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Does it matter? I never really liked Flinstones and I hate Seth MacFarlane's shows, so this announcement I really don't give a fuck about.

I'd say that the music I listen to helps create my identity. I'm a metalhead and I enjoy the culture of heavy metal; wearing black band shirts, long hair, boots and leather jackets. I wouldn't wear spikes outside of a Halloween or performing live setting since they are impractical and could probably get me a lot of unwanted attention, especially from authorities. Despite the number of band shirts that I own, I have a sizable amount of video game shirts as well that reflect my love of video games and its music. Personality-wise, I don't think music has really affected or influenced my behavior. I've always tended to be a bit of an introvert, especially in a new setting but when I'm with good friends or at least very comfortable with my surroundings, I'm pretty out going.

Sega won't enter the hardware market again. At least, not on the home console end as that costs billions of dollars just to create, market and maintain it. And the viability of home consoles in the near future is in question. I doubt they'd jump into the handheld market as well as they'll get dominated by Nintendo and Apple. There's no real point for Sega to enter any hardware market; their IPs are not unique enough to justify purchasing a console for them unlike for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. But if we're gonna ask a former console maker to jump back in, why not have NEC and SNK join back in?

You mean photo-real textures? Games have been using them for quite sometime, just probably not too noticeable on most games because of texture compression and having to manage a lot of objects on screen. I think more realism is a given. I'd certainly like to see better animation but that's more up to the animators and people directing mo-cap than the technology. If anything, I'd like to see actual artistic styles become more popular rather than trying to emulate reality.

Yeah, your shit ain't really safe on the 360 either. I feel that 2012 is too soon for any new console, but that's probably because I'm very slow to finish newer titles and it kind of seems like that developers have plateaued what can be done technologically and monetarily. The graphical leap between this generation and the next won't be that great at all; certainly not in the first couple of years. And it certainly won't do anything to prevent the deluge of sequels and copycat games. In reality, that's pretty much how the entire game industry operates since the beginning, so no surprises there.

I'm still pissed that they don't have Amon Amarth on the soundtrack. Honestly, I'm completely lackadaisical toward the film. I might see it if there is nothing else to really watch or if I go with some friends.

Third'ed on liking Tomba! and I as well would like to know the details of this legal dispute.

Fourth'ed. Yoshi's Island. I know it was successful when it first came out but it's always overshadowed by the other Mario games like Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and Super Mario 64. Yeah, they're fantastic but I feel that Yoshi's Island is better, at least when it comes to 2D platforming. It had a very unique visual style (looked like a crayon colored storybook). Fantastic level design that ramped up appropriately in difficulty and never got stuck. Clever bosses; where else could you fight inside of a frog's stomach or do battle with a raven or that you could potentially beat a boss before it even started? There were also plenty of secrets to find and some fantastic music to create a complete package. I believe the X-Com series is available at Good Old Games (gog.com). DRM free and cheap with some extra downloadable goodies.

I have RB3 and I would like to get the Squire but I don't really have the money and the guitar itself is not appealing to me. Rocksmith allows you to play whatever guitar you want (apparently, we'll see how well that happens in practice)! Honestly though, I think it's fantastic that the music games are stepping into the realm of teaching music or at least a specific instrument rather than miming colors and buttons. Hopefully the game will include some music theory to further develop the musician rather than just making someone a cover artist.

He's pretty good, I like the Behemoth and Slipknot songs. This guy does Billboard Death Metal, which he takes popular songs and puts them to a melodic death metal style. I also enjoy this surf rock rendition of I Am Black Wizards by the Emperors. http://youtu.be/uJje-yH-8dA

Haha. Same here. I thought it was some new chiptune album or something.

If you have the Pro Squire guitar, Rock Band 3 will do just that. Well, not entirely certain about string bends. The notes are read like tablature traveling at you. There are also training sections that cover basic chords and scales. I don't know how in-depth UbiSoft's game will go in music theory. But if it helps a kid pick up a guitar and play music. Then so be it.

Yes, more Xenogears music is definitely good. I love Xenogears Light. I really want this orchestral album, regardless of how it turns out. I'm pretty much a Xenogears fanboy. Remake please?

Damn. If only you had EGM that dated back past '92. I've been trying to collect all of the old issues. I have a pretty sizable collection going missing most of the earliest issues but I've been buying/subscribing EGM since issue 54 (January '94). I stopped around 2003 or so since I've felt that the quality was dropping off. Speaking of old magazines, anyone want some old Wired, GamePro, Nintendo Power, Revolver, ODCM, Wizard, Toyfare Game Informer magazines?

I downloaded the album last night and listened to a couple of tracks. Good stuff, I'm really digging it. And that's cool that you're from Arizona. Another 'Zonie'!

It's all about two sixteenth notes and the single eighth note. Reverse gallop rhythm.

Agreed. Ironically, Chuck originally hated the progressive death metal movement, feeling that death metal should not stray far from its roots. Thankfully he came out of that idiotic haze. I've posted this before, but it's appropriate for the thread.

Betcha can't play any of this...

I love this rendition of Clash on the Bridge:

This is actually the greatest guitarist of all time. Watch and just burn your axe! Chuck Schuldiner is definitely one of my favorite guitarists. While self taught, very repetitive in his early work and over reliant on the harmonic minor scale, he grew as a musician and guitarist to develop a very distinct and unique style.

Truthfully, I didn't even listen to the samples in the first post. For the first song, you might want to check out Joe Satriani or Steve Vai. Fantastic instrumental guitarists who have songs in a similar vein as well as songs that are technical rock marvels. analoq's song reminds me of Porcupine Tree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pLFNxqEcM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB61QMSwAsg Also check out Teleidofusion if you haven't already.

Anything guitar. I love playing and listening to guitar. One of the most accessible and versatile instruments out there.

Progressive chiptunes? How can this be wrong? Downloading now. Thanks!

I'd give more credit toward Irvin Kershner, Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan than Lucas for Empire Strikes Back. Lucas only did the story.

It's a mash-up of Final Fantasy and Type O Negative. It's probably a new Final Fantasy, possibly a side story to an established story. I doubt it'll be something to explain why there are so many different Final Fantasy universes and try to connect them all. Honestly, I think that would be pretty dumb of Square Enix.