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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
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
Everyone’s Gaming… And they want more puzzles
This white paper contains lots of great information after a study breaking down gamers by age group, where they play, what devices they play on, and what types of games they play. No huge surprises in there – except just … Continue reading
Intellectual Credits for Sudoku
Yesterday I received several copies of a Sudoku magazine from a publishing company in America, and bizarrely, in some ways this marks a first for me! The magazine is A5 format, with a glossy cover, and with 96 pages containing … Continue reading
Late Night Working
Today, I’m exhausted, but happy! It has been a long time since I’ve stayed up way too late working on programming. Last night I was juggling algorithms and optimising bottleneck code until (eek) 4am, which is incredibly late for me … Continue reading
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