Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Totally Awesome Ninja Abraham Lincoln: Unforgotten Realms
July 6th, 2008 by YillbAfter watching a Zero Punctuation video about webcomics, a trailer was played afterward showcasing a animated comic focusing around a Dungeons and Dragons style roleplaying game between two friends, one of which tried to choose a lumberjack as a class, rolls with duel numb chucks, and has a beard; the other is a wizard without a monocle. This is the story of Sir Schmoopy and Eluamos Nailo.
Read the rest of this entry »Podcast No. 1 - the Test
July 5th, 2008 by YillbSo with no notes, or any real planning I decided to just make a podcast. Well more of a test of making a podcast; recording, editing, uploading, etc. It’s nothing to be proud of; I’m not adding album art or uploading it someplace special to get out there, like iTunes or anything. This was only a test that I felt I could pull off before Sunday. I know I say to watch the last episode with less than an hour, but come on, it’s only a test!
Read the rest of this entry »Music in John McCain’s TV Spot Sounded so Good, ’tis from a video game is why
June 21st, 2008 by YillbJohn McCain’s new anti war campaign ad, Safe featured a very simple message that was only reinforced by the black background and still images and the song playing that sounded the part of the I know the horrors of war and would never take America into a war that it didn’t have to fight.
However where did this moving piece of music come from? Some artist tiring away on merger earnings to put his ideas to notes? A movie? A campaign staffer who knows how to compose? Nope, none of the above; how about a video game called Medal of Honor: European Assault. Thus showing that the music in video games can be just as powerful and moving as any other.
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