Month: November 2008

  • Some AMV Behind-The-Scenes Stories

    If you’re following this blog then you are probably vaguely familiar with who I am, so needless to say, I have a history with Anime Music Videos. Meri got me into them when we met back in 2000; I was seriously non-interested prior to that, but when she showed me some good ones and I…

  • “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero”: A Platform For Investment

    Harmonix has done a great job of promoting Rock Band as a “platform”. DLC is backwards/forwards compatible (meaning it works in either the first or second game), and the same goes for the fake plastic instruments. You can even export the majority of songs from the first game right into the second game, something Bemani…

  • Subtle Harmonix Genius

    Hey, all. I’m back! I have a lot to talk about on whatever (and whenever) the next podcast is about gaming on a honeymoon, but until then, it’s business as usual for me. (That basically means that I talk about Rock Band in some capacity, if you’re new here.) So I picked up Guitar Hero:…

  • Foreign Things Confuse Me

    I am back from the Honeymoon! We went on a cruise to Spain / Italy / France, and I am going to have a ton of pictures and stories to share (especially from Pompeii). In the meantime, I have something simple. This question goes out to all you Europeans out there. I should probaby have…