A post on Overclocked prompted me to look for these pics I took of my game collection circa 2005. Unfortunately, many of the games now reside in storage and packed away, but I still have all of them.
I used to have a huge Word document listing all of my games which hasn’t been updated in years. I should recreate it in Excel at some point, but for now all I do is buy and play em (well, sometimes I remember to play em). Sorry the pics are so small, they were made for a site in a time where normal screen resolution was 1024 x 768. Boy how things have changed. Kind of useless stuff here, but hopefully it’s entertaining to see the pinnacle of my collection being displayed.
Instead of addressing the past few months of zero activity on my site, I’m just going to pretend it never happened. It’s easier that way for everyone I think. I’ll sum up the past few months with these quick bullet points and move on:
How to Train Your Dragon – My favorite animated movie in a long while. Saw it 3 times in the theater and absolutely loved it. Can’t wait for the Blu Ray, and would definitely get the movie in 3D if I had a TV that could play it.
God of War 3 – Alternating between amazing and same ‘ol GOW stuff. Enjoyed it, but wasn’t blown away by most of it. Definitely a gorgeous game though.
Super Street Fighter IV – Can’t say I’m a die hard fan, but love it. The new characters / levels look great, and for once I love playing with Dee Jay. Ibuki looks great and is as fun as I remember her in 3rd strike. Hate the barrel game though, I was never good at those.
Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing – closest thing to an HD Character Based MarioKart we’lre getting for awhile, and enjoyed it with some friends. It’s no Mariokart, but definitely a nice ripoff with some fantastic track designs.
Moving on, these days I’m trying my hand at Logic Audio and some more serious work in Ableton Live. I have no real work (or results) to show for this as of yet, but I’m so much happier with Logic these days than back when it was on PC. The interface is much more streamlined, and the included plugins seem fantastic. Can’t wait to put a few things together in it soon
That’s about it for now, Probably the next update will be a Youtube video of some of my old FF remixes. Sorry, no new stuff yet, it’s comin!!
You know when I’m pulling out remix videos from Mario RPG we’re getting to the nitty gritty. I have another 4-5 remix videos of old stuff in mind before I start putting together new remixes. And I must say it’s about time! These videos are fun and all but I’m dying for something new that’s not 10 years old…
Nonetheless, here is Bukki’s Tango – remixed from Super Mario RPG. The whole soundtrack is pretty stellar, but this song in particular stuck with me as being different from the rest and pretty remixable. I did the electronic / orchestral thing with this one and while being minimal, I think it’s still pretty catchy and close to the sweet melody of the original.
Happy New Year!! While I can’t believe 2009 is already gone, it’s nice to enjoy the psychological “new page” of a new year and all the optimism that it comes with. Not that I can complain all that much about 2009, but hopefully 2010 will be less about me putting out old stuff and instead presenting some new material.
For the meantime, however, here’s an older remix I absolutely loved capturing the video for. I have a special place in my heart for older games, but I rarely play them at length. It was so great to go through not only Zelda LTTP recently but now Sonic Adventure. Granted, Sonic isn’t nearly the epic quest that any Zelda was, but the games were usually quick, campy, and cool. I forgot exactly how many flashy moments this game had – it was definitely nice to go through and see them again after so long.
The song being remixed here is from Taikal, a simple, almost ethnic sounding melody. Admittedly, not my favorite remix but definitely one of the most fun videos I’ve put together.
I know this is a bit late considering when I took the trip and the photos, but I’ll stand by my generic defense of “the holidays are too busy!!” (That excuses all lateness until mid January, ya know.) These are among the only pics I took of the trip I took with my dad and brother to VA and DC on Halloween weekend. I know it seems weak, but that’s because the rest of the footage is in the 3 hours of video footage I still have yet to transfer to my PC and edit. Keeping memories really is a lot of work.
About the pics, maybe it was the whole Halloween thing but the weather was pretty nasty and stormy, giving me a deliciously angry sky which helped some of these photos tremendously. A few times I was shooting in the rain but it was worth it.
While this isn’t the most “Christmassy” of songs, I wanteded to wish everyone a happy holiday and a fun, safe new year as we approach 2010. 2009 has been a very different year for me in so many ways, but being a person of habit, the changes have – for the most part at least – worked out well.
It’s funny I celebrate the new year by showing a remix that was made so far in the past, but I still consider it one of my old classics. While I know it’s not a salsa, it’s a Latin-flavored take on what was to me one of the most memorable tracks in a soundtrack full of memorable tracks – Gemini Man’s stage song from Megaman 3.
Regardless, I hope you enjoy, and I promise that come hell or high water (but hopefully neither literally) - there will be new stuff musically to be heard from me in 2010. And not in September either. Late August, maybe. (kidding)
This was a remix video I was secretly dreading since I started working on remix videos. Not only is this my longest remix so far, but it’s a medley, and it’s for a game that it’s hard to just jump in and get screen captures for. Luckily (???) I got a nasty headcold in the past week and kept myself cooped inside the house for the past few days, giving me the perfect opportunity to get footage and to rediscover the fantastic game that is Link to the Past.
I love old classic games, but it’s extremely rare I play through them in their entirety. This was not only a great trip down memory lane for me but a reminder of just how amazing this game was at the time – and still is today!! This definitely has me psyched up for Spirit Tracks. In any event, I hope you enjoy the song and video, which were both a blast to make.
Wow – a monthly update, that’s just shameful. Sorry people, I felt a little guilty and decided to put together some remix videos since people on Youtube seem to be enjoying them. As for the quick update – things are going well. Learning about Mac and getting ideas for future materia, though most of my current learning has been more video-focused.
Gemini Man will be comin up soon so stay tuned. But for the meantime, Enjoy!
A few weeks ago I took a quick trip up to the cabin in PA where the leaves were *almost* done changing but enough were up for me to grab a few shots in some of the more picturesque areas. The weather was gorgeous and besides the sun being a little lower than I’m used to up there, it definitely made for some bright, brilliant colors. I took a ton of pictures but these are the ones I felt the most worthy to show off.
Games, General | McVaffe | 
August 1, 2010 11:23 pm | 
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