July 2009
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Alien music in the clouds!
While I had only just heard of it recently, SoundCloud is a neat new online service where you can host your original music online and it is extremely easy to share. The whole thing is linked up social network-style, so people can keep up to date with what people they’re following are releasing. The best thing about it to me is that it shows the exact wave-form in the player, making it very...
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At Night — ©2009 Leif Chappelle
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Cavernous — ©2009 Leif Chappelle
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To Another World and Back
It’s halfway through 2009, and I think by now it is a given that the gaming community as a whole has a soft spot for Nobuo Uematsu and his 22 years of notable compositions. Ever since 1989’s Symphonic Suite in fact, there have been concerts held of his music. Children in Japan’s elementary schools learn Theme of Love from Final Fantasy IV as part of their standard repertoire....
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Little Robot in the Big City
Adventure games were once a staple of the PC gaming scene. For me, actually, it was the solid basis of all things PC game. Whether it was getting absolutely boggled by the puzzles in Myst, or getting freaked out by the ambiance in 7th Guest or The 11th Hour, or laughing my ass off to the Secret of Monkey Island, or being blown away by what simple imagery and brilliant storytelling could do with...
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A Tale of Caves and Mimigas
About four and a half years ago, one guy (Daisuke Amaya) nicknamed Pixel put together an entirely self-made retro action-adventure game called Cave Story. Through the great efforts at Aeon Genesis, an English translation patch was made with the blessings of its original creator. About a month ago, I finally realized its existence.
Get the game + patch at Aeon Genesis
One thing particularly...