tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21341844671763660042012-01-16T12:37:32.036-05:00In a world where everyone fusses over the best, one man seeks out the merely excellent (and sometimes the kinda good).Sid Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01808222583111622424noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134184467176366004.post-55125444052899572072011-10-05T16:35:00.010-04:002011-10-06T02:10:07.125-04:00

WinBack: Covert Operations on the PS2 is an update of a Nintendo 64 game of the same name- a third-person cover-based shooter, but one from 1999. It improves the graphics and adds mediocre Japanese voice acting and awful English voice acting.It's apparently set in a world where the ability to jump is nonexistent. At least, that's what the architecture and traps imply.It's not a horror game, but

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Freshly-minted game historian Joel Goodwin of Electron Dance has put up a video demonstration of how the nuclear reactor sim SCRAM plays. I wrote some original music for it, and I'll probably do it again. And then I'll do it yet again.And then, one more time. Or, to throw you off, up to seventy-eight more times.Watch it, is what I'm saying.

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After fifty billion years of inactivity, I do think it's high time to get back to on the internet presence/contribution bandwagon.Speaking of bands, I finished another song recently. It's called DM Assassin, named by a good friend of mine who I'm playing D&D with. It should be noted that neither she nor I are assassins and we harbor no ill will towards our hilarious DM.A review of mine for Film

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My Hotmail account was compromised recently, so I've switched to Gmail. Unfortunately, I can't switch my login for this blog to Gmail for some bizarre reason, so if I feel like it's going to be a problem, this blog may see a reset.Also, I've practically graduated college. I say practically since I have an internship that I need to finish to take care of my last 4 credit hours. So there's that.

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My second screenwriting course ended last week, so I've decided to upload the results. If I'm to go any further, I'll probably need to do a rewrite. I also need to restructure the story a bit. However, since it's as done as it's going to be for quite a while...Enjoy the first act of The Unlucky.

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The first season of DOOMFLESH reaches its conclusion. It certainly happens.The next installment may be longer, maybe up to a fifteen-pager.

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Did you open up the web browser of your choice this morning and expect zero fresh screenplays to read? TOO BAD.DOOMFLESH XIII: The Hardboiled Ninja Assassin Killer Elite is here to murder your expectations.Oh, and... enjoy, I guess.

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The repost of my short thoughts on the merits of mouselook has attracted some interesting discussion on the RPS Writer Hive forum.Find out what saccades are today!

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What's that? You want to read DOOMFLESH XII: North By North Wild Wild Southwestland Tales?If only there was some way you could read it.Shame.

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DOOMFLESH continues to doom the flesh of man in...DOOMFLESH XI: The Talented Limitless Unstoppable Mr. Nice GuyWho will survive?! (cue Mobile Suit Gundam episode opening theme)

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"Followers", a track that has lain dormant and unfinished on my laptop for quite a while, has been finished at last.My new AC adapter has come in. Irregular updates shall resume once more.

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My Sitesled account wasn't letting me upload anything for a while for some odd reason. That's over with, meaning I can proudly present the next two episodes of DOOMFLESH and a new song.DOOMFLESH IX: Must Love Universal Dog SoldiersDOOMFLESH X: It Happened One Nightwatchmen of the Living Dead SilenceAnd my most recently completed song, "Hallways". I'm also in the process of co-writing a song with

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DOOMFLESH VIII: I'm Not There Will Be Bloody Valentine Got Mail is done. Well, it's been done, but let's not mince words, as they don't make for very good cooking ingredients unless one of those words is "garlic" or another similar incredibly drawn-out gag that should end now.GET IT?!

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First off, here's my cover of "Sister Siam" by The Whip that I wrote as part of my girlfriend's Christmas present. I wanted to wait on uploading it to keep it special, y'know.Next up, I've been fussing about what to put up on the blog to keep it interesting. I've been reticent to post anything non-games/music related since this was started specifically to be about games and music. However, I've

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I'm in the middle of reading a short essay by Nathaniel Dorsky called Devotional Cinema for my senior seminar film studies course. It's mostly full of what I'd charitably refer to as "wank" so far; Dorsky fails to take a direct stance out of what seems to be fear of contradicting himself.However, he makes an interesting point about camera movement that made me think of the arguments between

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Harbour Master has posted the first part of his Neptune's Pride diary. If you are not he, do read it.Also if you are not he, comment!

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Per Harbour Master's request, here are all the tunes I wrote for "Let's Go, Avalanchier!" Note that they do cut off suddenly; all of them were longer than they needed to be as it was.Avalanchier ThemeLooking BackAvalanche BusterEnjoy!

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Here's my final animation I made for my Modes of Animation Production class. I'm most proud of the music, which didn't get much time to play out due to the short length of the animation. The present-day scenes' music is meant to sound like Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive, if you ain't a gosh-darn American) music, something I've gotten more into due to Hardcore Gaming 101's article about KGB's FM

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Last summer, I was invited to a game of Neptune's Pride arranged by Second Person Shooter. In short, Neptune's Pride is a game about CONQUERING SPACE in real-time. You want a fleet to jump to a planet? Set the order, wait 30 minutes, and watch 'em go. Alternatively, change your mind in less than 30 minutes if something comes up (it will).If you want to see what a complete playthrough from

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...I will begin regularly updating this blog with posts related to this blog's "about" section instead of tooting my own horn.Happy New Year!

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That's all.

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I had some fun with orchestral percussion and a gated synth.The track's called "Mask." Enjoy it here.

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Here is my longest tune of all time, clocking in at 8:26, called "Means."Enjoy the next eight minutes and twenty-six seconds of sound.P.S. I will update more often soon-ish. Promise!

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I just wanted to share this with everyone. It's the second story I wrote for a fiction class that parodied various elements from stories in class (the cocaine being a prime example). I originally wanted to include scenes where a location from every story in class got blown up, but the story sort of became its own thing. I just re-read some of my older stuff and this is really head-and-shoulders

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"The Ruins" is done! I think two songs in one month used to be a herculean achievement; it's nice to know I've gotten better AND faster at it.

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This one's called "Modern Times" and it's a bit noisy.Hope you like it, folks.

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This one's called "Fashion Update" and I hope you like it!If you're wondering, no I didn't start and finish two songs in two days. It's been around a month or more of on-and-off work.

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It's called "Symbolism" and the lyrics aren't recorded yet (like the rest of the songs). Enjoy!

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I had been thinking about starting a blog for a while, as an alternative to writing overlong comments on Rock, Paper, Shotgun posts proposing design concepts that veer off-topic. I was also inspired by almost deciding to download FlashPunk and start writing Flash games. I just read an interview with Jay Pavlina about Super Mario Crossover being his first complete game and how he went about

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