When she's not busy blowing the heads off of enemies to get to the next level, she's usually playing video games.
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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If I could marry an entire band, it would probably be The Lost Levels. This Norwich-based group is mega talented and they’ve just released the animated video for The Early Sheets – one of my favorite Lost Levels songs.
The video was created by Steve Jones using Maya 2008 and took four months to complete. If you dig the song as much as I do, you need to take advantage of the free download situation RIGHT NOW:
Posted on October 27th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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YouTube genius Brentalfloss has done it again. This time it’s with his Satchmo impression in his tribute to Super Mario World.
Well done, my friend. Well done.
For the lyrics, check out the original YouTube post and expand the info on the right side.
Posted on October 3rd, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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Atarimatt makes quarter-pumpin’ arcade punk with two Atari 2600 consoles flinging pixilated cyberscience at you with pop-locking beats and pocket calculator algorithms.
great unwashed luminaries smokes you up with dragon dice-rolling electro-prog, washing you in analog oceans while grooving you to the robotic motorik.
Sinkhole Texas Inc. has brought these two dudes together on a new EP: I Was a Teenage Metalhead that will rock your nerdy molecules so hard, you’ll be sweating pixels. The 5 track disc features two exclusive tracks from each artist and then each one remixes of Atarimatt’s classic cut “Commuter.” So what do these two rhythm masters have to say about eachother?
“great unwashed luminaries makes me want to break out the Tron sack for real.”
“Atarimatt makes me want to do the robot infront of other people without shame, for realz.”
Rad.
The disc starts out with Space Squid Shakedown by Atarimatt (AM) – a track that for some reason makes me visualize two old school GameBoys lying next to each other on chargers talking about their day. Then it moves into one of my two favorite tracks: Bodyrocking by great unwashed luminaries (GUL). This one makes me want to dance like no one’s looking while wearing crazy, purple 80s shades. Track three – The Electric Monsters (AM) – sounds like a boss battle involving 8-bit flame-throwing dragons, and a knight with a broken battle axe. Track four – Silence Sea & Sky by great unwashed luminaries – sounds like the song you’d hear as racing robots crossed the finish line. This moves into my second favorite track on the album by Atarimatt: his Logan 5 remix of Commuter. I freaking love this remix. If nerds had a dance club, this would be one of the top songs requested. There’d be people drinking Red Bull and doing the robot all over that freaking dance floor. That brings us to the last track – the Unwashed Remix of Commuter by GUL. This is the kind of song you hear when you’re walking through a dark room, see a bunch of health packs and ammo and know that if you go through the doors, you are about to be in one helluva battle.
This is a great disc and best of all… IT’S ONLY TWO BUCKS! So you have no excuse not to buy it. It even comes with 3 totally awesome stickers: one for Atarimatt, one for great unwashed luminaries and one for Sinkhole Texas Inc. that looks like it says SHIT. Neat.
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Posted on October 1st, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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The AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack will be available this November in the US and throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand beginning in early December. The live recording was specially remixed for Rock Band by Mike Fraser and features 18 tracks:
“Thunderstruck”
“Shoot to Thrill”
“Back in Black”
“Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be”
“Heatseeker”
“Fire Your Guns”
“Jailbreak”
“The Jack”
“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
“Moneytalks”
“Hells Bells”
“High Voltage”
“Whole Lotta Rosie”
“You Shook Me All Night Long”
“T.N.T.”
“Let There Be Rock”
“Highway To Hell”
“For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”
Now, I understand that AC/DC is a good rock band. I enjoy some of their songs after a few beers ($2 PBRs) in the right setting (drunk). But I’ve gotta say that every time I hear either Bon Scott or Brian Johnson, I can’t help but think of Donald Duck.
Listen for yourself:
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Posted on September 30th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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The folks at Rocumentary Entertainment just released Gamers to Players (G2P), an instructional DVD that shows you how to take what you’ve learned in Rock Band or Guitar Hero and translate that over to a real guitar.
Co-creator and G2P instructor Mark John Sternal said, “People of all ages love games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. These games have even inspired a number of people to take up a musical instrument as a hobby. The problem is, learning to play guitar after learning the games can be difficult. G2P gives a gamer an advantage over beginners when making the transition from the controller to a real guitar. Our unique system cuts out all of what gamers don’t want, and gives them all of what they need to start cranking out tunes right away! G2P speaks the language of gamers, and makes the transition from Easy to Expert fast and easy.”
Right now, the DVD is available in the U.S. and Canada at guitar stores including Guitar Center and Sam Ash and the creators are hoping to sell it in the same places video games are sold by November.
Posted on September 9th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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My Dad and I were having dinner the other night and we started talking about our favorite TV commercials. I don’t watch TV unless I’m out somewhere and one happens to be on, so I hadn’t heard about/seen this one for Mercenaries 2 – which was my Dad’s top pick. He just sent me the link and I freaking love it. If you haven’t seen it yet, enjoy:
One of my favorite things is seeing crazy chaos set to a lovely, sweet soundtrack. The song was written specifically for the game promo and has become so popular that Pandemic Studios has actually added the full length track as a free MP3 download to their site. I’ve done a little digging and am unable to find the name of the artist who created this song. If anyone knows, please post it here. I’ve gotta give props to this brilliance.
UPDATE 09/12/08: Finally figured out who wrote/performed the song. YAY! There’s a comment from Chris Tilton who composed, produced and orchestrated the soundtrack for the Mercenaries 2 and sets the record straight on Gaming Today:
I did not have anything to do with the song. The “Oh No You Didn’t” commercial was contracted by EA’s marketing department. The commercial was created by Shilo Design, and the song was written and performed by The Wojahn Brothers, a company that writes commercial jingles. Shilo Design credits The Wojahn Brothers on their site.
So there you have it. “Oh No You Didn’t” was written and performed by the Wojahn Brothers who can rest assured that they would make it big in the world of Nerdcore if the advertising jingle gig ever got stale.
Posted on June 5th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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My friend Chris with The Lost Levels having fun in the local music shop. Good times 
Posted on May 30th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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Ever wonder what our beloved childhood video game memories would sound like if you took them to a ren faire and let them play? Wonder no more. You can download Gameboy Madrigals by Animal Style for free and find out first hand. Just go to iimusic.net, a newer net label featuring some of the best in experimental chiptune music and check out 8 tracks of awesome.
Joey Mariano (Animal Style) was inspired to create these tunes by early role playing and puzzle video games, Japanese folk melodies, and masters of the madrigal such as Francesco Landini. Early composers of the madrigal used only 2 to 3 voices to create counterpoint. The gameboy has only 3 melodic monophonic channels with which to create melodies. While Mariano admits that his mardrigals are by no means conventional and even break many of the standard rules, he feels they can be viewed as a modern extension of the medium. Retro video game tonalities are combined with Retro-Reniasance / Medieval mixtures of interlocking melodies on Songs like “Gather ‘Round Retrograde.” The Pentatonic scales and intricate bends of Japanese folk music are integrated into Mariano’s song “Tokyo Cornfeild in Antigravity.”
So… if you want to daydream about Yoshi, Sonic and Mario gettin’ their medieval jam on whilst you gnaweth on yon turkey leg and drink pint after pint of honey mead, go download Gameboy Madrigal, close your eyes and soak in the chiptastic sounds. And if you dig it, make sure you hit the donate button and show him some love.
(GAME DAME TRIVIA: I actually worked as a performer at Scarborough Renaissance Festival for 3 years which means I totally outnerd you.)
Posted on May 21st, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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Looking for something to do for this 4th of July weekend that doesn’t involve the lake, rednecks and drunken firecracker fights? Get your butt over to Florida for a Nerd Revolution. On July 4th and 5th, Nerdapalooza Southeast 2008 will take over Orlando‚Äôs Taste Restaurant from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., featuring more than 30 nerdcore musicians hailing from Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States. Presented by Troma Entertainment and A Comic Shop, headliners for Nerdapalooza include nerdcore founder MC Frontalot, Harry and the Potters, YTCracker, Pixelh8, Random, ZeaLouS1 and Select Start.
In addition to a guaranteed rocking weekend, you can feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that all of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the nonprofit organization, Child’s Play. Created in 2003 by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, this Seattle-based nonprofit organization is dedicated to providing children worldwide with toys, books, movies and video games.
‚ÄúWe are committed to helping Child’s Play beat last year’s donations,‚Äù Nerdapalooza Co-founder John T. Carter said.
Nerd culture has become increasingly popular and the cultural awareness of technology increases bit by bit every day. While it was once ‚Äònerdy‚Äô to own a computer, now it is status quo. ‚ÄúWith the boundaries of what is “nerdy” and what is “normal” continually shifting, we are on the bleeding edge of what is a steadily increasing community,‚Äù Carter said.
Examples of this ‘bleed’ can be seen in mainstream culture today. “The Kanye West and Daft Punk collaboration is a perfect example,” Carter said. “The entire music video is a straight-up tribute to the Akira anime,” Carter said, referencing the popular anime movie.
Nerdapalooza will rival the size of nerdcore festivals MAGfest, Blipfest, and the Penny Arcade Expo. “There have not been so many nerds rapping in one place ever. Be very afraid,” MC Frontalot said.
Here’s the current Nerdapalooza roster:
MC Frontalot | Harry and the Potters | Pixelh8 | Select Start | YTCracker | Random | ZeaLouS1 | Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew | chozo_ninpo | CSHC | DJ Snyder | Dual Core | Emergency Pizza Party | Former Fat Boys | funky49 and Redvoid | Killer Robots! | Krondor Krew | LogicOne | Magitek | Marc with a C | Math the Band | MC Gigahertz | MC Inadequate | mCRT | MisterB | myf | Nora Ricci | Rocket Propelled Geeks | Schaffer the Darklord | Sudden Death | Whoremoans | Wordburglar | Zombies! Organize!!
Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Video Game Music.
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So it’s Friday… and you’re sitting in your cubicle staring at the clock or your MySpace page or the ceiling… pretty much anything other than the work your supposed to be doing. You know what you need? Video game inspired music. Yep. Here Comes a New Challenger from GameMusic4All is going to get you through to the weekend. Here’s the scoop:
Here Comes a New Challenger is an album looking to create bridges and close gaps between the many varied but all incredibly talented areas of Video Game Inspired Music. From nerdcore, to chiptune, to VG rock, and even folk, rap, and remixing. Every song on this album combines two or more musicians, some of which never even heard of one another before this album. All these artists are influenced by many different things, but all come together for their love of video games. On this compilation we show that video game inspired music is diverse, strong, and of course, musically entertaining.
You can download the album for free here, but if you’ve got a few bucks, show some love by donating some cash to the cause. The download gets you 22 (!!!) AWESOME songs, album art and lyrics. I’m so excited to listen to this and find all these artists I’d never heard before. Favorite track? F-Bombs and 1-Ups FTW.
Game Heroes
Video podcast appearance
—June 2008
Sweet Flag
Interview
—May 2008
Attack of the Show
“The Loop” panelist
—November 2007
CrotchMail.com
Interview
—June 2007
TiedTheLeader.com
Interview
—April 2007
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