I find it amusing how some old game music can really cheer me up with just how well it was produced. I love original format game music; some beautiful stuff was produced using really simple technology. A brilliant example to look at is Secret of Mana from the SNES; especially "Map 3". Be sure to check it out at www.zophar.net 's music archives.
Some of the most impressive stuff is in the C64 era with it's
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride I saw the Corpse Bride last friday and forgot to mention it! It was quite disappointing for me; the trailers hadn't shown it looking great but I hoped the film itself would be great. It had some really major problems; the most notable being the weakness of the story and the really atrocious songs. The songs didn't fit in the film at all; the first one didn't flow and the worst of
Going back to the archives of a webcomic you used to read is a great little pleasure. Beginning again with a little knowledge of what's coming; yet enough blanks to find joy in the discoveries. It's something I haven't found quite the same in any other medium.
EGAD! A surprise tutorial with work-in-progress on the one project we've been unable to do due to lack of group members! This calls for a spectacular plan; perhaps involving some form of rooftop pursuit!
We have some major amounts of work occurring at the moment which is hard but fun and due to it I'm very aware of the looming prospect of my 21st birthday next month and the current status of my work success. Will I do well outside of university I wonder? I hope I will and I'm pretty damn determined but I'm facing some hard competition tech-wise.
