Kenogu Labz

Maybe it's just me, then. I feel like a lot of the tracks were 'happy-ified' or dampened. Gravity, for example, went from setting a beat for a boss-fight to a kind of meandering 'tense moment' theme that really doesn't suit boss battles like it was meant to. Oppression bounces around as an almost casual track, nowhere near serious enough for the intense battle that's set up at that point. A couple tracks do stick out as still being really good (See Jenka 2, Last Battle), but the tracks just doesn't mesh anywhere near as well as the originals. Listening to DannyB's, the arrangements and instrumentation fit really well, but the mastering feels really, REALLY off. Not sure if that was due to DS limitations or something, but it's almost more frustrating than Nicalis' because you can hear what it's trying to be, but falls short.

Wow! This one came as a bit of a surprise to me, actually. I haven't really tried to look into the Ecco OSTs, but looks like I'll need to after hearing this! This is certainly DoD material, and the playing is solid on all sides: crisp drums and well-articulated guitar make this a pleasure to listen to. The fast-paced, anthemic nature of the song certainly makes me wonder what kind of heat that dolphin's packing...

The irony. It would buuuurrnnn. Let's do it.

Yeah, but it also depends on how hard-coded the music is. Should be fine, but there's a bit of a chance that it'll bork out on you. Just copy everything out beforehand just in case.

Yeah, that's what was odd. Makes me wonder if they'll update the Steam version with an option for the new music.

Wait, why didn't I hear about this? One of my biggest issues with Nicalis' remake was that they took all the wind out of the music. Def. wanna see what the difference is, now... EDIT: OOOH if it's the same as the Cave Story 3D soundtrack then YES. That sounded soo much better. Also, it doesn't drop on top of the Steam version. I'm also pretty sure that the HIB version doesn't track Steam achievements. Music or achievements? It could also be possible to change out just the music, but I haven't tried it yet.

Don't you know? The best game developers just release the games when the dev team is simply fed up with trying to complete the requested feature list.

Fix'd that for you. While I haven't played the game, I'm willing to bet it's still enjoyable without those changes, just marginally less so. In a way, it's continuing the developers' work after-the-fact, in a way that's unrestricted by development time limitation or poor planning.

You were planning on trying this again next weekend, right? I'll probably be around for that one. Sounds like a fun spin on things!

It's tough to be partial when you're a pseudo-random number generator.

We already have a 'Remix Roulette' system on the front page; maybe making it more prominent would help, if only a little, and the partiality would be entirely removed from the equation.

Hum, without that feather, he's at 4.13% of his power. Now's our chance... http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37837 http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=828188 OA

Hmm, I like this quite a bit. It's got a nice solemn mood to it, and the progression works great for setting up a scene in your mind - very cinematic. The addition of the electronic elements in the track only serve to make it grittier and more methodical, in a way. Brings to mind 'cold calculation'.

I just see it as being an issue if you want to play at a location where there is no internet connectivity, such as on a plane, commuter train, etc. Then it's not so much about how much you're on the internet as when you're able to access it. Steam has an offline mode, for example, that allows you to access games, as long as you let it know _before_ you go offline, which is a logical solution to the problem: you have access to all games until you have internet access again, since you already authenticated them before you went offline. And to tackle the Comcast tangent, believe me, I've seen far worse ISPs, many of them local to an area. Comcast has its hiccups, glitches, and intentional oversights, but that's because they're a business, and they have to weigh decisions like any other business. They're not perfect, but we can't really expect any business to be perfect, and Comcast usually provides a better option by far than the alternatives, in my (limited) experience. (How they handle the customer-facing side of the business is another matter, for sure...) This is purely based off of personal experience, so there's probably a dozen counter-examples I haven't heard of. EDIT: I guess zircon already sorta touched on the loss of portability earlier.

Apples to oranges. Though I would be interested in seeing different settings, I'm not sure it would work well if they simply leveraged pure Steampunk or pure Science Fiction. That was one of the major draws of Wind Waker and Skyward Sword: the mechanics were familiar, but the settings were very different. Given how strong the Oracle games were, something like that might provide a strong initial lead-in to such a setting.

Any chance of non-choral vocals at all? It all depends on what you have in mind, of course, and anticipating it either way. But it could also be cool if there was a live vocalist as part of this final movement. Bonus points for boy soprano!

Ahh, yes! I remember this from its WIP form! He posted this up just before he left (boot camp, was it?), and it's remained one of my favorite renditions of this track. Rock-solid as always: the themes blend together well and the flow of the song is such that it never gets stale. Great to see it posted!

Thing is, it's entirely unfeasible to investigate each individual claim. This is the reason they have the suspension system in place: the automated system suspends the channel, after which real people can step in and evaluate claims, etc. My guess is this is an automated procedure, triggered after the channel hit some critical mass of flags or reports. Could be very wrong, though.

Again, just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. They're just not accessible to the public.

Suspension does not imply video deletion. I expect they leave the videos just as they are until the claim has been resolved one way or the other.

This is unfiltered information, so some of it (if not all) is bound to be entirely wrong, but here's the impression I get: Midi files, by themselves, only describe properties of a sound: pitch, velocity and patch number (perhaps also note length). Some variations of midi files will allow you to store other types of information, but core Midi is based on a very small set of parameters, thus limiting the medium. For example, you can't detune directly in standard Midi; the only frequencies available are those corresponding to standard notes. Despite this, Midi's strength lies in its universal notation. If nothing else, it is able to describe the structure of most songs, which is helpful for those attempting to arrange those songs, as they can more easily analyze the songs visually than they would be able to by ear. Basically, while Midi was frustratingly poor in its design, it's still useful enough for many practical purposes.

One Piece is kind an oddball of fun. It bounces between kinda immature humour and all-out awesome; the bizarre abilities are presented creatively enough, and the arcs are solid enough (at least as far as I've gotten) to keep it interesting and fun. But you're already watching it, so guess it doesn't need much of a recommendation. (Here's hoping Funi clinches the next batch of dubbing rights soon...) Trigun's also a bunch of fun. The characters in that one are really great, and are what makes it stick out from the rest. Give it a couple episodes to kick in (I suspect this is the case for most shows, really). I've watched YYH. I'm not sure it'd make it to the top of my list by a long shot, but it's certainly not bad. It's great if you're trying to watch and do something else at the same time, since the amount of attention required to follow it isn't that high.

Glancing at the pic reminded me that I do have a recommendation: Monster. It's not flashy, sticking more with realism than blow-your-mind art. Yet it pulls off a stunning story, and you'll be at the edge of your seat for every episode. You could think of it as initially based on the older series 'The Fugitive', at least in the basic premise. Definitely worth a shot; do note that it takes a bit for the real story to kick in, so it's not a hospital drama as it may initially seem to be.

If you played the game without running into the monsters at all, you're doin' it wrong. The prison was probably the worst, in that it was really easy to get trapped, and each door potentially has a monster behind it, so it's really easy to spook yourself. Between the potential of imminent mauling and the background you find in journals, your imagination runs all too wild trying to fill in the blanks on what exactly you're up against, and that itself is terrifying. But yeah, given the poster isn't looking to pee his pants, this probably isn't the best choice if you're just looking for story.

Yeah; I grabbed the first one, since I recognized and was interested in a couple of the games it had, but this one didn't really catch my eye. I think they have a notification list you can subscribe to that'll ping you when the next bundle's up, so we don't forget to remind you. :3