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Ouch, I don't think I've ever heard him dispense such bile on a game before, and that's saying a lot! Plus, K&L series doesn't really deserve good reviews based on those shenanigans a couple years ago... just saying.

Wait, you're not related to the Little Mermaid are you?

I like how this thread has been divided into two things: 1) people talk about why Wind Waker was kind of disappointing 2) people talk about what would make other games better

Recently overheard: <Jimmy> so since Mazedude is doing DnB for his mobrain track, should I also do a DnB type thing? <Jimmy> or should I do like, a polar opposite type thing? <Jimmy> I always pictured Samus as more of a disney princess trapped in a badass suit of armor <Jimmy> so it'll have lots of happy, magical, fairy sounds to reflect her true character <DragonAvenger> disney ballad would be pretty awesome actually <Jimmy> Look at this suit, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you say my power up's are complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the girl... the girl who has... Energy beams... <DragonAvenger> ive got missles and wave beams a-plenty <Jimmy> Power bombs and a grapling hook, too <DarkeSword> you want energy tanks? <DarkeSword> I got 20 <DarkeSword> but who cares? <DarkeSword> no big deal? <DarkeSword> i <DarkeSword> want <DarkeSword> moooooooooore <DragonAvenger> MOAR <DragonAvenger> win <DarkeSword> i love that song

Let's see, I just got done playing Wind Waker again recently, so I'm going to harsh on it. -Sailing around looking for triforce out. -Better samples (the choir is inexcusably horrible. Florestan -Choir soundfont sounds 1000x better and is FREE). -Better music overall. There were some gems in there sure, but there was also a lot of really boring/awful garbage. Music/sound quality was definitely not on their priority list with this game. -Being able to skip cutscenes and repetitive dialog/instructions would have been awesome. I got so sick of being told what a joy pendant or treasure chart or dungeon map was. And having to watch a cutscene only to discover that you pulled up a chest with 20 rupees in it was just offensively lame. -Daytime should last longer. I swear night lasts longer than daytime. -Why did I have to assign a sail key every time I wanted to sail? Shouldn't that just... be a standard thing? If I'm on the boat, chances are pretty high that I want to sail somewhere. -I would have enjoyed more dungeons in place of long, drawn out sailing around on mostly nothing. [/waits for all the WW fanboys to pop out and cast stones] Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the game, but man, those things are just bad programming, and I think people tend to be apologists just because it's *Zelda*/*Nintendo*/*Koji Kondo* etc. If anything, they should be held to a higher standard. *edit* I guess that wasn't wholly in spirit of the original topic, so let me add on: L4D with the spitter, and maybe the L4D2 weapons.

Love my Axiom 61. Can't answer whether or not the hyper control is really going to be something you need or not. I have lately had mixed feelings with M-Audio interfaces. I have a Profire2626 AND a Fast Track Ultra, and when I first got it I loved it. But I have come to realize that M-Audio cannot write effective drivers to save their lives. I have received countless BSOD's (on Windows 7 and Vista) which are 100% related to the drivers. If you visit M-Audio's forums, you will see that the tech support is a train wreck of people having unresolved issues and failed promises to fix the driver issues that many of its users experience. See for yourself: http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?17642-**Official-Info-FireWire-Series-Drivers**-Updated-5-26 http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?17643-**Official-Info-USB-Audio-Series-Drivers**-Updated-5-26 (Note I've posted in those, and also note the date of the thread's creation, the date of the last update by M-Audio, and the current date). The issue has been unresolved for over 6 months. I think that's what really shook my faith in the company. I dealt with them a lot when I was at Guitar Center and speaking to them directly, I never had any issues, but not being able to resolve something as crucial as a decent driver is just... bleh. If you're on a Mac, I suppose it won't matter. At any rate, there's my two cents, good luck, let us know what you decide

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/1946-No-Redeeming-Value

Ziwtra is one of my favorites as well. First remix I ever listened to was Willed Assault. Set a pretty high first impression of the site. He's one of the few people who's style has just never really been duplicated on here.

ha, how did I not think of this? In response to your question, usually they just chase them around.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/1933-Where-Did-Survival-Horror-Go

Have fun coaching them youngsters into twice the gymnist you ever were! Nah, seriously though, congrats on the job, happy for ya mang!

Greg never disappoints. Ever. Hot stuff per usual!

You're a good bloke, man, happy birthday!

Have a happy José the Birthday Rican man!

Who is this Mazedude guy, and why have I never heard of him? I really enjoyed Book of Eli, and I'm actually currently playing through Fallout 3 for my first time right now. I really enjoyed this piece, and wow, it brought a lot to the table. Very creative stuff, and pretty unique. Very refreshing in a world of desolate bleakness (the Fallout 3 landscape, I mean).

Nope, I knew that topic was there It just seemed like more of a Congrats thread, which seems fine to stand separate.

Well since Sephfire is a resident remixer, I'm a bit disappointed that there isn't an official thread for his awesome new video series on the Escapist, so here it is. Keep up the great work, Dan! *edit* Updated list, now with links to OCR's used in credit music! http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits 01.Video games and bad writing. -Super Buck Jazz 02.The future of MMOs -Oil Ocean (WT-40 Mix) 03.Innovation -Everything Remains Jurassic 04.Where did survival horror go? -Virt's Castle of Inspiration 05.No redeeming value -Pipes 06.Free Speech 07.Enriching Lives -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01189/ 08.Gamer 09.Video Game Music 10.Project $10 -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01671/ 11.Kinect and Move -http://dkc2.ocremix.org/music.html 12.Diversity -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01375/ 13.Mailbag 1 14.Symbolism 101 -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01558/ 15.Facing Controversy -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01723/ 16.So You Want to be a Game Designer -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01083/ 17.Easy Games 18.The Skinner Box -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01186/ 19.Sex in Games -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01361/ 20.Sexual Diversity 21.Narrative Mechanics -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01402/ 22.A Season of Hope -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00888/ 23.Choice and Conflict -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01954/ 24.Mailbag #2 25.Non-Combat Gaming 26.Piracy -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01820/ 27.Amnesia and Story Structure -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01547/ 28.Playing Like a Designer Part 1 -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01432/ 29.Playing Like a Designer Part 2 -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02099/ 30.Achievements -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01192/ 31.An Open Letter to EA Marketing 32.Ludus Florentis -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02091/ 33.True Female Characters -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01420/ 34.Tutorials 101 -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01897/ 35.Tangential Learning -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01527/ Gamification -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01613/ 36.Metrics -http://ocremix.org/album/25/heroes-vs-villains 37.Consoles are the New Coin-Op 38.Games You Might Not Have Tried (...or Heard Of) -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01730/ 39.Learning from Other M 40.Gamifying Education -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02124/ 41.Graphics vs. Aesthetics -http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02018/ 42.The Myth of the Gun

So unless I just missed it, nobody posted a link to his first video? For shame, 'tis great! http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits

And well-deserved!

Energetic, unique, and fun, sums up pretty much everything I've heard by Josh

both Sorry to hear about that, my condolences to your friend. Thanks man, it's a pretty old mix for sure lol I need to work harder on making my lyrics cheesier then, right? Well, I wouldn't say it's my favorite game exactly, but I do love it a lot, and as far as Gameboy games go, it's got some of the best music on that platform, which is saying a lot, since I love a ton of GB soundtracks! I'm extremely flattered by all the kind comments here and on youtube where people are saying "You know I don't really like vocal mixes, but hey, this is pretty good!" To an amateur singer dude like myself, that's a wonderful compliment and warmly received. That being said, I'm a little ticked off at The Crakaz for stealing all mah vocal hate. SAVE SOME FOR ME NEXT TIME JOE

Just remember, the BGC is technically "the Mazedude"

Thanks everyone, and thanks Dave/Larry for posting this, truly unexpected! The style I'd say I was probably most influenced by (well, maybe except for the trancy-synth stuff) was probably the Goo Goo Dolls--at least the singing and the acoustic guitar anyway Favorite Youtube comment about it so far: "So gay" rofl *edit* haha, looks like someone deleted it already

AMAZING man! So happy to hear, on both counts! I'm truly happy for you, and can't wait to hear about/see future projects on both ends!