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Wow that's gorgeous.

Thank you everyone who came out and saw us at ConnectiCon. We didn't get a massive turnout at our panels but the folks who showed up were all super-nice and super-enthusiastic. Also much love to all the folks who came by our table and talked with us about games and music. Met a ton of cool people this weekend!

I have it! It's awesome.

from Super Mario Galaxy 2 always puts me in a good mood.

Yes, the show takes a lot of breaks. It's not going to ever be completely weekly. There are holidays and events and other things that happen that keep us from doing it every week. There's nothing wrong with that, and honestly I'd appreciate it if folks would stop digging at us every time we don't have an episode. I like doing Talkback a lot, and I'm really glad people enjoy tuning in when it's on, but if we don't do one and miss a week or two, then that's what happens. Anyway, enough about that. A Futebol Arte Talkback is definitely something we can do but it needs to be done earlier in the day because Ivan is on a radically different timezone and we don't want him to have to stay up until 4 or 5 in the morning for it. CTCon is also this weekend so we have to see if it's feasible for us to do this on a different day this week or push it out until next week.

The first episode of the original anime was also very closely based on the first chapter of the manga, which is why both first episodes are so similar.

Nabeel and I are in.

This game is amazing. I've made no secret about the fact that I'm pretty much over the 8-bit aesthetic when it comes to games, but Shovel Knight manages to be a great looking and great sounding game with amazing art direction and music that I'm totally into. What's more is that level design is top-notch, which I feel really sells this game as one of the greats. Giving a game a retro look and sound is one thing; making it feel like a great retro game is another thing entirely. The game teaches you how to play without telling you how to play, and whenever you die, you know why you died, and you know how to do better. Planning on tackling New Game+ soon, but I have to say I'm a big fan of the game and I'm looking forward to Yacht Club's next project.

We've talked internally about something like this for years. It's a good idea and will probably happen eventually but there are a lot of things we need to do before we get into developing a feature like this. Good to see that other folks want it though.

You can't summon if you're one of the Fallen.

Xenogears already had one.

I got this game. What server are most OCR people playing on?

Good job getting it done. I have a mix on this too, from a long time ago. It's one of my personal favorite tracks that I've done. Glad people will be able to listen to it. Looking forward to everyone else's tracks even more, though.

This is fantastic, Kelly. Welcome to the 7/8 club!

If you want to find out if we'd accept something, you have to make the mix and submit it. We're not going to say "YES, we will accept something like this" because that's ultimately a pretty meaningless statement. We judge remixes, not ideas for remixes. In any case, there's nothing special about that remix you posted that would preclude it from being judged just like any other electronic remix.

It's been many MANY years since I played around with MIDI files but IIRC, there were a couple of weird subformats that didn't always play well with certain software. They might actually be RMI files with a renamed extensions. I think you can find a converter or something for them to change them into Standard MIDI Files.

Oh man, I remember this track! It was in my top three for that round. Love how this one turned out. X3 Zero theme is used amazingly in this track, as both the syncopated hook and also the backing track for the solo sections. Love the back and forth between aggressive and laid-back soundscapes too. Fantastic!!! YES

Man I'm really feelin' this. I can hear the main motif of Sunshine woven throughout the track, so I have no qualms about source usage. Great atmosphere, awesome performances, relevant lyrics. Excellent. YES

Gotta agree with Larry. The drums feel like they're on auto-pilot for most of the time and the kit's just a really weak soundset. Compared to the awesome sounding guitar work, it's such a disconnect that's kind of jarring. That percussion really need to be beefed up; I really don't think it's doing a good enough job of adding any energy to the song. Love the rest of it though. NO, resub

I really like this one a lot. I was a bit iffy on the lead but the rest of the track is really great. Love how you work in the little fanfares and bits from the game. A really high energy take with some great effects. YES

Just FYI, I've never had issues with people using Soundcloud for their entries in previous competitions.

Got it.

When you make a thread you need to provide actual information. What is that "SGC thing in Dallas?"

I'd like to attach a graphic to the social group. If someone can put together a nice looking 200x200 px graphic, that'd be cool.

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