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Music From Games : Conclusion
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: 4. Mahler’s Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
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
Music from Games: 3. Debussy’s Arabesque 1
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
Music from Games: 2. Ave Maria
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
Music from Games: 1. Romance D’Amour
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
The Big Catchup
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
Two Cool Video-Audio Links
Two things that really caught me as cool: First – a guy who can’t play drums or piano, making a really good sequence out of tiny video fragments of him (otherwise) abusing the instruments: See him on YouTube. . Impressive! … Continue reading
Pic Of The Week: Pop Art Maria
Maria Plays Piano I had some fun trying out a great photoshop tutorial – Pop Art Inspired by Lichtenstein, with a pic from earlier this summer of Maria playing the piano. Making the Pop Art version of her was fun … Continue reading
Many Updates
It has been a while since I’ve updated – quite a lot of little things have happened, but nothing quite sufficient to move me to write on its own. But, here goes… America VisitBack again… this time for the Casuality … Continue reading
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