Jump to content

Moguta

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    461

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Moguta

    Heard any video game music in public this summer?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I'm playing the fallout 3 theme (I don't wana set the world on fire) at a jazz fest this summer

    I don't mean to nitpick... but I'm not sure a song that existed nearly 80 years before Fallout 3 really counts as video game music. Though I have to say, it would be pretty sweet to hear that performance! :-)

    Edit: I heard another ice cream truck play Dragon Warrior music. I wonder if it's the same one I heard earlier...

    Where do you live, sir? At the very heart of VGM itself?!?

    What was the first video game soundtrack that you were drawn to?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    This is extraordinarily difficult for me to narrow down to just one game. I was attracted to music from games well before I discovered soundtracks and remixes via Napster.

    The first soundtrack that I actually sought out on the internet was Final Fantasy VII. Boy was I surprised to find several orchestral songs show up in my Napster search! That led me to discover FF7 Reunion Tracks & FF8 Orchestral. What really confused me, though, was another Napster-acquired vocal track called "The Promised Land". It didn't seem like it had any melodic connection to FF7. A good while later, after venturing further into the VGM world, I found the exact same song on the Pray album as a FF2 arrangement... and like so many other P2Pers, realized I was a victim of the ever-so-common plague of mislabeling.

    But even before then I was attracted to many games' music. The first would have to be one of these: TMNT, Sky Shark, Zelda, Mega Man 2, Contra, or Double Dragon. Hell if I can remember which. Though I distinctly remember humming the Double Dragon theme like only an obsessed little boy could... So maybe I'll go with that.

    Survey on Net Neutrality - help w/my research paper

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Ahoy all. Some of you may know me, some not. (Mostly those who've been to any East Coast OCR meet-ups.) But either way, I'd really appreciate just a minute or two of your time to answer this short survey about net neutrality. It's going to a good cause -- my education!

    Feel free to post or PM answers. Any comments, lemme know! :-)

    1. How important is it to you that the internet is generally the same experience, no matter what broadband provider you use to access it?
      a) Very important
      B) Somewhat important
      c) A little important
      d) Not at all important
      .
    2. How would it affect your overall internet experience if, depending on your broadband provider, certain content and applications performed better/quicker, and others performed worse/slower?
      a) Very negatively
      B) Negatively
      c) Neutral / Not sure
      d) Positively
      e) Very positively
      .
    3. How would it affect your overall internet experience if, depending on your broadband provider, certain content and applications were totally inaccessible, and others performed MUCH better?
      a) Very negatively
      B) Negatively
      c) Neutral / Not sure
      d) Positively
      e) Very positively
      .
    4. How competitive are broadband prices in your area?
      a) Very competitive
      B) Competitive
      c) Neutral / Not sure
      d) Not competitive
      e) Not at all competitive
      .
    5. How many broadband providers can you choose from for home computer access?
      a) One
      B) Two
      c) Three
      d) Four
      e) Five or more
      .
    6. Think of the fastest broadband available to your home. How many other broadband providers offer similar speeds to your residence (within a few Mbps)?
      a) None
      B) One
      c) Two
      d) Three
      e) Four or more
      .
    7. Which practices do you think to-the-home ISPs should not be allowed to engage in? Choose all that apply.
      a) Prioritizing selected low-latency apps such as voice, video, or games
      B) Selling content- and application-providers higher priority access
      c) De-prioritizing applications and content that don't pay a fee
      d) Blocking applications and content of their choice
      .
    8. On privacy grounds, what do you think of ISPs classifying and prioritizing the types of internet content you send and receive?
      a) Doesn't involve privacy one bit
      B) Could possibly violate privacy
      c) Definitely a privacy violation
      d) Stop peeking into my packets!
      .
    9. Which best describes your relationship with computers in general?
      a) Avoider of the intertubes
      B) Novice uncertain where to find the “any key”
      c) Typical casual user
      d) Eager enthusiast
      e) Jaded expert
      .
    10. How familiar are you with the technical workings of the internet?
      a) You mean that blue “e” icon?
      B) I've read a little.
      c) I can ping a server!
      d) Which layer?
      e) I speak in TCP/IP.

    District 9

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    i just saw this film tonight.

    LOL, are you serious? So did I. This Sunday. The very day you necro-ed the thread. My psychically-linked long lost twin has been found?!?

    More than glad I saw it. The lack of explanation for so many things left me wanting a deeper story... but all in all, the unique premise made it worthwhile. Also, those who say the movie is racist: LOL. Yeah dude, that's half the point.

    OC ReMix Discovery

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Still, someone with the production quality of Sixto was almost a pipe dream back when I started frequenting this place. :-P

    No kidding. Ailsean's earliest mixes were the standout cream of the crop when I encountered OCR. Final Ecstasy was the first song to make me appreciate the sound of a wailing electric guitar!

    Wish I could remember exactly how or when I first came here. Must've been either 2000 or 2001. Either I found OCR via Project Majestic Mix, or Project Majestic Mix via OCR. Heh, I still have several copies of PMM: A Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu sitting around.

    Now PMM is dead, OneUp Studios was spawned, and OCR draws hundreds-strong panels at all sorts of nerd cons. Change!

×
×
  • Create New...