If you’ve got 10 minutes, use them to check out this lecture from Matthew Applegate AKA Pixelh8. He’s speaking to music technology students about creating circuit bending/chiptune music. Pretty neat stuff.
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Hooray! Now GameTap can be accessed by Intel-based Mac users using GameTap’s Lite Player. Using TransGaming‚Äôs Cider technology, all of GameTap‚Äôs free and Gold level membership features will run on all Intel-based Macs including Mac Books and Mac Minis.

“Mac users will now be able to enjoy hundreds of games that have never been playable on a Mac before,” said Stuart Snyder, Turner’s executive vice president and chief operating officer of Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media. “GameTap’s expansion into the Mac community reflects our commitment to being the premier destination for people who love to play games.”

Later this summer, Mac users will receive access to GameTap’s Deluxe Player, which offers a richer game environment, with full-screen gameplay, customizable control settings, the ability to download games while playing another, and more. To check out the new Mac-tastic GameTap, visit GameTap.com and get your first month of a Gold level membership for 99 cents.

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Today, Nerdapalooza, the nerd music festival on its first year, has announced it’s official roster of musicians to perform. The festival will be on September 22nd and 23rd in Eureka, California and I TOTALLY want to go.

Below, listed in alphabetical order, are the thirty-eight bands that have agreed to perform at Nerdapalooza. They range in genre from parody synthpunk to chiptunes (8-bit techno) to sockpuppet rock to nerdcore hiphop. One band is still in negotiations before they will go public with their involvement.

8 Bit Bandit – Chiptunes from Southern California
8-Bit w0nder – Chiptunes from Georgia
8bit bEtty – Chiptunes from New York
The Alphabetics – Nerdcore Hiphop from Portland, Oregon
Beefy – Nerdcore Hiphop from Washington
Big Beat Battalion – Nerdcore Hiphop from Las Vegas, Nevada
Category – Nerdcore Hiphop from the United Kingdom
Decepticon-19 – Nerdcore Hiphop from Bay Area, California
Drown Radio Therapy – Nerdcore Hiphop from Bay Area, California
Dual Core – Nerdcore Hiphop from Ohio and the UK
Dungeon Master – Dungeon-core from Northern California
Electro Static Discharge – Glitchy EDX from Portland, Oregon
Freezepop – Synth Pop from Boston, Massachusetts
The Great Luke Ski – Parody Hiphop from Wisconsin
Hot Waffles – Comedy Rock from Southern California
Josiah the Messiah – Nerdcore Hiphop from Northern California
Love You Long Time – Powerpop from Utah
MC Gigahertz – Nerdcore Hiphop from Washington
MC Lars – Nerdcore Hiphop from Bay Area, California
The Megas – Video Game Rock from Southern California
My Parents Favorite Music – Nerdcore Hiphop from Tennessee
The OneUps – Video Game Music from Arkansas
Optimus Rhyme – Nerdcore Hiphop from Washington
Pixelh8 – Chiptunes from the United Kingdom
Powerglove – Video Game Metal from Massachusetts
Random – Nerdcore Hiphop from Arizona
Rappy Mcrapperson – Nerdcore Hiphop from Washington
Robotronica – Dance-core from Washington
Rocket Propelled Geeks – Nerdcore Hiphop from Florida
Shael Riley – Nerd Rock from New York
The Stunt Junkies – Nerdcore Hiphop from Washington
Super Barrio Bros – Glitchy VG Hiphop from Southern California
Temp Sound Solutions – 8 Bit IDM from Baltimore, Maryland
Uncle Monsterface – Sockpuppet Rockband from New York
Wordburglar – Nerdcore Hiphop from Canada
Worm Quartet – Comedy Electropunk from New York
YTcracker – Nerdcore Hiphop from Colorado
ZeaLouS1 – Nerdcore Hiphop from Southern California

and other surprise guests! Keep in touch with the latest Nerdapalooza happenings on MySpace.

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It seems like every time I give in and say “Well, this is the best deal I’m gonna get.” and buy something… soon after the company will slash the price. Just like Sony has done with the PS3. To make up for their crappy sales (the Xbox 360 and Wii have far outnumbered sales over the PS3 since launch) they announced their plan to cut the price by $100 starting today. Sony is also introducing a new version of the PS3 featuring an 80-gigabyte hard drive and a copy of Motorstorm, one of two games I’ve heard good things about out for the PS3 right now. (The other one is Resistance: Fall of Man). This may help Sony play a little bit of catch up, but there are rumblings about an Xbox 360 price cut coming up, too. So we’ll just have to see what happens.

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Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it will expand its global Xbox 360(TM) warranty coverage. Now, any Xbox 360 customer who sees those three red blinking lights of death (representing a general hardware failure) within three years of their original purchase date can relax. Microsoft has promised to make all console repairs free of charge, including shipping costs. Plus, anyone who previously paid for repair expenses related to the 3 evil lights will be retroactively reimbursed by Microsoft.

“The majority of Xbox 360 owners are having a great experience with their console and have from day one. But, this problem has caused frustration for some of our customers and for that, we sincerely apologize,” said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division. “We value our community tremendously and look at this as an investment in our customer base. We look forward to great things to come.”

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[Source: GamePolitics.com] An official of the Florida Bar proposed late last week that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson submit to psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license, according to an e-mail GamePolitics received from Thompson himself. Read the full story here»

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