Mar 28, 2010
Hey, That's Cheating
I'm a pretty frequent listener of various internet radio stations (Shoutcast, not the modern things like Last.fm, Pandora, erc). One such station is NoLife Radio, a station that deals in video game music. Today, though, I caught them playing a song from Grand Theft Auto IV. A real song. Uh, isn't that generally considered cheating? Deviating from a genre on a technicality like "it got played in a video game"? I'm amazed I haven't heard NoLife playing Rob Zombie's Dragula at this rate (didn't that one show up in about five different games?).
Mar 17, 2010
A Flawless Lack of Light
Today marks the release of the remake of Perfect Dark for XBox Live Arcade. It costs ten bucks and contains everything from the classic Nintendo 64 game...everything except for the terrible frame rate.
Sad as it makes me that Nintendo 64 games are now considered "retro" (stop making me feel old and get off my damn lawn), it's great that PD can now be enjoyed by the whippersnappers that believe that Halo was the first console FPS. Though is that such a good thing? Assuming that some of the more asshole-ish glitches remain (I have not tested yet to see if the poison knife effect still persists after death and respawn...), I can imagine some people becoming pretty frustrated with the game. The aiming system is still quite difficult to get used to after years of having the crosshair pasted directly in the center of the screen.
All that being said, though, I must applaud the developer for their modernization efforts. The game's exactly the same as the original, in all the places the count, and any of the things that would lead to an unfair judgment have been suitably tweaked and enhanced (even the voice acting, which despite being the same recordings, is now in crisp high quality).
The modder in me, though, poses a different question: is it much easier to rip the sound effects from an XBLA game than it is to get them from the N64 ROM?
Sad as it makes me that Nintendo 64 games are now considered "retro" (stop making me feel old and get off my damn lawn), it's great that PD can now be enjoyed by the whippersnappers that believe that Halo was the first console FPS. Though is that such a good thing? Assuming that some of the more asshole-ish glitches remain (I have not tested yet to see if the poison knife effect still persists after death and respawn...), I can imagine some people becoming pretty frustrated with the game. The aiming system is still quite difficult to get used to after years of having the crosshair pasted directly in the center of the screen.
All that being said, though, I must applaud the developer for their modernization efforts. The game's exactly the same as the original, in all the places the count, and any of the things that would lead to an unfair judgment have been suitably tweaked and enhanced (even the voice acting, which despite being the same recordings, is now in crisp high quality).
The modder in me, though, poses a different question: is it much easier to rip the sound effects from an XBLA game than it is to get them from the N64 ROM?
Mar 15, 2010
The Waiting Has Actually Not Killed Me
Today, everything I complained about in the previous post ended up being completely rectified.
My copy of Space Invaders for Game Boy arrived (and it works great on my Super Game Boy...I'd love to see an emulator do this crap), my tax money showed up as well (I am rich! Comparatively speaking!), and I also finally got the RMA number for the microphone that I was mistakenly shipped (what the hell am I going to do with a 2.5mm lapel mic with a gold connector? That's totally not what I ordered).
This is hopefully not the end of this up-shot.
My copy of Space Invaders for Game Boy arrived (and it works great on my Super Game Boy...I'd love to see an emulator do this crap), my tax money showed up as well (I am rich! Comparatively speaking!), and I also finally got the RMA number for the microphone that I was mistakenly shipped (what the hell am I going to do with a 2.5mm lapel mic with a gold connector? That's totally not what I ordered).
This is hopefully not the end of this up-shot.
Mar 13, 2010
It's The Waiting That Kills Me
I'm waiting on three things to show up in the mail, two people to contact me, and numerous jobs. Augh. Time acceleration has never been more desirable.
Mar 1, 2010
Audio Displeasure
My headset's broken.
Well, not entirely broken; it at least still functions (i.e. is still capable of recording and playing back sound), but the left earpiece (the one with the all-important microphone attached to it) has popped off. It currently dangles by its wire.
I'm sick of my headsets and microphones dying on me. I want something that will work and be durable. Maybe I should invest in a professional-quality mic.
Does anybody have recommendations? I obviously am not a rich man, but do you know of anything that will last a long time? I'm actually going to prefer a desktop microphone this time, despite not having a lot of desktop space for one. Suggestions? Anti-recommendations?
Well, not entirely broken; it at least still functions (i.e. is still capable of recording and playing back sound), but the left earpiece (the one with the all-important microphone attached to it) has popped off. It currently dangles by its wire.
I'm sick of my headsets and microphones dying on me. I want something that will work and be durable. Maybe I should invest in a professional-quality mic.
Does anybody have recommendations? I obviously am not a rich man, but do you know of anything that will last a long time? I'm actually going to prefer a desktop microphone this time, despite not having a lot of desktop space for one. Suggestions? Anti-recommendations?
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