Brandon Strader

It's a secret because it is hanging on a tight rope, it might not even happen. So if I were to say it and then it didn't happen, I would look like an idiot. The front cover is made today, hooray! One step closer to preparation!

Oh I don't know... Oink's song might be decent but I think he's established himself as a connoisseur of mediocrity. We'll see though, anything is possible.

All I can say is, never have Hansi Kursch as a guest. You'd have more tracks than you can handle. Still waiting for my call...

It's supposed to be secret even after sending? Because I might send socks and sign "Nekofrog" to it

This is one of the reasons I've shifted more towards FPS lately, especially cinematic ones are great. Simply because you have so much control, and you're constantly firing and hiding and strategising, it's awesome. A lot of the games involve just a butt-ton of walking, from here to there, and then from there back to here and back. And then when you finally meet the criteria, you see a cutscene and then more walking. It's like every game has become Lord of the Rings.

Now you're just being ridiculous, and this can be proven wrong by anyone who chooses to download--err, i mean buy... buy? the soundtrack.

He is :/ .............

This is an RPG for the Xbox360. It's about some dude who lost his memory, and the adventure he goes on to get it back... and other stuff happens. The only reason I'm mentioning the game is because there are so many similarities to Final Fantasy VII in particular, and I know people love that game. The main character is pretty much a semi-clone of Cloud. He was created in a tube, doesn't remember his past... There's actually a scene in the game I just finished where you go inside his mind like the scene in FF7 in Cloud's mind, where Tifa sees his memories, except in this case it is the Princess going into Juto's mind. Some people might consider this to be a ripoff, some others might call it a cool homage... I'm kinda slanted towards homage personally, because there's enough substance and a lot going on in the game that is original and pretty dern awesome. And if your RPG is going to be inspired by any other, it's good that it is inspired by one of the greatest ones! Also worth mentioning is the soundtrack... This soundtrack is really incredible. When Nobuo Uematsu left Square, the musical style changed very drastically. The music started to sound more like elevator muzak compared to what it was before. The soundtrack for Magnacarta 2 reminds me of that harmony between composer and game developer that should always be present. It's a really fantastic soundtrack, and I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of remixes of it came along in the near future. I might even attempt one my own self. So despite what you might have heard from the Hubb, this game is actually pretty sweet and I'd recommend a rental. Discuss!

I wasn't complaining, hehe... I wish I could give more and randomly send around boxes of steaks. That'd be great. Maybe someday.

Ok, forgive my bluntness... I've been under a lot of project-related stress up until very recently. I -do- have a life but I guess I do spend most of my extra time working on music. That's not something I should be embarrassed about. >_> Anyway, good luck ya'll. Sincerely, Bluntness

Ensiferum and Wintersun

Woowow... I didn't realize we were supposed to buy super expensive gifts like a DJ Hero... I'm starting to feel like Jim with the teapot while Michael gives out the iPod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgohZtd558Q

No problem at all, J.H. I'm trying to get final WAVs in now but not hearing much from anyone... I just spoke with djpretzel and we figured February 2nd for a release date for Teen Agent, so the final wav deadline has been moved forward to JANUARY 19th, 2010. All final wavs must be in my hand at that time, which means you will need to turn them in in advance, of course! Thank you! Please try to have them in on January 10th if you can, just to give me some extra time...

I didn't realize it was supposed to be funny.

You should have made everyone turn in their final wavs when I did. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't take months to make 1 song, even if people are extremely busy.

Does this count as a well-written review? I might toss in a few but I have an actual job reviewing music, and a backlog, so it wouldn't be wise for me to attempt the big 200.

Yeah, these cases blow up like a balloon with dynamite in it. I remember getting Brutal Legend and it had a case like that, now every other game I get has that kind of case. Borderlands had a regular case but Dragon Age, MW2, L4D2, Assassins Creed 2... everything new has them. You can tell immediately if the case is like that by gently squeezing it -- you can pretty much feel everything in the case by doing that, and air coming out of it. Like a baby kicking. x_x I stopped buying movies when they started printing them on LightScribe with empty cases. *I* could do that. I don't, but anyone can slap a burnt lightscribe into an empty DVD case.

Congratulations on getting married.