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Clone me and let me clone help out! (Read: supposing I'd even be let on, I'd love to but unfortunately would have zero time for quite a while so I'll have to sit and think regardless)

1) For fun. This includes both making the music and being part of the community, as I would enjoy these people even if I made zero music at all. We share lots of common interests so that conversation never gets old. These are people you really enjoy being around. Making music is also a great fun activity. 2) Nostalgia. As has been mentioned before, it's the joy of going back to something you have fond memories of (or are trying to make new memories of old things. I didn't play FF4 until I started doing a remix from it). Games have huge impressions on us, and recreating a song that means a lot has a unique sense of accomplishment to it. 3) A challenge. Challenges to improve skill, stretch musical boundaries, and attempt collaborative efforts. Collaboration also has to deal with #1, however any way in which I know I can grow and become better at my hobby is a good thing. Plus, if people enjoy listening to it, that makes all the effort worth it. 4) Giving back. To recreate a track in order to honor the composer, the composition, and the original game. I'm sure there's more but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

I approve of the subject of this thread and am honored to be involved in the song in the OP. Music touches us in so many ways, and it's very awesome that a song like that has helped you to find your thoughts for your presentation! Oh, and here's mine: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01247/ It not only inspired me to focus on incorporating and centering my music around guitars, but it also inspired my friend to go on random tirades of hilarity that left my side hurting from laughter. In fact, I used this track during a photo presentation for him the day before he shipped of for Army training. It really hammered home all the memories we had forged together through college.

http://www.1up.com/news/alice-madness-returns-demoed-tgs Much of the same as the other article but it goes into more gameplay details. However, the following should have been bolded and huge-fontsized: "The cat is voiced by the same sickly ominous actor that portrayed him before." Okay, there's no doubt in my mind. This is instantly a selling point that makes the game a must-buy for me. The cat from the original was one of the best things in the game. In fact, I think it was the cat's voice that convinced me to buy it after watching my cousin play it some.

http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/alice-madness-returns/news/alice-madness-returns-new-trailer-and-screenshots/a-20100915134945253095/g-2009021914294780001 YAAAAAY! Just even looking at the screenies and more concept art has me in shivers. Definitely a fan of correlating the time-difference between game releases to time-difference in the game's universe and storyline.

That would be the assumption, yes. Eurogamer has some very interesting technical insights on the theory behind this patent: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps2-adaptor-patent-blog-entry " The real challenge here is bandwidth. The PS3's USB ports are capable of transferring around 35 megabytes per second at their maximum throughput level - no way is this fast enough to host an entire console. The fact that the hub appears to be handling Ethernet traffic suggests that Sony's solution to the bandwidth issue is to use the gigabit network port on the rear of the unit. This offers a 125 megabyte per second connection between the host console and the "removable adaptor". The theory is that the PS2 game disc is inserted into the PS3 with data from the drive combined with input from the controller(s) being beamed over the LAN port. The adaptor then decodes the data and processes it exactly as a PS2 would. The output data is then transmitted back to the PS3." Sounds like a LOT of effort to get the data from either disc/HDD to the external hardware box and back, even before post-processing like upscaling. It'd look a lot like the 32x/Sega Cd looked when added to the base console if it went through the ethernet connection. Heck, even making a passthrough would look hideous, even if the connection was fast enough via ethernet. So, here's all the box would theoretically have to do in order to have even RELATIVE interest: 1) Play all PS2 games that exist (if it's just repackages PS2 hardware, as the diagram insinuates, this would be a given) 2) Have enhancement features that make it worth the purchase (upscaling to 1080p at a minimum, otherwise there's absolutely no benefit for this over a PS2 by itself) 3) Actually work 4) Not look absolutely hideous in terms of connection to the main system (let's face it: people treat the PS3 like a media center more than any other system these days, so it's gotta have clean wiring and at least SOME redeeming visual aesthetic) 5) launched at a price point competitive to the PS2 solo unit (essentially cannibalizing their own product line but this needs to be priced to encourage a prospective PS2 system buyer to buy a PS3 with PS2-compatibility adapter instead) Since it's just a patent, I'm not sure how hopeful I would be about a product actually coming to market based on the idea. It is a very interesting idea for sure, though, but seeing how things like the GoW PS3 collection, and the recently announced revamps of Ico/SotC have good profitability...

http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3/playstation-3/news/why-sonys-patent-for-a-ps2-box-is-the-best-solution-to-backwards-compatibility/a-2010091511846496017/g-20060314115917309058 Check out Sony's latest patent. Intriguing.

Just gotta put in and say thank you to everyone who's contributed to this thread, especially Mr. Sixto. I'm sure I'll have questions at some point but there's much tinkering to be had before then! RAWK

I saw the name a few times before but had absolutely no interest in listening to her. Then, this morning, whilst eating my captain crunch with crunchberries, I found an article about her on cracked.com. Why not finally see what the hell is going on. I couldn't even finish one friggin song (Tik Tok). She can't sing, even with autotune. Her lyrics are the dumbest things I've heard in a very long time. The music is typical pop and, while catchy, her singing ruins any redeeming value. The video was horrible. And she's not attractive. She's about on the level of Brokencyde in my opinion. Unless she masterminded everything else about the song that wasn't her singing, from arrangement to production, and/or directed her own crappy video, I have zero respect for this artist. I hope this kind of autotune pop goes away fast. Very fast. Like, right now. Real singers with real talent are getting ousted by this kind of stuff. She also reeks of dirty skank just from her video and lyrics. Edit: Megadave, I'm basically in your boat. Let's go get a beer.

No idea if I'm able to do it this year or not. I'm a LOT more busy than I was last year. But, are you willing to accept old christmas-y songs that aren't already on one of your christmas albums?

We seem to be having a real bad string of luck these days. Hitori recently told me he may not be able to finish his track, despite a substantial WIP. Therefore it has been moved to bonus. If someone doesn't pick up "After the Dream" in the next week or two, I will pick it up myself. Edit: and JUST LIKE THAT, someone grabs it. Thanks to OA, who is now doing After the Dream, as well as making us a sexy website! Double Edit: Oh, and Protodome got a smexy update in! This means I only get to pester him a month from now. Mad-awesome, Mr. Dome.

http://lemonsinseries.com/ocrab/?p=195 This is the beginning. The beginning of something ridiculous. Behold, the start of our MONTH-LONG posting of a drunkly podcast with Nerdy Show! It's gonna be huge! This is Episode 36.1 - Nerdy Show After Dark (Part 1)!

YES BIRTHDAY! happy day.

Go be mopey somewhere else, Mr. Voyager. OKAY, so maybe one person or less may have noticed that we didn't list the name of the next episode coming up yet in the OP. Well, that's because September is going to be full of something special awesome. Z from Hipster, Please has declared September to be drunken podcast month. Seeing as our good buddies over at Nerdy Show were planning on taking a one month break before they started Season Four of their own show, we figured we'd make this month great for them by starting it with a hangover that lasts until October. We recorded one of the most spectacularly long drunken podcasts we've ever done! This podcast was well over 3 hours, and the plan is to divide it up and distribute it once a week until September is over. Hopefully, the first part will be out tomorrow night. We will still be recording new episodes on our own on the backend, but they may or may not be coming out on top of these (it really depends on how much time I get for editing, and y'alls already know the current episodes are a bitch to do!). So there you have it, be on the lookout for the upcoming series of...NERDY SHOW AFTER DARK!

In light of the fact you deleted the original, and that I'm still waiting for you to get off yer lazy butt, I'm reposting this for the world to hear. Because it's awesome. http://www.mediafire.com/?w1nektbq945wnt0

How does he do it? He makes awesome music, helps out immeasurably in the WIP forums, and still has time to raise two kids! THIS MAN IS INHUMAN...LY AWESOME! Best of birthdays to you, and may your family, friends, and this community, continue to be privileged to have you around for many years to come. Cheers.

QFT. Him for his acting, and Seven of Nine for eye-candy. And if there's one definitive reason why I prefer Picard over Kirk, see the following: Humor: must have it.

It's my favorite kind of spackle!: BRAIN SPACKLE!