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- ↑ Artist: Big Giant Circles – Composer, ReMixer
- 1 2 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1207722957/big-giant-circles-the-glory-days-impostor-nostalgi Big Giant Circles – "The Glory Days" (Impostor Nostalgia 2)
- ↑ Mass Effect Music-Maker Remixes Mass Effect 1 Music, It Is Rad at Kotaku
- ↑ The Fantastic Mass Effect 2 Music That Didn't Make The Cut at Kotaku
- ↑ The Best Game Music of 2011: The Binding of Isaac at Kotaku
- ↑ Composing Mass Effect: Episode 2 at GameTrailers
- ↑ "BAFTA 2011 Winners & Nominees". Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ↑ Impostor Nostalgia Archived May 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine on Bandcamp
- ↑ The Glory Days Archived May 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at Bandcamp
- ↑ The Glory Days Remixed Archived May 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at Bandcamp
- ↑ Wood, Austin (November 2, 2017). "Stranger Things season two features a song from this voice-controlled indie strategy game". PC Gamer . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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