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    Behold! It is Pretzelday!

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    Thanks for the well-wishes, everyone!!

    I announced this on FB just a few minutes ago, but I'm going to be a father, and today as a kind of "birthday gift" my wife Anna & I found out the baby's gender during an ultrasound, and it's a girl!!

    I'm now going to use the nice work emoticon for MYSELF, five times: :nicework::nicework::nicework::nicework::nicework:

    Groupees Video Game Music ReMix bundle

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    Posted · Edited by djpretzel

    Just a quick question out of curiosity - these are licensed albums, by my understanding. Does the licensing agreement cover this form of distribution, for charity?

    I mean, I would hope that it would it be cool, but I know licensing is often very restricting, so I'm interested in whether this type of model is explicitly allowed... often licensing can occur at a flat rate, rather than a percentage, which would mean distributing for $1 would actually be a big loss.

    Any info is appreciated - cool concept & great music!

    Nintendo Wii U

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by djpretzel

    The GameCube had a few standout games. The Wii had a few standout games. I'm sure the Wii U will also have a few standout games, at some point, but it DOES feel like a steady decline to me. I suppose I'd place the Wii above the GC because I DO love Super Mario Galaxy a lot, and Sunshine didn't really compare, but it's sad when it comes down to a single game like that.

    I play my Wii U so seldom that even when the controller tablet thinger is fully charged and left off, it loses its charge. I have to plug it in whenever I fire a game up, which is hardly ever. When I do, I have to sit through Nintendo's slow-as-molasses OS, fisher-price GUI (which was cute at one point but stopped being as cute when the speed, or lack thereof, became so apparent), and for some reason ANY network access at all, be it firmware updates, game updates/purchases, etc., is slow as hell on the Wii, 3DS, AND now the Wii U as well.

    In contrast, if Sony delivers on its promises, firing up a game on the PS4 is going to be VERY quick, close to instant gratification. I legitimately feel like that will actually get me playing more games, to be honest. The 3-4 minutes it takes to wade through Wii U's bullshit just to reach gameplay seems incredibly outdated to me, and highly problematic.

    For me at least, it's less about pure graphical horsepower and more about overall approach and emphasis. I want something elegant and convenient, not something that tries to make the OS itself into a game, at the cost of efficiency, and tries too hard to make peripheral innovation a key component of EVERY game, when it only really works well for CERTAIN games.

    OCR @ Otakon 2013!

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    Brotakon. OAtakon. Our first official con appearance was at Otakon, and we've been going ever since.

    Not all staff are into anime, but I am, and actually went all the way back in 1998, long before it was in the ginormous bmore con center & before OCR even existed.

    We'll be sure to have some Otakon-exclusive content so even if you're intimately familiar with all things OCR, hit us up & (if scheduling works out) you MIGHT win a physical copy of B&R!

    OCR02699 - Final Fantasy VI "The Impresario"

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    Coming from someone who's been on this site since Terra in Black was brand spankin' new (and Music of my Groin was relevant), this is probably the best I've ever heard.

    What this needs more than anything is Uematsu's reaction. Someone needs to pull whatever strings necessary to get him this album (Nightmare Oath and The Impresario in particular) - I can only imagine what he'd think about such care and heart put in to (remixing and arranging aren't even fitting words) such frankly historical music

    [21:04] <Bahamut> kristi posted this earlier btw: Nobuo Uematsu on Jake's arrangement: "I was shocked! I have to buy a glass of beer for this guy!"

    [21:04] <Bahamut> on fb

    [21:05] <@Liontamer> yeah, Don Kotowski from SEMO shared it with Uematsu, and that was his reaction to Impresario

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