Long-time listeners will no doubt remember that I use Soundcloud to embed my music on Giant Bomb for these blogs. Well, long story short - I ran out of space on the free version of Soundcloud... So I'm going to transfer to Youtube for a while. I made a snazzy intro sequence for my music. Check THIS out: Wow, that's a lot bigger than I intended. But never mind! I prefer Soundcloud, but when push...
Those intrepid few of you who checked out last time's SoundCloud-quota-filling soundscape-spectacular might recognise a piece of music I made called Neon Highway. Now, what you heard there was 2 and a 1/2 minutes of what was actually a 6-7 minute long song (songs don't have to have lyrics, OK!?). It was the beginning and end, so I basically gutted the middle, and like a virulent salmon it lay t...
So here is my dumb little experiment. Whenever I put up a new piece of music, people regularly mention that it sounds like it should be in a video game like Super Meat Boy. Well, although I don't actually have a game at my disposal, I decided to do the next best thing: (not really) I wrote a really dumb story, and made music to go along with it. How to Play Well, it's easy really. Just play the...
See, this isn't so hard! I can use punctuation and everything. The only time it goes horribly wrong is when I don't spell check myself, see, watch this. No personal spellchecking from here on in. Hello everybody i am tying to you from ym computer and it feels so good. Wwats that? skills, thats what. there are like 3 erros so far and thats onyl because i havent been changing it intentionally, to...
For a while at least. GOTCHA. Anyway, what with the advent of university WoW, Starcraft 2, and rejoining myself to the rest of humanity, I doubt I'll have an awful lot of time to make music. Who am I kidding? I'll find time. Whether it be by not attending lectures, or not attending tutorials, or not playing... no, lets not get ahead of ourselves here. So this here critter is a definite WiP (Wor...
It's 2AM, sleep deprivation levels are crit. Here's this thing: Possession by Tebbit Probably the shortest one I've ever made (at 3.41 - that's like... the official length of a pop song, right?!) Some of the transitions are fucked, mixing is way too loud, but never mind. Much like this blog, I can fix it up tomorrow. Feel free to listen, comment, neither, both, or other. Night night. Oh, and fo...
Unlike my previous attempts (re: my other blogs that only my 3-4 loyal listeners heard) this time round I set out to make something with the intention of a particular emotion or feeling. Considering we have all recently invited a new year into our cold, maligned hearts I figured that hope would a good place to start. Not this guy. Breathe easy, chaps. Well, not hope, per-se, more accurately the...
Again, I have failed in my duty, BUT you'll forgive me, right? It is Christmas after all. The season of forgiveness! And drinking too much then badmouthing relatives. Oh dear... Anyway, here is my holiday-thematic musical number (because what's more Christmas-y than bells and a French-horn? God-damn near nothing, that's what! Black Ice by Tebbit Oh boy, this is going to take a long time to uplo...
I know I promised weekly updates. I also know that as of last count, my last blog was about 3 weeks ago. Performing some complicated math (involving counting on my fingers), that's million weeks. Anyway, I've been busy, what with exams out of the way, I needed do do essentially nothing for a while, though unfortunately that "nothing" turned into complete apathy, so in a flurry of 2 hours the ot...
I'm keeping it simple this time. That's right, fuck the banner, fuck the police! Lets get straight into it, loyal listeners. First off, this track is why what used to be a regular Wednesday / Tuesday (depending on your time-zone) occurrence is currently occurrence-ing on Sunday. My chatroulette woes aside, that is... It also took an age to render... I'm talking like 20 minutes! I HAVE NO IDEA W...
It's time to re-brand this shit, mother fuckers. In what is certain to be the first of many re-brandings of my weekly delving into the world of music generation, I bring you gifts from times long past. Also, really long sentences. I didn't make these this week, as per usual, because of god damned exams. These ones are: FROM THE VAULT! Anyway, on to business. The last one got a bit wordy for my...
OK. Hello! Welcome back, for what will no doubt be another exciting escapade through my mind. I recommend not reading the text and just listening to the songs. But then again, I recommend picture-books over regular ones, so... Episode 2 The dangers of imaginary guitars Fitting in with the theme of this being the second week of my musical experiment, I decided that I'd provide you with two whole...
For my 2000th post (if this actually counts as a post - if not, well dammit...1999 was a great year too) I thought I'd start up a semi-regular shindig, which is basically going to consist of my musical exploits for the week. "Musical exploits, that sounds like a shit idea!" you say? Well, eff you, buddy! I'm doin' it anyway! This is the internet, and unless "musical exploits" devolves into "chi...
I don't know why, but I feel like I've somehow done something wrong. I feel like a jerk with this big-ass medal hanging around my avatar. I don't want to be "Medal-Guy"! I want the community to be equal again. I mean, it certainly looks nice. DAMN NICE. Anyway, I think lack of sleep has once again claimed my brain as its own, so I'll wrap this up by asking: How's everyone feeling about this shi...
The thought came to me when looking at this: Watch it. I don't know why exactly, but at a certain point in this video, I gave a shiver of what I've termed "Fuck-Yeah-osity". It's the moment in a game, or during a movie, or - although this isn't exactly pertinent to what I want to see from you - real life, where you are absolutely taken by a moment, In some cases, such as the moment above me, th...
So, you all remember that mishap with the New Zealand based TV3 basically stealing that Kevin Butler ad, but making it about TV instead of Playstation? Anyway, it seems comeuppance has been... comeupped. Stolen violently from Kevin Butler's Twitter page: P.S. Aotearoa is Maori for "Land of the Long White Cloud", A.K.A. New Zealand. Re: PS3 AAAAND I'm not sure how much of an "apology" the Marmit...
So, what do you care? Well, I thought you'd like to hear my mini-review of it. It's spoiler-free. For your pleasure. This mini review consists of The Good: Characters. Uniformly interesting, with fantastic voice actors. Graphics. Once again, Blizzard proves that art style prevails over all. Tychus and Raynor particularly look amazing. Level structure: Every level, apart from the last two, was a...
It's officially the 27th of July, 2010. SC2 time. YEAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I guess nobody I actually had respect for before has said anything nasty, but a lot of less notable, newer and apparently more dickhead-related people have just come out of the woodwork. It's not cool, and it makes us all look like fucking assholes with no empathy or morals. I'm not trying to "white knight" or whatever else is flying around the forums, but reacting with such strength is just ki...
Time to act like a cunt!
Remember when Gamespot used to be surprisingly edgy for a large corporate website? I know I do. Well, I feel like that's just about enough substance for me to attach this related video of such a time. Be sure to look out for facial-hair-less Vinny, as well as Brain Ekberg almost saying "fucked". Oh Ron Graphite, when will you learn? Any spectacular moments you remember from your chosen video ga...
You are one of the most successful game developers on the planet. You have had huge, mainstream games that have made millions of dollars for you and your publisher. Why can you not, in 2010, make a game that looks and runs as well on the PS3 as it does on the 360? Any developer worth half a shit will see that the two consoles are different, and instead of thinking "Well, maybe we should chuck s...
Yes I am! My life is officially over.
Dude, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! A few things describe Noby Noby Boy: 1: Controls are fucked up (Think dual-joystick shooter, but where the bullet is your legs). 2: You can eat too much, and remove your arse or head, at which point it can skitter around on its own. 3: Wandering NPC's determine that it would be a good idea to go for a ride on your back. 4: ... 5: Katamari References!!! 6: Profit...
Soo, WIPEOUT HD. See, I caught you off-guard with that one didn't I? Anyway, go and play that damn game, it's so awesome, it potentially needs its own theme song. na na na na na na na na, WIPE, OUT. To the Wipe Cave! Hmm.
And so I shall. For now, enjoy this hilarious placeholder. Where, you ask? Let me just.... *scuffle* Oh lord, IT BROKE THE CAGE.