http://www.bliterations.com Thoughts/Gaming Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:28:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick note: I wrote about Super Mario Galaxy 2 for The House Next Door. SPOILER ALERT: It's a very good video game. I'm disappointed that the editors didn't use my original title (although I also completely understand), so I'm shamelessly using it for this post! http://www.bliterations.com/2010/07/stars-down-deep/ Sorry about the current lack of updates---I have been writing about vieo gams, honestly, but lately it has been for another site, The House Next Door (Slant Magazine's blog). I reviewed a few recently released titles for them, the links to which are below: Splinter Cell: Conviction 3D Dot Game Heroes Trauma Team I ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/06/vieo-gams/ (Part of a continuing series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game.) Villi People/Jim's Now a Blind Cave Salamander! (Moonlight Sonata, 1st Movement) Game: Earthworm Jim 2 (1995--96) Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (arranged by Tommy Tallarico) For all of the wacky and irreverent humor that the Earthworm Jim series ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week-4/ (Part of a continuing series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game.) Games of Happiness Game: Yoshi's Story (1998) Composer: Kazumi Totaka The name Kazumi Totaka has a bit of notoriety attached to it, and it's no wonder---the man hides secret melodies within games' sound files, provides the odd cartoon ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week-3/ Part of a continuing series of images. Click on photo to view full-size. A malfunctioning news ticker sign reveals its abstract materiality with a lone visual unit. Perhaps this is pixél vérité? http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/gamesnew-york-4/ (Part of a continuing series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game.) Funky Goblin Game: King Arthur's World (Royal Conquest in Japan) (1992) Composer(s): Martin Simpson, Justin Scharvona King Arthur's World is one of those lesser-known gems that I was extremely lucky to have played as a kid, when I had ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week-2/ Related Post: Prelude to Pixelation: Norman McLaren and Early Video Games http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/collision-detection-6/ (The first in a weekly series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game. VGM stands for Video Game Music, just in case you were wondering.) Wave Man Game: Mega Man 5 (1992) Composer: Mari Yamaguchi To say that Mega Man 5 is a disappointing game is quite an understatement. No, ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week/ I never thought that I would actually have the nerve to podcast anything here at Blit, because I definitely write gooder than I talk...or are I? Regardless, I'm happy that Phil Theobald from Player One agreed to join me for a Skype chat on the SNES Mouse, since it made ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/03/blitcast-one-snes-mouse/ Please note that this piece contains spoilers, some of which are significant. Banjo-Tooie (2000) marks a significant place in 3D platforming history, yet it appears to be somewhat forgotten now, perhaps buried amongst its own brand obscurity. To be fair, the Banjo-Kazooie "brand" doesn't lend itself to ubiquity in the first ... http://www.bliterations.com/2009/12/some-banjo-tooie-picking/