At the end of the week, ThaSauce Wrap-Up feature posts bite-sized news recaps just in case you missed any juicy articles. Have any interesting video game music-related stories that you want us to look into? Are you a VGM artist, composer, or remixer that wants keep in touch? Shoot an e-mail to [email protected]. 

• Nerdapalooza Live Recordings Now Available for Digital Download: All of Nerdapalooza’s past live recordings are available online?! For those of you who weren’t able to snag physical copies, now’s your chance!

• ThaSauce Shows Solidarity with SOPA/PIPA Protests: We really do hate Internet censorship as much as the next guy. ThaSauce shuts down for a day to show support against the SOPA and PIPA bills.

• MAGFest Attendance Doubled, MAGFest XI Announced: This year’s MAGFest broke the all-time record with double the amount of people in attendance. MAGFest XI has also been announced with a location and dates so plan early!

• EARTHBOUND PAPAS Present “Metal Hypnotized” Remix/Arrange Contest: The EBPs have an official contest to remix or arrange “Metal Hypnotized” to promote their hit album, Octave Theory. Best of all, the chosen winner will appear as a guest performer on the next EBP album.

• PROTO·DOME Releases Second Album BLUESCREEN: Following his wonderful debut album BLUENOISE, we’re pleased to announce that PROTO·DOME’s latest head-bobbin’ tracks are as catchy as ever.

• Quick Look: Laura Shigihara on Video Game Music: This week’s Quick Look involves one of our favorite VGM composers. Laura Shigihara shares her experiences as a professional video game music composer as well as early inspirations for her career choices.

• MAGFest X Recap: EARTHBOUND PAPAS Q&A Interview: Ever wonder what Nobuo Uematsu and the rest of EBPs’ favorite foods and inspirations are or how this vivacious group of professional game composers even came together? Here, we take a glimpse into the lives of the sensational EARTHBOUND PAPAS during their Sunday morning panel at MAGFest

• Mazedude’s Star Spangled Chips EP Available on Bandcamp: Although his most anticipated album is not slated to come out until later this year, Mazedude has just released the more-than-outstanding Star Spangled Chips EP on his Bandcamp page.

• Indie Game: The Movie Out for Preorder Now: Featuring compelling stories from a myriad of top indie game designers from Super Meat Boy to FEZ and Braid, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection Indie Game: The Movie is now available for preorder on DVD and digital copy.

• MAGFest Recap: Bit Brigade’s Live Performance @ MAGFest X: If you weren’t there for the monumental leg-thrashing to some of the best renditions of your favorite Megaman theme songs, you can catch forty-four minutes of Bit Brigade’s jaw-dropping performance here.

• Remix64’s Remixer of the Year Awards 2011 Scheduled to Air This Week: Awards, ho! Remix64′s Remixer of the Year Awards 2011 is scheduled to air this Saturday, January 28th through a number of radio shows. Are you ready?