Monthly Archives: February 2011

Music From Games : Conclusion

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Howard

Reading these items, you may notice a similarity between the pieces that I’ve picked – they are all very sad pieces. I love music from many other games as well, from atmospheric (UFO Enemy Unknown, Bejeweled 2), themed (Outlaws), Powerful … Continue reading →

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Music from Games: 5. Barber’s Adagio For Strings

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Howard

This is the last in my current short series of Music from Games, and for me the most powerful. The game in question was the 1999 PC strategy game, Homeworld. The situation is that you are commanding a huge starship, … Continue reading →

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Music from Games: 4. Mahler’s Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Howard

The game in question was Millennium 2.2, which I played on my Atari ST in 1989. This was a strategy game, with the basic premise being controlling a moon base after the Earth is devastated by an asteroid impact. The … Continue reading →

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Music from Games: 3. Debussy’s Arabesque 1

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Howard

This one’s a bit of a stowaway in the series… as technically it didn’t come from a game! Back on the Atari ST was a great piece of software called Music Construction Set. It allowed you to drag notes around … Continue reading →

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Music from Games: 2. Ave Maria

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Howard

Back in the days of the ZX Spectrum, one games company ruled undisputedly, and that was Ultimate. One of the greatest games they made, in my opinion, was Sabre Wulf. This game had you playing the part of a swashbuckling … Continue reading →

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Music from Games: 1. Romance D’Amour

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Howard

This is the first of a short series of posts I’d like to make on music from games that really matters to me.  I’ll include the game, the name of the piece of music, and try to explain why it … Continue reading →

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The Big Catchup

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Howard

There’s a noticeable big gap in the blog from 2008 to 2011… why would that be?  The simple answer is that after the Astraware merge with Handmark, I was incredibly busy!  I knew my blog software needed an upgrade, and … Continue reading →

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Blog Proliferation

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Howard

The last week has seen me putting Wordpress into a number of sites! Continue reading →

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Importing Old Posts… Success!

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Howard

Feeling particularly happy – I managed to successfully import all of my old blog posts (2008 and earlier) via the magic of mangling sql with textpad and php… I’m expecting lots of ‘\’s in weird places that I didn’t spot… … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Weavering WordPress

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Howard

After just a bit of juggling, I’ve successfully replaced my blog software from the (basic) version I wrote 5+ years ago, with a much more modern and flexible set of software using WordPress (from www.wordpress.org ).  So many configuration options … Continue reading →

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