Sunday, September 21, 2008

Classic Video Game Music Galore

I think I just found my new favourite website. Thanks to a tip-off from Internet Superstar, I have just discovered OverClocked ReMix, a website devoted to updating, rearranging and overall infusing awesome into already kick-ass classic video game soundtracks. I already get hooked by certain songs like Chemical Zone from Sonic 2, Hyrule Field Main Theme from Legend of Zelda and pretty much every theme from any Super Mario game and now I have the chance to listen to those themes fleshed out into full songs in a myriad of styles without having to pick up a controller! Okay, maybe the last bit isn't necessarily a benefit but at least I can listen to these great songs while I have other things that need to get done and I don't have time to pick up the controller. I know that I'm not the only person that gets nostalgic and wants to listen to some classic video game soundtracks; you too can download these awesome video game remixes/rearrangements to your heart's content!

On a slight tangent, I'm listening to an album of Street Fighter 2 remixes and it's becoming clear that I have never been much of a Street Fighter 2 fan. I don't think I recognize any of these themes. I guess I will need to find a copy of Street Fighter 2 to kick around.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Guys vs. Games

Okay, I need to give props to a friend of mine. She got pissed about an article that GamesRadar wrote that deemed Games more worthy of a guys time than girls so she wrote a response. GamesRadar published her story that pits Guys vs. Games, so go check it out. It kind of seems like she was out for blood though. I don't think she was too happy about girls losing to games previously.

Monday, September 15, 2008

New Album from Brad Sucks

Ottawa native Brad Sucks has released a new album, Out of It, in the same manner that he released his first album. That means that it is under a Creative Commons license, the full sources are available, you can download it for free or you can buy the CD for whatever you think it's worth. Whether or not it was intentional at first, this method of release has garnered Brad Sucks a lot of free publicity through open source advocates, podcasts and Youtube music videos, among a host of others avenues.

The music on the album is fairly good, but I'm not sure if I like it as much as his debut album, I Don't Know What I'm Doing. I Don't Know What I'm Doing had a number of songs with fairly good hooks to them that you just can't get out of your head; Out of It has hints of the same thing but mostly reminds me of the songs from I Don't Know What I'm Doing. I suspect that Out of It will get a chance to dig its hooks into me as I listen to it more, which I plan on doing.