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It's a spin because they said the new covers were to "Better reflect the artistic nature of the game," when they should have said the new covers were to "Replace the screwup from our case art designer who didn't have the original files and pulled everything off IGN to make the new cover." Not something I'll lose any sleep over, and you're absolutely right, the new covers are a.) free bonus stuff, and b.) absolutely gorgeous. But I'm all about honesty in the printed word. In other news, I'm pretty certain this is the most gorgeously beautiful game (in cel-shaded style) that I have EVER seen, and I must own it.

The only thing I find somewhat strange about the two new covers is that there's absolutely no game info or branding on them. Normally that wouldn't bother me even slightly, but I would at least like to have the name on the spine when I slip it into a DVD case.

"To better reflect the artistic nature of the game, we're proud to offer you new art for the outside of the box." I lold. Seriously though, the new alt box art is pretty hawt.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/868/868200p1.html I know it's cardinal sin linking IGN, but come on. BOTH Earthworm Jim Games, Boogerman, and Clay Fighter on VC! Best. Ever. EDIT: Since I've already sent you to Mordor, have a look at The Conduit while you're there. A Wii game that looks as good as Bioshock? Who could have imagined? The only problem is that this one can't seem to get any love from a publisher. Anyone here who can help with that? http://wii.ign.com/articles/867/867498p1.html

Burfday++! Congrats man, have a good one!

You all do realize that the IGN version of this box art will be fixed within days and this version of the game will be a collector's item though, don't you? Not that it'll ever be like, worth a ton, but still.

Nah, that's a big deal. I don't want IGN logos on my case art. (They haven't been boxes since the last N64 game.) My only consolation is that it looks like the wolf is trying to eat it.

If you're saying it came as a demo WITH Kotor, like some nostalgia thing, then I'd highly recommend looking into games that come from the people who created Kotor, which would be Lucasarts and probably a few other collaborators. Either that or the game it came with wasn't Knights of the Olde Republic, cuz that game isn't too terribly old. 2003 I think.

It makes me mad in my head. Seriously, this is like M*A*S*H* meets green acres meets spaghetti western meets Braveheart meets disney meets every other vomit inducing cliche in history. Great work.

I cried gumdrops and jelly beans when I saw that. Nice work.

I love how it looks like I pentuple posted happy birthday now.

Seems to be the fad thing to do today, so happy birthday!

Happy birthday Gecko, and thanks for all the car insurance.

Happy birthday!

I love you Tim.

Birthday dyslexic happy have a

Happy burfday Mr. The Coop!

Wow. Welcome home man, haven't seen you since 2003. This is a GREAT mix. It's reminiscent of the Wind Waker Soundtrack in some ways, but it somehow manages to sound like Earthbound, lounge music, and Samurai Jack all smooshed together. You win for having a piano solo in there as well, there's no better way to get my A+ on a mix. It just sounds whinsical, happy, and downright beautiful. Excellent stuff, and welcome back!

I've never played Phoenix Wright, due to my sad and shocking lack of a DS. Could someone explain in 50 words or less why it kicks so much ass?

I play everything by ear because I suck and I don't read music well at ALL. I mean, I CAN read it, but since I don't play anything, it's a lot like a steering wheel with no car. I just piano roll that shit in FLStudio. But as far as what I'm proud of? The Castle Courtyard Theme from Gauntlet Dark Legacy. I transcribed the entire thing note for note, by ear. I also found out that because Joe Hisaishi is a sloppy composer, His timing was just slightly off during that whole song. Not that the music isn't good, but that soundtrack is just SLOPPY.

Interesting interview. I love most of Soule's work, but what he said about sound sequencing is especially interesting for me. Let us speak of the Morrowind theme. Obviously an epic, great piece of music, I think most of us who've heard it can agree with that. But I always felt like he could have done a lot more with it. I felt like that theme was too subdued, like there was an amazing melody there just wanting to bust loose and have fun. It fit in the somewhat quiet, subdued context of the game, but still... something was missing. So then, a couple months after I first heard that song, Fray's song Fear Not got posted here on OC ReMix. A pulsating electronica track, and I feel like it expanded on the Morrowind theme musically and sonically, and gave it a power and presence that it richly deserved. That's what I love most about remixing. Jeremy had a great idea with the Morrowind theme, but in my opinion he didn't push it to the wall and take it as far as it could go. NOT because he was wrong, but because in his mind, the theme was finished. Fray took it and ran with it in a direction I doubt Jeremy even considered. He gave it a sweeping majesty, a great beat, and a raw power that were kind of hiding in the original, and it was completely electronic. Other people have remixed it other ways, using sequencing, composing, sound design... it's amazing to me to see people take that starting point of the original and explore all the different tangents it can musically take. The Final Stage was another take on the same theme, and it sounds like it could be the credits theme for Braveheart. Completely different from both Fray and Jeremy. The point is, what Jeremy's talking about is, in one sense, true. The classical 'components' of music, if you will, forms and structures, those are ageless, and I think composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Stravinsky, all of them will indeed be foundational to music as a whole probably ad infinitum. But it's closed minded to say that little to no good can come from composing outside of that mold. My favorite bands in the world are the rule-breakers, people that ignore certain parts of the musical bedrock in favor of pure sound. Bands like Rush, Tool, Imogen Heap, Blue man Group and others come to mind. It's not necessarily a bad thing to give the finger to some of the rules. Know them and respect them, yes, but feel free to cut new path too. EDIT: Mr. Robson, since you're here and most everything I've heard from you is jaw-droppingly awesome, I'll ask you. I know you're highly trained, but it's my understanding that you compose almost exclusively with samples. Provided my information is correct, what's your opinion as far as sound sequencing and editing being 'second rate' if you will?

Two words: RARE. WARE. THAT IS ALL.

How fortuitous. I just read Dune a few months ago and really liked it, although I couldn't get into any of the other ones and opted to stop before they began to suck. I'd love to see a truly good adaptation of this story.

I have bumper stickers to slap on my new Avalon, and you got $5.00. Or maybe 7. I think eStarland gets the shipping. Point is, you got munnied. Game on, Dave, the site kicks more ass by the day.

OH. MY. GOD. Any one of those 3 would make it the most epic movie in the universe.