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I played this this past weekend. Really amazing game. I get why everyone's so crazy over it.

I think you should rename this competition to "CASTLEMANIA!!"

I think you should rename this competition to "CASTLEMANIA!!"

I think you should rename this competition to "CASTLEMANIA!!"

I saw The Force Awakens last night and I'm so incredibly excited about Star Wars being BACK.
The movie hit all the right notes for me. Really great, strong characterization, a fantastic, emotional storyline, great action sequences, and wonderful humor in the style of the classic trilogy. I cheered a lot while watching the movie. Han Solo in particular was just fantastic and exactly as snarky and funny as he was in The Empire Strikes Back. I was so sad to see his fate, but it was a great scene between him and Kylo Ren.
I'm really intrigued about Rey's storyline. I'm subscribing to what is probably the prevailing theory that she might be Luke's daughter. All of the stuff with Anakin and Luke's lightsaber and the reaction Rey has to it when she holds it leads me to believe that she's a Skywalker. I really wish I could just watch Episode VIII right now because the mystery surrounding her and Luke is killing me right now.
Finn and Poe were great. I love how they immediately became bros, and there were shades of Luke and Han's friendship between them.
Another thing I loved about this movie was that, like the original trilogy (and lacking in the prequel trilogy), there was a really ancient, lived-in quality to the galaxy again, especially on Jakku, with all the old broken war machines laying around.
This movie finally treated the Force the same way that Yoda spoke about it in The Empire Strikes Back: it wasn't a scientific phenomenon like it was in the prequels, and it wasn't just a substitute for magic like it was in a lot of old Expanded Universe material. There was a really mystical quality to it.
I have a ton of other thoughts but can't really collect them all. I'm going to go see this movie a couple of more times so that I can unpack it more.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Instead of doing 10 remix albums, why not do one with a track from every anniversary game? Could be cool.

Apologies to MindWanderer; I didn't mean to derail either. Though figuring out the key to a song is a very important skill to have, ESPECIALLY for compos like this one. I also want to clarify that I didn't mean that you should be able to figure out the exact key just by listening. I don't have perfect pitch, so I also sit down with a keyboard and determine what the "actual" notes are in a song. But you should be able to listen to a piece of music and at least say "that's major, that's minor, that's some other mode." Determining the quality of the key is probably the easiest part.

OverClocked ReMix is 16 years old today! Like I said today on Twitter: "OC ReMix is 16 years old today. Older than YouTube, older than iPods, older than a lot of things on the internet. And we're not done yet."
What are some of  your favorite memories of OCR throughout the years? How has OC ReMix improved your life?

The Star Wars Saga is comprised of the numbered "episode" movies. Episodes 1-6 originally. Now that there's a new set of "episodes," those are included. Next year's "Rogue One" and the Young Han Solo movie that they're making are "anthology" movies.
There are other characters and other things that happen in the Saga, but it's always meant to have been the story of the Skywalker family. We started with Luke, went back to see what happened with Anakin, and now we're seeing what happens with Rey.

Apologies to MindWanderer; I didn't mean to derail either. Though figuring out the key to a song is a very important skill to have, ESPECIALLY for compos like this one. I also want to clarify that I didn't mean that you should be able to figure out the exact key just by listening. I don't have perfect pitch, so I also sit down with a keyboard and determine what the "actual" notes are in a song. But you should be able to listen to a piece of music and at least say "that's major, that's minor, that's some other mode." Determining the quality of the key is probably the easiest part.

How is it a reboot? It references the previous trilogy in such a specific way. It's a sequel. It has Leia, Han, Chewie, and Luke, all played by their original actors, all older, decades later. Nothing is being rebooted (except maybe the Expanded Universe?).

It's okay.
Everyone enter this, it is a cool and interesting competition run by a cool and interesting person.

Hey guys, MindWanderer is starting a nice Castlevania compo à la DarkeSword/FenixDown (Mega Man and Final Fantasy Compos). It's buried under other compos and only 2-3 people already signed up for it. It'd be a shame not to have more contestants, especially seeing the number of people who entered Shariq's MM compos. Signups are closing in early January, so check it out quickly.
(@Mods: It's maybe a little spammy, but other compos started recruiting in Community, so I guess it's okay to do the same -- sorry if it's not okay. Plus I'd be a sad panda if no one enters it ;))

Darke I saw you at the MAG panel and thought you were a very handsome man.

Yes, it does, it's in the flashback. Go watch the movie again. In fact, that's why Luke left in the first place. Too much shame.

I loved the running gag with with Han finally discovering the joys of the Bowcaster.