I’ve now uploaded the VGMS #2 – 14/02/2008. Download it in MP3 (114MB) or Ogg (74 MB) formats. Enjoy!
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5 second films
Via Nodwick, I found the 5 second films site to be a good waste of time. Mainly watch this great video 🙂
Feeling the videogame music vibe
I can usually find myself humming videogame music in my head. It can range from the “Tetris Theme”, Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Transport Tycoon, Doom, Phoenix Wright, Red Alert… and so on. Continue reading Feeling the videogame music vibe
Plush Portal Turret!
I think this plush turret is totally awesome. I want one!
Video Game Music Show pilot aired
I’ve finished the Video Game Music Show pilot tonight, airing for 2 hours playing video game music – I actually had some listeners (such as housemates and LSUCS members) and got a few calls too, and even a few shout outs.
I’ve decided to risk putting the shows online to download, since I honestly think game music deserves more then being sidelined and is worth listening to by itself. The only feature I did this time was “Guess the game” where I played a track from a game, which was actually pretty hard to guess (no one got it I talked to!). I did make tons of mistakes, given it was my first time live on air though nothing disastrous happened.
Next time I plan to do at least a list of upcoming and released games and perhaps a review (I was going to do Call of Duty 4 but should have written some thoughts on it before the show first!).
Download the MP3 (107MB, 128Kbps) or Ogg (60.5MB, Q4) copies, and more information about what was played is on my Video Game Music Show page.
Video Game Music LCR radio show
I’ve finally got my training complete with Loughborough Campus Radio (LCR) after deciding I wanted to do a video game music show.
I’ll have a slot (during semester time; so only once before Christmas) Monday 8-10PM, and will try and figure out the best game music, and remixes to play. 🙂
Hopefully I’ll get a second presenter (I haven’t looked for anyone) or a reviewer to fill some of the time with game reviews and news. It should be interesting and I’ll hopefully be able to do it all next semester! Any ideas on what I should play or do on the show feel free to tell me 🙂
HNTPH
How Not To Play Hitman is a brilliantly funny set of videos, once you watch one you’ll want to watch them all 🙂
Internet aspect ratios and H.264 encoding tutorial
I’ve created a Aspect ratios and H.264 tutorial, detailing a bit about H.264 encoding and a list of aspect ratios used for scaling down 16:9 content – something I had to do recently. You can find the (not integrated with wordpress yet) aspect ratio calculator I made up on this page.
Never Mind The Polygons #8 video online
I’ve finally been able to get Never Mind The Polygons #8 online, since problems with the Internet Archive with recent maintenance stopped me last week. You can enjoy it (for it is very enjoyable) from the archive in 3 flavours if you’re interested in viewing it:
- High (315MB, 960×540, HQ audio)
- Medium Quality (Usually recommended) (121MB, 480×270, HQ audio)
- Low Quality (53MB, 256×144, LQ audio)
Strong editing really works
I’ve watched the very much bootlegged The Phantom Edit. The editors commentary is very telling – one reason the Phantom Menace was not a great film, but a rather poor or average one, was partially because of editing. Read on for a bit of a review of it, and how editing really can work wonders on something so average. Continue reading Strong editing really works