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[ShockingAlberto]

The video I'm editing now is kind of related to the music thing.

I've started to look in to the silent ways games teach you things, stuff you learn but never really realized you learned. The Mario example above is a good one, the music and the placement of the blocks is designed to teach you all the major game mechanics in five seconds.

So I'm watching (and re-watching and re-watching) a bunch of games and just paying attention to the visual aspects to take notes on what other games do it.

Shockingly: Skyward Sword also does it in parts, which is funny considering how much handholding the game does otherwise.

 

[Puddles]

I'll admit I used to listen to the Chrono Cross OST.

Can't really get into most videogame music for casual listening. I might add the Castlevania SOTN OST to my rotation though.

 

[cooljeanius]

Am I a bad person for using AdBlock?

On NeoGAF? Yes. See: Fistfulofmetal.

 

[dragonlife]

All my music is video game music <3

 

[Takao]

Am I a bad person for using AdBlock? I never have any of these issues.

You shouldn't say things like this.

 

[Atramental]

The first one sounds like music you'd listen to at night driving fast through the desert. The second one sounds kind of like a cat singing along to heavy metal. ^_^

Hahaha. Yeah, agree with both of your points.

 

[jasonng]

I'll admit I used to listen to the Chrono Cross OST.

Can't really get into most videogame music for casual listening. I might add the Castlevania SOTN OST to my rotation though.

http://youtu.be/8gGHQicQUw4

The only VG music you ever need.

 

[Stet]

Hahaha. Yeah, agree with both of your points.

The best thing Steve Vai ever did was Crossroads.

 

[omgkitty]

On NeoGAF? Yes. See: Fistfulofmetal.

Explain

You shouldn't say things like this.

Am I going to get banned for not clicking ads? haha

 

[H.Protagonist]

All my music is video game music <3

<3 I've had Hills of Radiant Winds playing on loop all day.

 

[Pau]

Neogaf makes that hard, huh? You should do like ShockingAlberto and pop in an audio book.

Definitely does, but I've been doing pretty well today and keeping myself away for the most part. And I like the idea of audiobooks and always try to get some, but when I look at the prices I usually figure I can just grab a paperback for less.

What podcasts do you listen to, H.Protagonist (and anyone else who'd like to chime in)? 'cause that's one thing that I do usually have on as I'm drawing or painting but I only listen to like three so I'm always in need of recommendations.

 

[dragonlife]

Explain



Am I going to get banned for not clicking ads? haha

You get banned for using adblock on GAF. Just make it an exception.

<3 I've had Hills of Radiant Winds playing on loop all day.

<3<3<3 Oh, you! <3<3<3

The Nier OST is so amazing. PLEASE tell me you've listened to the other soundtracks that have come out for it.

One of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSOp6B4WL8

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I like your train of thought on this. There have been games with amazing music, but I can't think of one off the top of my head that solely relies on music/sound to guide the player in any more than a superficial way. I think I'd like to play a game you created.

Another good example of sound guidance Street Fighter II. Pii&#9834; (Shimomura) made it so the actual fight music does not start until the "Ready...FIGHT!" thing is over. It's just kind of a way to get you jazzed up. But the rhythm helps you get used to the start of the fight and for charge characters this becomes ridiculously important.

 

[omgkitty]

http://youtu.be/8gGHQicQUw4

The only VG music you ever need.

OMG yes! The Sims soundtrack is amazing. I still get nostalgic every time I hear it. Makes me want to neglect my family and burn the house down.

 

[Takao]

Explain

Am I going to get banned for not clicking ads? haha

You have been warned.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Definitely does, but I've been doing pretty well today and keeping myself away for the most part. And I like the idea of audiobooks and always try to get some, but when I look at the prices I usually figure I can just grab a paperback for less.

What podcasts do you listen to, H.Protagonist (and anyone else who'd like to chime in)? 'cause that's one thing that I do usually have on as I'm drawing or painting but I only listen to like three so I'm always in need of recommendations.

Depends on your interests. I could recommend a few on the gaming side, perhaps.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

<3 I've had Hills of Radiant Winds playing on loop all day.

Do me a favor and play Nier.

I get the feeling that even if you don't love the game, the soundtrack will speak to you in ways most game soundtracks can't.

 

[PigSpeakers]

You're a musician (or a composer?), then? How cool. My singing won't make babies cry, but I have to work at it a lot.

Yeah. I play guitar, piano, trumpet, and bass. Not so much on the trumpet anymore, and I hate playing the bass. Singing has always been my biggest flaw. I'll post whatever I'm working on in a little while in the indie songwriter thread a little later if anyone wants to hear.

 

[omgkitty]

You get banned for using adblock on GAF. Just make it an exception.

WTF seriously? I mean it's not that big of a deal and I can turn them back on, but seriously?

 

[omgkitty]

You have been warned.

Wow! Turning ads back on now!!!

 

[Professor Beef]

Wow! Turning ads back on now!!!

Good man.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Definitely does, but I've been doing pretty well today and keeping myself away for the most part. And I like the idea of audiobooks and always try to get some, but when I look at the prices I usually figure I can just grab a paperback for less.

What podcasts do you listen to, H.Protagonist (and anyone else who'd like to chime in)? 'cause that's one thing that I do usually have on as I'm drawing or painting but I only listen to like three so I'm always in need of recommendations.

Recently I've been burning through "Stuff You Missed In History Class" from How Stuff Works. Their podcast can be a bit shallow sometimes on subjects that you know anything about (it's all general information with only a bit of deeper tidbits thrown in), but for completely unknown stuff it's great background listening. Topics range from the Borgias to the first blood transfusions to haunted houses and famous murders.

It's free and on itunes (where all the episodes are listed), as well.

 

[omgkitty]

Good man.

Haha I guess it is an ass hole move to block the ads on here. TBH I never even knew GAF had ads until I looked at a friends computer and I saw ads on his screen while he was lurking. I just keep AdBlock on for just about everything, but I'll whitelist for GAF.

 

[jasonng]

OMG yes! The Sims soundtrack is amazing. I still get nostalgic every time I hear it. Makes me want to neglect my family and burn the house down.

I still remember the days I just leave the Sims game on build mode and idle just to listen to the music.

 

[omgkitty]

I still remember the days I just leave the Sims game on build mode and idle just to listen to the music.

It's funny cause I always thought it would get annoying and repetitive, but those sweet piano rhythms just kept going and I kept loving it.

 

[Steamlord]

Informative podcasts and video game music... I throw the radio on sometimes, but it's a mixed bag for me. By bad taste, I guess I should say, no taste. I only have CDs of music that other people thought I should hear.

Then I guess I'll just have to bombard you with as much random good music as I can think of.

My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Radiohead - Reckoner
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Colored Funk
Bjork - Hyperballad
Battles - Tonto
65daysofstatic - Radio Protector
Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste the Floor
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Magnetic

My apologies to those of you with the YouTube Me Again extension.

 

[Atramental]

Keep doing your youtube experiment! The sooner you deal with your anxiety the sooner you can start sexing up those Christians.

Nooooo!! >:O

 

[Zomba13]

My internet died so I decided to watch Super. I enjoyed it.

Sup real GAF?

 

[H.Protagonist]

Do me a favor and play Nier.

I get the feeling that even if you don't love the game, the soundtrack will speak to you in ways most game soundtracks can't.

I did start playing it, but I get home so fried from work that I can't face playing games. My backlog cries out to me every night. ;_; I do love what I've heard of the music, though.

Yeah. I play guitar, piano, trumpet, and bass. Not so much on the trumpet anymore, and I hate playing the bass. Singing has always been my biggest flaw. I'll post whatever I'm working on in a little while in the indie songwriter thread a little later if anyone wants to hear.

Wow. I have no real musical talent at all. That's really impressive. I'll check out the indie thread when you post. Just give me a heads up.

 

[Pau]

Depends on your interests. I could recommend a few on the gaming side, perhaps.

Go for it! Besides gaming I've yet to find a good podcast on books/literature. I'm pretty much done for anything else including history, writing, science, etc.

Recently I've been burning through "Stuff You Missed In History Class" from How Stuff Works. Their podcast can be a bit shallow sometimes on subjects that you know anything about (it's all general information with only a bit of deeper tidbits thrown in), but for completely unknown stuff it's great background listening. Topics range from the Borgias to the first blood transfusions to haunted houses and famous murders.

It's free and on itunes (where all the episodes are listed), as well.

Thank you! Sounds perfect!

 

[Opiate]

Am I a bad person for using AdBlock? I never have any of these issues.

Yes. But if I wanted to ban you, I'd have done it already.

To be clear: you do not get banned for using adblock on GAF. Just advertising it, flaunting it, or recommending it to others.

Read the thread provided.

 

[PigSpeakers]

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

Best Smashing Pumpkins song. I love that guitar feedback squeal.

 

[Steamlord]

Nooooo!! >:O

I know a guy who was raised Jewish and is now atheist who has a weird fetish for Christian girls. Maybe you should give it a try!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Definitely does, but I've been doing pretty well today and keeping myself away for the most part. And I like the idea of audiobooks and always try to get some, but when I look at the prices I usually figure I can just grab a paperback for less.

What podcasts do you listen to, H.Protagonist (and anyone else who'd like to chime in)? 'cause that's one thing that I do usually have on as I'm drawing or painting but I only listen to like three so I'm always in need of recommendations.

Podcasts I recommend to everyone:

This American Life

WNYC's RadioLab (find the one about Orson Welle's War of the World's broadcast)

Stuff You Should Know

Less sure recommendations:
The Nerdist (funny, but not for everyone)

The Bugle (funny, and Jon Oliver is goddamn amazing, but not everyone appreciates 15 minutes of puns about the Greek debt crisis)

Nitrobeard Beardcast - Video game cast that, uh, I'm on.

 

[PigSpeakers]

I did start playing it, but I get home so fried from work that I can't face playing games. My backlog cries out to me every night. ;_; I do love what I've heard of the music, though.



Wow. I have no real musical talent at all. That's really impressive. I'll check out the indie thread when you post. Just give me a heads up.

Thanks. I had an almost okay recording of a song I was working on, then the dog barked. What a jerk.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Recently I've been burning through "Stuff You Missed In History Class" from How Stuff Works. Their podcast can be a bit shallow sometimes on subjects that you know anything about (it's all general information with only a bit of deeper tidbits thrown in), but for completely unknown stuff it's great background listening. Topics range from the Borgias to the first blood transfusions to haunted houses and famous murders.

It's free and on itunes (where all the episodes are listed), as well.

Another How Stuff Works fan!

I got to hang out with the Stuff You Should Know Guys since the HSW offices are right next door to my school. I keep asking them to let me edit their podcasts and they keep telling me no.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Then I guess I'll just have to bombard you with as much random good music as I can think of.

My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Radiohead - Reckoner
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Colored Funk
Bjork - Hyperballad
Battles - Tonto
65daysofstatic - Radio Protector
Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste the Floor
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Magnetic

My apologies to those of you with the YouTube Me Again extension.

Thanks. I'll work my way through your list as I surf/doodle.

My internet died so I decided to watch Super. I enjoyed it.

Sup real GAF?

Hey, Zomba. Things are a bit more relaxed in here tonight. I can actually post and not lose two pages during the act.

 

[omgkitty]

I think I like people using their actual pictures. I am starting to notice and remember people a lot more that normally I would just skim over.

 

[Zomba13]

Hey, Zomba. Things are a bit more relaxed in here tonight. I can actually post and not lose two pages during the act.

Just skimmed. Seems main things I missed were popcorn, music and Christian singles?

I like Popcorn (sweet popcorn and toffee), I like lots of different kinds of music but mainly anything that is catchy and I could be up for meeting single Christian or two.

 

[Keyouta]

Decided to join in, pic's over a year old but I guess it's fine.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

If anyone's looking for some new music, I find myself listening to a lot of Kimbra these days.

Kimbra - Good Intent

 

[omgkitty]

Well I'm going to jump on the music train:

LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou

Also the artwork, cause it's just so crazy.

 

[Atramental]

Best Smashing Pumpkins song. I love that guitar feedback squeal.

Nuh-uh. 1979 is their best song.

Spoiler

Kidding. They're both awesome.

I know a guy who was raised Jewish and is now atheist who has a weird fetish for Christian girls. Maybe you should give it a try!

That's kind of an odd fetish... then again, what fetish isn't?

But no, I was raised Christian and I want nothing to do with my former religion. And I'm guessing that your friend wants nothing to do with girls of the Jewish faith as well? That's how it usually works.

Anyways, I digress. I don't want my anti-religious bickering to sour this thread.

 

[jasonng]

I always recommend this song. It's 36 minutes long and I love every minute of it.

Kashiwa Daisuke - Stella

In the first few minutes of &#8220;Stella&#8221;, Kashiwa Daisuke uses the sounds of running water as a sample interlaced with his omnipresent piano and strings. He takes that sound, however, and breaks it up so that the running water no longer runs and instead limps. Music often flows like running water, and with this sample, Daisuke lays out his musical philosophy immediately, showing that he will take the most flowing, beautiful music and chop it up as he pleases. If Daisuke&#8217;s piano and strings represent a piece of glass, untouched and perfectly clear, then his samples and beats represent a huge sledgehammer with which he destroys the glass and laughs as the glass shatters and falls to the ground. His aim, so precise, causes the glass to fall into a perfect shape in its shattered form, much like Picasso&#8217;s cubist paintings or Dali&#8217;s melted clocks. Each piece of glass, its own unique shape, holds inside its own musical motif. Yet as the shapes of glass all fit together, so do the motifs. In this, Daisuke creates organized chaos of epic proportions, perhaps the most epic the electronic world has seen.

 

[marrec]

Podcasts I recommend to everyone:

This American Life

RadioLab (find the one about Orson Welle's War of the World's broadcast)

Stuff You Should Know

Less sure recommendations:
The Nerdist (funny, but not for everyone)

The Bugle (funny, and Jon Oliver is goddamn amazing, but not everyone appreciates 15 minutes of puns about the Greek debt crisis)

Nitrobeard Beardcast - Video game cast that, uh, I'm on.

I find myself disliking SYSK more and more because the continually give bad science the same platform that good science has.

I recommend "The Skeptics Guide To The Universe"
Its a very open and approachable science podcast that has great guests and is very informative.

 

[lazybones18]

My internet died so I decided to watch Super. I enjoyed it.

Sup real GAF?

Fucked up movie, but I loved it as well

 

[CountAntonius]

Best Pumpkins song and video is:

Thirty Three

 

[Stet]

Now I'm watching Newsradio and getting sad because with every episode I watch I know I'm one week closer to Phil Hartman dying.

 

[Pancakes]

My internet died so I decided to watch Super. I enjoyed it.

Sup real GAF?

Watching Alien for the first time ever, shit is crazy.

 

[PigSpeakers]

I like math rock, as far as music suggestions go.

Here's my favorites:
American Football- The One With The Tambourine
Look Mexico- I Like Being a Millionaire. You Will Too, Believe Me
This Town Needs Guns- Chinchilla

Also, not Math Rock, but check out Spoon. Anything by them is awesome to me.