Video game music

I was at work, picking out music for a video that the other editor was cutting when I heard a piece of the music he was sifting through. It was bad electronica. I sighed, nostalgic, as my mind wandered to 80's video games.

I started to think how much I missed early video game music, and how much it had changed. Most notably with the ps1 when developers weren't forced to cram midis on games anymore and could actually use recorded music. Of course the PS2 was out before all that many took advantage of this opportunity. This not only got away from software instrumentation, but also allowed popular music to be put into games. This didn't really affect me, because I like classical music and modern music about equally, but I did hear some new songs from skateboarding and BMX games.

A potentially groundbreaking move was with the xbox allowing you to rip your own CDs into the hard drive and play them during games. Unfortunately very few games offered this option. I actively went to seek out games that had this option available. It's why I played DOA beach volleyball so much. .....

Anyway, the bad electronica made me long for the days of shitty midis. I'm honestly not sure if this is just because of nostalgia or if I like the gritty midi sound as a change of pace from the flawless symphony.

Scary

It is scary to me that this exact same thing goes through my mind:




XKCD

News

Since it's April, I'm back. I've decided that since I have no readers to disappoint, I'll only be posting when I feel the urge rather than sticking to a schedule. For today I'll just post my recent news.

I've yet to go to a Mensa meeting, but I've flashed my membership card at several bars to try to get free drinks. And tang.

I finally shat on the pot I've been sitting on for a long time and made a webcomic.
Smash This. I hope the project with reach a few talented artists who would be willing to take on my other 5 webcomic projects I have waiting in the wings.

The feature has unsurprisingly hit more delays. I'm so f'n tired of this movie.

I think I'm dying of some sort of plague and my new doctor can't see me until monday because he wants me to die, apparently.


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