronemophobia's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Baseball Diamonds | 2022]

Aside from having a similar sound to that of a ballpark organ, it doesn't feel much like a "baseball" tune specifically, though I don't see why that would matter anyhow. It's pleasant and would fit really well as the background tune for a silent animation short. Hell, it could even be for a short about some goof learning to play baseball and being bad at it. Not Pete though. Pete's a fantastic player and I refuse to believe otherwise!

Bertn1991 responds:

Yeah, it's not very baseball at all >.<

Oh no, of course not. Pete is the king of baseball...in Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball on Super Nintendo. He can curve a ball one way and then magically curve it the other way in mid-air.

[Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi | Main Theme Remix]

This is just... you know, nice. Not trying to do anything special. It's just a simple, chill tune to help one relax. Thank you. I kind of need a song like this right now.

[[Mortal Kombat 3] "Hobo Kombaaaat!"]

Sounds like there's a lot going on here. I can sort of imagine a real fight happening in this song. A little back and forth chatter and sizing up of one another. At 1:47, several rapid hits begin to happen on both sides, but nothing serious. Things slow down a little until about 2:42 when attacks start to become more focused and meaningful. At 4:27, you got that mid-battle banter where neither one is doing much more than commenting on the other's moves and how they think it will end, and then things wrap up from 5:15 onward as they unleash everything else they've got left to give.

HoboKa responds:

I wish I had thought along those lines with composing, I coulda made it even more epic. Too bad my mixing skills were really cheddar back then...

[[FF6 Umaro's Theme] "Frosted Rage Flakes"]

It is a fantastic remix for a fantastic character. One of my favorite tracks you've ever made, too. It just continues to build up rage throughout until he has finished pummeling his enemy into mush and then winds down along with the tune.

[Parasite Eve (Kyrie) "The Selfish Gene" [Ft. Usa]]

Your horror remixes are by far your best works, HbK, and I greatly appreciate you reminding me of that with each new upload.

This was actually featured in a Xmas album? The implications here kind of worry me.

HoboKa responds:

Parasite Eve is set during Christmas, at New York City. So, it's kinda like the Die Hard of JRPGs lmao. Except the lead is a hot chick who's half Japanese. Ahh...so dreamy. Mitochondria Eve ain't so bad either, if you're into body horror that is rofl.

[Baby.]

You'll be a great mother some day, HOTS!

[Luv u : )]

Arguably your best track yet, HOTS, but I am very sad that I can't add the ": )" to the title name when I save it and over the years I will likely forget that the ": )" was ever part of the name to begin with and the true, full name of this song will be lost to the ages.

[[Silent Hill 3] Night of the Windy Dance]

It sounds like music that would play in the waiting room of a horror movie. Constantly looping until you reach a point where you start to believe that this waiting IS the horror, but then a Nurse appears and tells you the killer will see you now... meaning that the killer was the horror all along! Who knew?

HoboKa responds:

Better plot than the Silent Hill Movie.

[Wake Protocol | 2021]

Not particularly scary on its own. It's what I would imagine hearing after discovering the "truth" of a particular game where all the questions you may have had are now being answered either by the mysterious party member who joined your team early on, the enemy who talks way too much before trying to defeat you, or by the sights and sounds of some ancient building you saw multiple times but only recently obtained the key necessary to enter.

[Prelude of War | 2021]

A true Doom Slayer never ventures into Hell without first donning his magnetic bowtie!