A few nights ago I was thinking about those near - or in some cases completely - illegible Metal band logos, and thought that Giant Bomb could use one. I woke up the next morning thinking I should give it a shot, since it's something I've never tried before. And here it is! And here's a picture of Alex with the design pasted onto his chest to see how it might look in shirt-form: All I can say i...
Hi. Do you like the music from DOOM? Me too! Do you like surf rock? No? Oh. Well, I do...so I have mashed them together. I've had a long-standing interest in surf music, and whenever I've listened to the DOOM soundtrack, it's always sounded surf-y to me, with the twelve-bar blues progression and clean MIDI guitar sound. Surfing on the Shores of Hell Thy Boards Consumed (E1M8 - Sign of Evil) Dow...
2018. What do you think Laozi's favorite anime would have been? Would he have preferred anime with warfare and politics or would he have been more of a moé Slice of Life fan? Perhaps only the filthiest of hentai would do. The Manga Was (Not) Better Let's start with the fact that I didn't watch as much anime this year. I mean, I still watched a lot, but I also played some video games and read a...
My oh my, look at the time, it's I haven't made a blog about my music in a few years o'clock . Now that I'm finally all settled into my new home and my shoulder has recovered from its injury, I'm starting to truly get back into the swing of things. Battle Disco I made a big new track titled Battle Disco. The name itself should start putting an image in your head. Yup. That's it. That one. You w...
Just having fun over here. Or maybe it's the opposite of fun. Grr. Darkness. MP3 Download: Lockdown
"This is what is known as a weeaboo that has ascended past a weeaboo. Or, you could just call this a weeaboo 2." - Naruto Well it's that time of year again. Time for my yearly anime checkup and you're my anime therapist. Just sit there, nod, and utter disinterested noises of acknowledgement as you digest these fractured thoughts that I have compiled for you. 2017 was yet another year of intense...
Another year, another megadose of vitamin weeb . All thanks to an inexplicable desire to be the kind of man who has watched "too much" anime. As in a startling amount of anime. A quantity of anime that would elicit inquiries of clarification and gasps of horror and concern. I've only been at this the last three years though, so I couldn't stop now even if I wanted to. I don't even have all of t...
It's January already? 2016? Huh. Alright then, well I guess it's time for another one of these... If you missed the first one, it's over here: How Anime Consumed My Life in 2014 Oh boy! Desktop wallpaper! In short, 2014 was the start of a big endeavor for me. The plan: Watch ALL the anime. How much? ALL OF IT. Okay...not actually all of it, as that seems nigh impossible, but I wanted to at leas...
Music: That's right, I've put together some new music. What kind of music is it? I dunno, you tell me. It's got rockin' guitars and drums, Latin percussion, a full brass section, synths, a saxophone solo, and a bunch of other stuff . Influence-wise, it's mainly pulling from stuff by Yes, Mr.Bungle, The Seatbelts, and Iron Maiden. Anyway, I had a lot of fun making this track, and here it is: I h...
Something like that. Let's go newest to oldest: Sthaga You know what I like? The music of 1997. Big Beat. Some of my favorite albums were released that year. The Prodigy's Fat of the Land, The Crystal Method's Vegas, The Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole. Well, this new track is inspired by all that sort of stuff. Big Beat mixed with Indian sounds and themes. Riders of Vengeance Cowboys. Out...
This is a blog right? Well, let's do something bloggy ... Preamble: I've been watching anime for pretty much my entire life, but 2014 was different. 2014 brought my anime watching to a whole new level . Seriously. I was tearing through so much anime, and with such fervor, as if I were a mad scientist trying to figure out what a lethal dose of moe would be. Turns out, you can't kill yourself wit...
Let's get down to business. Wizard business. If you've been listening to the Bombcast lately, then you should be familiar with all of this "Hey, Small Business Man" nonsense. After Effects and dubstep, y'all. Or is it electro? I don't know, dude. Like I know anything about music genres. What I do know about though are wizards. Wizards have beards. Wizards wear hats, when appropriate. Wizards ow...
Months. Months have passed since I released a new track as I've been busy watching anime and cataloging the anime that I have watched . I also did some animated text for a tv commercial about recycling. That Cube video from the last blog did really well too, but whatever, it's time to listen to a new track! I'm flexing my indie rock muscles this time, with some bouncy guitars and toy instrument...
I like how video games look, so I made a video about video game graphics, using squares and cubes. The video is called Cube: A Video About Video Game Graphics . That is the name of the video. Here it is. This is the video. You can watch it now. Right here: EPILEPSY WARNING: There are also some rapidly flashing lights in this video. That was the video. Did you watch it? I hope you did watch it....
You'll know it when I'm talking to you with my sexy voice ...which is unsurprisingly the same as my creeper voice . There's no difference really, with the voices or the actions that transpire when either voice is used. I should work on that. Anyway, I'm back, doing my pop music thing again with big vocals and catchy melodies. Also trying out a more breathy voice and some falsetto layers for the...
Be wary of the man with no name. You will recognize him by the drum machine on his hip. He's also carrying a saxophone, a bouzouki, a violin, a grand piano - not sure how he gets that one up on his horse - a slide guitar, a ukulele, a waterphone, a vibraslap, a didgeridoo, and a few other assorted odds and ends. The dude is kind of weird, I mean I don't know, just be careful if he ride in to yo...
I mean, what? Is that what this is? I don't even know what that collection of words really means, I just typed it out without thinking. All that brings to mind is some sort of breakfast sausage with sedatives in it. That aside, I do have this new track for you to listen to! It's an uplifting track with a whole lot of stuff going on. It starts off with a piano and some slow swelling strings, bui...
Well. I forgot what I was going to say. How convenient. It was probably in regards to this here new Amnesia game, A Machine For Pigs. I bet it was about the fact that I opted to sit down and finish the game in one sitting and how I am currently in the process of editing and uploading videos showcasing what transpired during my time in the game. Yup, that was probably it. The original Amnesia ma...
Quake Theme I did a remix of the main theme from Quake recently. More accurately it's a cover version. Anyway, I wanted it to start out sounding very similar and then break out into some fresh guitar riffs and new melodies. Big drums, big guitars, big booms abound. It's a whole lot of stuff going on, packing quite a punch. Here's a video, which is a mish-mash of the seizure-inducing Beat Hazard...
SECRETS Vocals vocals vocals. This one has a whole lot of vocals. It's also pop. Upbeat pop...but kind of relaxing too, if you can dig it. It's also about secrets. How mysterious. The synths drive, the drums snap, the bass grumbles and the effects swoosh all around. There are also a few string and guitar bits thrown in for good measure. Oh and this is the largest vocal stack I've ever done, so...
A good friend and I have been traveling around the USA, seeing the sights and eating the foods. Earlier this year we went through Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona and New Mexico. I made a video for that too, but it's kind of long . It's not paced very well either since there were days where I recorded a bunch and days where I recorded absolutely nothing. That was Road Trip 1. That's the past....
What's good? I've brought music...and it has a style of drum track I don't do often. It's four-on-the-floor. It's dancetastic. It's danceable. It's also rock. Like, Electro Rock shoo-bop shoo-bop. There's also a marching band in there...and African percussion...and stuff. It's got synths too. Lots of synths. Ones that sound like bees and stuff. Oh and guitars, for the rock stuff. You know what,...
Well, not the whole soundtrack, just one track. It is from Duke Nukem 3D though. And I don't know if Chill-O-Ramavision is someone's trademark already. I didn't plan on using it anyway. I just needed it for this blog post. It's a dumb name anyway. It doesn't make any sense. I don't know why I'm still going on about this. Let's move on. So, Bobby Prince. Maybe you've heard of him. He did the mus...
...when I accidentally the whole thing. I have video of it happening too: BARBIE AND THE THREE MUSKETEERS: It's gross. I'm sorry.* This video took longer than usual as all of the cutscenes from the game were taken straight from the movie of the same title, causing the video to be blocked worldwide. So, I had to recreate all of those scenes with hand puppets and After Effects so that it wouldn't...
You read that right. Four. Not because I'm proficient or anything, but simply because I haven't posted a blog in a while. How lame. I'm going to put them in alphabetical order, which just so happens to also put the two tracks with vocal noises in the middle. 1. Cerberus I'll try to ease you into all this with Cerberus. It starts off innocent enough, all nice and chill - just a solitary guitar a...
So, I've been playing some Sega games. Yeah. My family never had any Sega consoles, we were an Atari and Nintendo household, so I only ever got to play Sega games when visiting friends. As such, I missed out on a lot of good Sega stuff. To remedy this, I'm going to play through the SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive Classics Collection, which is available on Steam. I picked it up a while ago when they...
Fly'N , it's a game. It's not really about flying, as in airplanes or birds, but you are a little bug thing that can float. Also, although it's not actually stated in the game, the developer's blog says the blue bug thing is named Flyn. Get it? get it? Huh huh? It doesn't stop at the blue bug though, there's also a green one, a black one and an orange one. They can sing, stick to surfaces, boun...
So, I recently played Lone Survivor and finished it. Dope beats and big pixels abounded. It was pretty good. Here be those videos: Bleed out, with me tonight.
Quite a while ago, a friend and I embarked on a quest to make a music sequencer for the XBOX 360. In this quest, we succeeded and ezmuze+ Hamst3r Edition was born. It grew, it survived and overall did quite well for itself. So, we started in on a follow-up for it. This was several years ago. It ended up taking about a year and a half longer than we anticipated. But, now it's available! You can...
Ah yes. Moons. We have one. You know, The Moon , as we like to call it. I see it outside right now...staring in my window, licking it's lips. Actually, I think that's a raccoon. My bad. Anyway, there's a moon somewhere out there. Trust me on that. Which brings me to this playthrough of To The Moon I recorded recently, separated into 7 segments a bit like our own moon: The central core of the mo...
Something something, upper management, corporate America, slaves to the system. Looks like it's time to go postal. It's okay, they're all blithering idiots anyway. Zombies, in fact. PART 1 - 8/13/2012: PART 2 - 8/14/2012: PART 3 - 8/15/2012: PART 4 - 8/16/2012: Demo: http://www.thebignic.com/zombies/ Soundtrack: http://bignic.bandcamp.com/album/zombies-soundtrack
Since Rise of the Triad is getting a remake, here's a remix of the track, "Going Down The Fast Way": MP3 Download: THA-fastway.mp3 DROP IT! Enjoy. :3
Man, it has taken forever to get this new version of ezmuze to this point, but I think it will be all worth it once it's out. All new loops (over 1000), new automation modes (lowpass and highpass filtering, bitcrusher, delay and distortion), new Trigger FX (retrigger, stretch, reverse, pitch double, tape stop, scratch and more) and finer slice selection so you can cut stuff up real good. It's c...
A few months ago, my weight creep* finally got to me and I decided to do something about it. I've been using the FitBit system, which is a combo of their pedometer/altimeter device thing and their calorie tracking/chart-filled website thing. TL;DR - I've lost some weight. You can too, duder. That's my weight from February 16th up to just a few days ago. 18 lbs. down, 16 more to go until I'm at...
Firstly, the latest. "Passing Through You", which is fairly chill and has vocals: MP3 Download: THA-passingthroughyou.mp3 Secondly, "The Collapse", which is all DATATATATATATATA and lusts for blood. MP3 Download: THA-thecollapse.mp3
Yo yo yo. Gato. Droppin' it hot. Or I dunno, maybe it's ice cold. Tepid. Whatever it is, it's Gato and he's here for you. Take that however you want. http://www.hamsteralliance.com/music/2012/THA-gatosrap.mp3 I beefed the track up a bit, made it loop and added the tune that Gato sings. Oh and, ringtone: http://www.hamsteralliance.com/music/2012/gatoringtone.m4r Enjoy.
I like soda and thus have drank a lot of soda and a lot of different types of soda. Might as well put some of that time spent to use and write about it. I'll primarily be covering glass bottled sodas, often referred to as gourmet or premium sodas, and occasionally the common canned soda. You can consume my soda reviews right from the tap: http://www.hamst3r.com/soda/ or filtered through Twitter...
A while back I put together a little video entitled The Giant Bombstep . Well, fuck that shit. Are you ready to experience The Giant Bombstep: Reloaded ? Strap it on. MP3 Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/837649/bombcastdubstep.mp3
The dick. It's where you kick dudes when you need to defend yourself. You know, the Genitals. The Groin. The Sensitive Areas. The "Genital Triangle". It's like a magnet for feet. To make sure your kicking technique is on par with the pros, here's a helpful guide: Download MP3: THA-dickkicker.mp3
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New music for your face. In the previous blog, I posted the, "Outside Aperture" video by Eisen Feuer. At that point the end credits track hadn't been finished...AND NOW IT HAS. The track is now finished. Bells, guitars, drums, sitar, tabla, piano and synths. GO! MP3 Download: THA - The Solution.mp3 Enjoy!
Hey GB Duders. It's been a while. Let's catch up. First off, there's this video: Outside Aperture It takes place in the Portal universe, or alongside it , more accurately. Check it out: I assisted with the GLaDOS voice FX and the end credits music. :) Secondly, I put together a bit of orchestral music recently: Sand Crab Riders I was going for a sort of cartoonishly evil tone. Bassoons and clar...
Hey. I don't listen to Dubstep, but I play one on TV. This is a remix of an old track from 2004 entitled, "Neurotransmitter". Now it goes wub wub wub and has bees. MP3 Download: THA-neurotransmitterdecay.mp3 ---- Edit: This track and two other THA tracks are featured on Audiosurf Radio right now. :D http://www.audio-surf.com/news.php
Last month some time I was asked to make a promo video for Marcodi . After a bit of slacking I eventually got into the right mindset and out this was pooperated: All of the melodic sounds are the Harpejji instrument, which is kind of like a guitar-piano hybrid. Anyways, I think it turned out pretty good, so I wanted to share. :D MP3 Download: http://www.hamsteralliance.com/music/2011/THA-harpej...
It's a cinematic orchestral piece that starts off uplifting then goes dark in a Tron / Inception sort of way. Lots of strings, brass and percussion with some synths and other sounds thrown in for good measure - even features a bit o' reversed Harpejji. Here's a vidya and an mp3: http://www.hamsteralliance.com/music/2011/THA-activegrid.mp3 :3
Yo dawgs, It's Super Meat Boy time. I did things a little differently this time too; there's a tiny overlay of my head in the lower right corner of the video. That way you can witness any conniption fits that are sure to happen. Part 1 of 18: SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content. Part 2 of 18: SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content. Part 3 of 18: SPOILER WARNING: C...
Videos are where it's at Photo galleries are where it's at: If you want any of the images at 1920x1080, snag 'em full-size, starting here: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/hamst3r/all-images/52-156101/tha_eaglenestlake_newmexico/51-1643260/ :3 Post scriptum is where it's at: Do you live in Colorado?
If the ridiculous Flash interface below does not appear, here is a link to my VYou Page . If you think this is stupid, you are 100% CORRECT. Thank Jeff for getting this idea into my head.
Enjoy watching me struggle to defeat the nefarious controls of Octodad in this informative motion picture video: Octodad is an accurate simulation of the struggle of everyday life and fatherhood for a dad who also happens to be an octopus. Also, the controls are terrible. TERRIBLE. Henceforth, octopus. Ergo, Octodad. The controls are Octodad. A bird is now fluttering at my window, so I must lea...
Bella Sara So, Amazon is having a 3 for 2 sale this week. Looking through the PC selection, I spotted Bella Sara , a horse riding game. BOUGHT. No questions asked. No justification needed. Horses. Sparkles. Enya. Hyyaah. It's all up from here. Vlog A short video blog, mostly about the above, but prior to the above happening, so uninformative as you already know about the above due to the above,...
About a month ago I made a thread requesting voice clips with plans on compiling them into a song, a "Community Song" if you will. After a slow start, the thread eventually accumulated enough voice clips for me to really get to work. A few weeks later, it's done and it's no longer just a song, it's a video too! The Giant Bomb Community Song: The Video The video is 1080p - so pick that option if...
So yeah. Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The new title from Frictional Games, the makers of Penumbra. So far, in the hour and a half I've played, they've done it again! :O The videos are in 720p and around 30 minutes in duration. They're also commentated and edited for time, because that's how I roll. Oh and brightened in post so it's not just a black screen the whole time. Will be adding parts dail...
This project is done! The finished thang can be viewed here: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/the-giant-bomb-community-song/448648/ --- Back in 2001, a "Post Your Voice" thread emerged on one of the forums I frequented. Everyone would post a clip of their voice ranging from simple greetings to poetry readings and death metal growls. I thought it was a pretty amusing thread...
I fell in love with the crazy Chicken McNuggets lady video, so I added audio and subtitles to it. If you're unfamiliar with the backstory here, Melodi Dushane was drunk and went batshit crazy at a McDonald's when they refused to sell her Chicken McNuggets. Anyways, I thought it needed some audio love.
Right off the bat, gotta thank Connorbevans for getting this idea into my head with his remix . Also, gotta thank the GB peeps who continually post awesome in the Staff photo photoshop thread from which I plucked many an image for use in this silly video. I hope you guys like the stupid. I pulled an all-nighter to do this. :P MP3: THA - Bombstep.mp3 Enjoy! EDIT: Here are the GB staff cartoons u...
So, like, you know, cats…and stuff. I can generate them with my mind and make them materialize in space. Don’t ask me how it works, I don’t know. Anyways, this track is a lot of heaviness going on. Pounding synths, drums, guitars and other noises stacked like delicious pancakes. Check it out: MP3 Download: THA - Materializing Cats In Space.mp3 Audiosurfed: Enjoy!
I always feel like, Gabe Newell's watching me... Tell me is it just on Steam? I had this song stuck in my head for months. MONTHS. I couldn't shake the catchy chorus. Then all-of-a-sudden, Gabe Newell infected it. Suddenly I was singing about Gabe. Why? WHY? GAAAAAAAAAABE! I avoided making this as long as I could. I resisted, but alas, today, it happened. Gabe's watching. He knows I know he's w...
Playthrough Start! I am playing as Chris and Sir Christopher British Steel is playing as Sheva. The playthrough is Co-Op and done so that you get both player perspectives and commentary in one video. The videos are also edited to keep them under 30 minutes. The playthrough is 5 hours total. If the first video isn't thrilling you, try the next one - I think the videos get much better over time a...
Yo dawgs, I've got a few new tracks here for ya. There is also visual accompaniment for each track. Murder Taxi First up, a muderous-ass taxi. So murderous. So taxi. This is a funky electro something-or-other type track, somewhat like Justice or Danger. A phat beat, beefy synths, slap bass, distorted clavinet and lots of little filtery sweepy effects. MP3 Download: THA - Murder Taxi This video...
Moonbase Alpha So, there's this game on Steam now, Moonbase Alpha from NASA and friends. It takes place on the moon. Bad stuff is happening and you have to fix everything. It's not easy to do alone, so luckily it can be played cooperatively. Unfortunately though, I was all by myself. There is no winning in space. The moon only knows hate. Resident Evil 5 Something else that has a cooperative mo...
Let's Play I've made a list of them using Giant Bombs awesometastic list system and you can find that list right here: Hamst3r's Let's Play videos! The video playlists are embedded in the list for easy access. I'd write an interesting history about my adventures in Let's-Play-land but really, It's only been 6 months since the first playthrough. Maybe after a year or two I'll have more to say th...
Uno. I'm learning to play some video game tunes on the Harpejji. Here's a bit of Overworld 2 from Super Mario Bros 3. The goal is to eventually be able to play the bass and lead simultaneously; but yeah, the above will have to do for now. :) Dos. Harpejji aside, I still sequence stuff and put together the majority of a track yesterday. It's unfinished, but check it out anyways, it's close enoug...
So yeah, it's been about a week since I got that Harpejji thing and I've made a little something with it. It’s everything except the drums: MP3 Download: THA – At Last… I’m no virtuoso yet, but it’s the furthest I’ve advanced with any instrument. I’ve had a guitar since high school and simply cannot contort my fingers to produce a decent sound from it. I’ve also had numerous keyboards and acces...
Bananas. Bandanas. Banana Banditos. Err... Anyways, chiptune sounds + Rock. That's what it's all about; and here's more of it for a soon to be existent thing I keep talking about whatever it is. Hey! Listen! MP3 Download: THA – Turboprop.mp3 The prior chiptune-rock thing is a few blogs ago, in case you missed it and like this sort of thing. And uh, yeah, that's all I got for ya right now...it's...
Back in October 2009 I ordered this... thing . It's a plank of wood with strings on it and it makes noise, kind of like them geetars the kids are into. It's a 24-string tapping instrument. It's tuned to a whole tone scale (C, D, E, F#, G#, A#). It also has some interesting tech built into it. The bass and melody strings go through separate built-in pre-amps. When you lift your finger off a stri...
Zweidecker Hola señors and señoritas, I have been making noise. Rock-like noise; you know, guitars and drums and stuff, but with the addition of a few chiptune synths and orchestral strings for good measure. Yes, it's very Machinae Supremacy inspired. It's also got a bit of Iron Maiden in there, which was also the inspiration for the accompanying video using wartime footage. Check it out: MP3 D...
Beat Hazard I've enjoyed some Beat Hazard the last few days and it's definitely a fun game. I tested it out with some screaming and other nonsense to see how it would react: Here's the mp3: THA-beathazardabuse.mp3 It would be awesome if it could process a live audio signal so I could yell enemies to death like in Gnilley . More Biplanes HD music Got some more music for ya; stuff that's not quit...
Music This is a Chillout track with some ideas pulled from Dubstep and more ambient styles of music. There’s a lot of bass in this track and and a lot of granular fuckery on the drums. Check it out: Download : THA – Hollywood.mp3 Enjoy. :) Gaming Since my last blog I've played through Metro 2033 and a whole lot of Gridrunner Revolution . Them links be to some videos I recorded of said playthrou...
Well, not really. Quite a few people have played it and the consensus is that it's horrible, so very horrible, which is why I bought it. I went into this game expecting the worst and it delivered. It does have some genuinely creepy encounters and the "badness" of it all was enjoyable in it's own way, but mostly it's just a tedious grind through empty environments. I have abridged the I'm Not Al...
I’ve spent a good 50 or so hours in the Mass Effect universe; having played the original and the recently released sequel. The music in both games is fantastic. There’s a particular piece of music in Mass Effect 2 which begins with low brass drones and percussion with snares and anvil strikes. That’s what inspired this piece. I guess you could call this a tribute to Mass Effect. :) Check it out...
I tried out something a little different yesterday; I had a camera and screen capture going while I wrote a song. I'm not super-comfortable doing live performance or having people watch me while I make stuff, but luckily, it all worked out. Here's the result: Download MP3: THA – Corona (right click, save as) It's a sort of upbeat jazzy electronic pop track. Also, here's the video. Four hours of...
The sun has set for the last time and it will never rise again. Make the most of this bleak situation and enjoy what precious time remains. The end belongs to those who believe the sun will rise again. As the last pocket of heat dissipates and the last plant dies, the stars of distant planets mock us from afar. This is a piano solo I wrote around the idea of the sun dying and the time spent unt...
Hey! Finished this a few hours ago and wanted to share. I haven't felt all that inspired this year so far, but I got "California Dreaming" stuck in my head earlier today, which lead to me having, "The Sound of Silence" stuck in my head as well. Loop 20x Great. So, I started writing a slow pop folk piano ballad to get it out of my system. I got the melody down and *gasp* ran out of ideas...so I...
I want a Luchadeer plushie. There's a big version of the Luchaplushie right here . Please, Giant Bomb. Make Luchadeer plushies. Let's Play Serious Sam HD My commentated Serious Sam playthrough is approaching it's end. Part 17 of 21 will go up tomorrow. I die a lot, though through the magic of editing, such repetition is kept down to a minimum. I've already played Chains, So You Go Play Chains I...
So Now Now I Haven't Even Posted It On Twitter I just finished eating a chili-cheese dog and I am now drinking a Coca-Cola Classic while I type this blog. Gaming Addiction Consumer Whore: In my last blog I posted the games I had bought during the Steam Holiday Sale. Well, I ended up buying a few more... Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Command and Conquer: Kane's Wrath Command and Conquer: Ti...
What It Do? I'm spending time back home with my folks this holiday. Had Christmas dinner a few hours ago. We don't do any sort of gift exchange or holiday festivities. It's simply not our style. Really, we just use Christmas as an excuse to consume ridiculous amounts of food. Murder Simulators As far as video games go, I played some Espgaluda 2 , Tekken 6 , GRiD and Silent Hill: Homecoming on t...
Warning This is a blog. Mr. Nifflasupagus Within a Deep Forest . Knytt . Knytt Stories . Three fantastic exploration platformer type games by Nifflas. Perhaps some of my favorite games. They're also freeware. To my surprised, Nifflas released a new game just a few days ago called Saira . I haven't played much of it yet, but what I've played so far has been quite good. One thing that differentia...
Hola, como estas. Me llamo es Jamez. Te amo. *hump hump hump* Ay, chihuahua! It’s been a while – a few months since I last posted a song here – but now I’m back with some uplifting chillout for that ass. The overall tone of this track is airy and light. The track has the traditional Indian combo of Sitar and Tabla as well as a simple bass guitar and some electronic elements. Also within the mix...
A few of you wanted to hear my take on the Bombcast break theme. It took me a few days to figure out how I wanted to approach such a fine composition. I changed the oom-pah tone the music had into a kind of daydream sound so that it would work for the upcoming indie film about 4 guys in Sausalito who get sent to bed without any supper and soon find themselves whisked away to a magical dreamland...
This is the Bombcast theme done as though it were to be used in a movie or game. Perhaps the Giant Bomb military-themed FPS coming out 2010, based on real events. I took some liberty with the timing and arrangement, but hey, that's what has to be done. Download MP3: THA - Bombcast.mp3
Do you remember the film The Italian Job? I’m talking about the 2003 remake, not the 1969 original. More specifically, do you remember the style of music it had? Well, this is kind of like that. It’s orchestral film score style stuff with Middle East, Spanish and Jazz influences. There’s also a touch of electronic music in there too. A strings ensemble, upright bass, horn and acoustic guitar al...
Hey, got some new epic-sounding stuff here. :) This track is a continuation of the ideas I expressed in the tracks, “Chaos out of Nothingness” and “Ablation Cascade”. There’s a moody cinematic quality to it all with influences being pulled from industrial and film score. The track is mostly comprised of synth drones, dissonant noise and drums. There’s also a piano, some strings and brass to bal...
I has two new music tracks for yous. Influence Of Mind Influence Of Mind takes a little trip into Psychedelic Rock territory. Basically, I've taken some ideas from Pink Floyd and regurgitated them into my own thing. There are some other influences in there too, but whatever, you'll notice the Floyd. :P Download mp3: THA - Influence Of Mind.mp3 Astral Projection Astral Projection is an upbeat an...
I have a huge appreciation for Post Rock and Progressive Rock music. I borrow from their ideas quite often. I haven’t really done a full on track in either genre though. Making Contact is the closest I’ve come to making a Progressive Rock or Post-Rock track. Chaos Out Of Nothingness comes much closer. Layers of guitars, bass, drums, piano and ambience that build-up slowly to the big finale. Not...
I saw the film District 9 last night. I suggest you go do the same, it’s very good! It’s also what inspired this piece of music. Climate Change revolves around a piano melody that is supported by some light percussion, a few synthesizers and some soaring strings. It has a moody tone overall, but there’s a sense of hope in there too. :) Check it out: MP3 download: THA – Climate Change Enjoy!
I have an idea for an animation that revolves around a piece of music I wrote titled, “Mode 7”. The title is a reference to a technology developed by Nintendo for the original NES that would allow for 3D-like environments. It was used in games like F-Zero and Mario Kart. Anyways, this cityscape is a backdrop for the animation: Download: 2560x1600 1920x1200 1680x1050 1280x800 - The music is here...
Check out my latest music track: Download MP3: THA - Solarphage.mp3 It's Drum and Bass of the loud and heavy variety. 181 bpm. The beat drops around 40 seconds in. My favorite part is the section from 1:25 to 1:56. :D The sidewinder mode in AudioSurf makes my brain hurt, it's so hard to focus on the blocks when the track keeps shifting left and right. x___x
...err, that's not quite right...well, whatever. I finished up a new track tonight. It was made using 4 Game Boy emulators playing in unison. I’m a fan of single oscillator saw synths being used to emulate lead guitar sounds and other such nonsense, so there’s some of that sort of thing going on in this track. Stylistically, I wasn’t attempting to mimic the music from any particular video game,...
This is Face. Face is a good dog. Face lives in a tree and barks at anyone that passes by. Face likes to chase birds and dig holes in the ground. Face is also very strong and can pull the weight of a tractor with little effort. He has six tractors buried around the tree that he lives in. Download: 2560×1600 1920×1200 1680×1050 1280×800 Face here goes along with the Depressed Orange Robot wallpa...
Short blog today: I spent some time early this morning and put together a gallery of my game collection, to go along with the completed games lists I've been making every year for the past few years. Entire Game Collection There are around 260 games listed there. If I had taken better care of my stuff during my youth, the list would probably be twice as long and contain a lot of console games,...
Depressed Orange Robot Depressed Orange Robot is a character I originally drew back in high school. He was made pretty much for the sole purpose of making a t-shirt, which I wore a lot back then. There’s a bit of fiction surrounding him and some other characters in his world, but the short version of it all is: Orange Robot is encased in fabric and stuffing, so he looks like a stuffed toy. He l...
I'm happy. My new track plays great in AudioSurf. Yay! :)
hey! Been busy writing music. Got some new tracks here for ya. 1. Making Contact Post-Rock influenced track. Lots of guitars drenched in delay along with rock drums and a few synths. Download mp3: THA – Making Contact 2. Impact Event Big beat / Breaks. This is for a game project I'm working on. Giant robot battle music. Mainly synths, breakbeats and strings. Download mp3: THA – Impact Event 3....
... ._. I don't feel safe anymore.
Audio: THA - Dirge for Duke Nukem.mp3
According to the download history provided by Microsoft, ezmuze+ Hamst3r edition is selling like crazy! Days on Market: 5 (May 6th to May 10th.) Trials: 8171 Sales: 800 Conversion Rate 9.79% Total Earnings: $5,420.80 Whoa! It's a Community Game. It's 800 Microsoft Points. It's not really even a game, but music software. Review sites aren't reviewing it. News sites aren't posting it's press rele...
Totally excited. Totally retarded. This relates to this: ezmuze+ Hamst3r edition released on XBOX Live! :D :D :D :D :D
ezmuze+ Hamst3r edition now available! Date: May 06, 2009 Developer: Mad Ninja Skillz Platform: XBOX Live Community Games ezmuze+ Hamst3r edition ( EZMHE ) is a loop-based music creation program developed by Mad Ninja Skillz in association with music producer The Hamster Alliance. EZMHE makes music creation fun and easy with a streamlined interface and intuitive controls. Features Over 600 musi...
A new ezmuze video is up on GameTrailers. ezmuze Hamst3r Edition is super-close to release now! It's 75% through the peer review process, so I'm guessing it'll be up on the marketplace in the next week or two. There's no way to tell tho, so my guess is as certain as a Windows Progress bar. :D Check it out: HD version: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48829.html :D Oh and you get to see what I...
Hey, remember Marble Madness ? Oh yes. Not only was it an awesome game, but it had some awesome music too. I've remixed the Level 2 / Beginner Race music and have it available as an MP3 or video, check it out: MP3 Download: THA - Marble Madness Remix.mp3 Video version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wlzPl97Js&fmt=22 Enjoy! - Hamst3r The Hamster Alliance www.hamsteralliance.com
Hey, check it out! The first ezmuze+: Hamst3r edition trailer is up on GameTrailers! It got a lot of views when it was on the homepage: Anyways - Watch the trailer in HD! The video is also on Youtube, but that's not as cool. :) I hope you like it. - Hamst3r
I have a lot of profiles online. For the most part, I go by Hamst3r or Hamster Alliance on all of them. I've collected all the more important websites that I actively use and put them in a list. You can check out the list on the About Me tab of my profile. If you're on any of those social networking or gaming websites, add me as a friend! Just let me know you're from Giant Bomb if your name the...
Hey, all. :) Check it out, got a new vid up in Youtube's HD quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qdzD3e2DEs&fmt=22 The graphics have been refined a bit since the last video you might have seen. New features include: Over 500 loops now and I'm still making more. :) Volume automation using the preset patterns or the automation editor. Super simple sample auditioning and sample changing contro...
As mentioned in a previous blog, I'm currently working on a loop-based music program for the XBOX 360, as it doesn't really have any music creation software. It'll be a marketplace download. The current name for it is EZ Muze: Hamst3r Edition , as the program itself is called EZ Muze (as in Easy Music) and the loops are by me, Hamst3r. Seems simple enough, but someone has suggested that having...
There's a thread happening on the Black Mesa forum where the developer has asked for the community to recreate the various sound effects for the enemies in Half-Life 1. I've done a few so far and I think they're pretty good. MP3 downloads: 1. Tentacle also, the loud clanging when it hits the floor: Tentacle Strikes (warning: loud and percussive) 2. Vortigaunt Slave 3. Bullsquid 4. Headcrab 5. Z...
Taken from hamsteralliance.com : 01/04/2009 03:23 AM by [THA] Hamst3r Hi! 2009! Well…I’ve quit my job of 5 years and I’m going into the new year focusing all of my attention on my music projects! It’ll be a good experience, I think. Part of it will be writing music for video games and other media, which I’m quite excited to get in to! :) I’m currently collaborating with a programmer to make a m...
Hey! Got something special for you here. It's a drum and bass remix of the song, "Still Alive" by Lisa Miskovsky for the Mirror's Edge soundtrack! This is for a remix competition, so help me out by going to the remix page: http://www.jamglue.com/mixes/6319543-Still-Alive-THA-DnB-Mix ...and voting for my remix as the winner! :D Check it out! Vote for THA! Share the remix! Enjoy! - Hamst3r