Ongoing games:
noodles Final Fantasy 2 (iPhone)
noodles Deadly Creatures (WII)
belajjal Bayonetta (360)
ricochet Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Latest additions:
VVVVVV (PC)
Need for Speed: Shift (PS3)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (PC)
Mass Effect (PC)
Recently completed:
ricochet VVVVVV (PC)
ricochet Super Bomberman (SNES)
ricochet God of War Collection (PS3)
ricochet Megaman X (SNES)
noodles Ghostbusters (PS3)
Latests comments:
noodles
Wow, it's really been this long since the site launched? And it's really been this long for the new design to go up?
I blame commercialism, since it's keeping me too busy.
Now, since this little mistake I made launched the redesign too early I guess I'll have to finish the programming as well. Oy vey.
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Where music has been, games are going.
by noodles on Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 15:59 - Comments: 0
We've all heard the words "They were better before". It usually refers to a band that's been around the general circulation of records for a few years. The theory being that when the band or artist gained the attention of a broader audience the record-company put more production and promotion into the development of further songs from that artist. This usually goes hand-in-hand with the term "sold out", accusing the musicians of chasing the all-might-dollar over "keepin' it real". The latter usually involves scraping by on a day-to-day basis not knowing where the next paycheck is coming from and playing where you're offered, making the artists go to the people, instead of the more popular version of the people going to the audience. To clarify, I'm talking about fans having to pick between not seeing the performance and, not only, coughing up an arm and a leg for tickets, but also to get to the venue, and perhaps even find accommodations near the event. Whereas the other version, known as the "band on a budget"-approach, involves - sometimes metaphorically, sometimes literally - a band living out of their van, going from gig to gig to earn enough money to put gas in the tank and food in their bellies.
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