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Okay, some of this post might not sense at all but it’s getting late, I’m tired and I think I’ve broke my thumb. Also I can’t think of what to write to get my word count over the required 10,000 and get a lovely new colour for my name. :-)
I’m currently got a programme on TV about music so hey, why not!
What do you think of the general quality of music in games? I was playing a demo version of AOE 2 the other day and the biggest thing to hit me was the poor quality music. Not only was it a cr@p tune but also the sound quality was like something from Civilisation! The thing is, that Microsoft probably paid a small fortune for an external company to come in and compose and record the music for the game, and yet the result is so poor! The quality of music can really alter the overall effect of the game, I mean look at all the scary kinda games on the PS (Silent Hill, Resident Evil etc) the music was really dramatic and added a real feeling of tension to the game.
And why don’t more games use real bands to produce the tunes?? I haven’t played GT3 yet so I don’t know what the music’s like on that but on GT it was great with artists like Fatboy Slim remixing their music especially for the game, Sony must have spent a small fortune. The same was with Tony Hawks but the bands were less well known. The music really made the game memorable to me and definitely enhanced it.
I’m currently got a programme on TV about music so hey, why not!
What do you think of the general quality of music in games? I was playing a demo version of AOE 2 the other day and the biggest thing to hit me was the poor quality music. Not only was it a cr@p tune but also the sound quality was like something from Civilisation! The thing is, that Microsoft probably paid a small fortune for an external company to come in and compose and record the music for the game, and yet the result is so poor! The quality of music can really alter the overall effect of the game, I mean look at all the scary kinda games on the PS (Silent Hill, Resident Evil etc) the music was really dramatic and added a real feeling of tension to the game.
And why don’t more games use real bands to produce the tunes?? I haven’t played GT3 yet so I don’t know what the music’s like on that but on GT it was great with artists like Fatboy Slim remixing their music especially for the game, Sony must have spent a small fortune. The same was with Tony Hawks but the bands were less well known. The music really made the game memorable to me and definitely enhanced it.
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That sounds really painful.
Probably?
thank you seifer, i will now explain my incredibly painful accident.
as I said earlier, i was working yesterday installing a simulator. these are quite big things and come in about six pieces. the main part that you sit in is mounted on wheels slightly smaller than car wheels. when the simulator is in position you lift the simulator up, take out the axles and lower the sim onto the ground.
We had installed the simulator fine and were packing up. The company (Select Simulations) have a custom built trailer for carting these things round and the guy asked me to put both axles in the back of the trailer and bolt them together. So now we have a kinda truck thing with the two axles connected by metal poles. I tightened everything up and moved on to the next job. about twenty minutes later the triler needed moving so the guy got in the van and rolled it forwards while I stood out of the way. of course we had both forgot about the axles which were unsecured and immediatly rolled back, heading towards some plate glass doors. me being me decided i was gonna stop them before they smashed the glass, so I put my hands in the way but they were travelling too fast. they fell out of the trailer and imeidatley got stuck on some ramps that were in the middle (narrower than the wheels). My thumb just happened to be right were they landed on the ramp. great.
It's come up like a baloon now and is quite painfull. me being me though didn't say anything and it was only later when I took off the rigger gloves I noticed all the blood. I'm hoping it's not broke or i'll have to go to the blood hospital. hate them places
as I said earlier, i was working yesterday installing a simulator. these are quite big things and come in about six pieces. the main part that you sit in is mounted on wheels slightly smaller than car wheels. when the simulator is in position you lift the simulator up, take out the axles and lower the sim onto the ground.
We had installed the simulator fine and were packing up. The company (Select Simulations) have a custom built trailer for carting these things round and the guy asked me to put both axles in the back of the trailer and bolt them together. So now we have a kinda truck thing with the two axles connected by metal poles. I tightened everything up and moved on to the next job. about twenty minutes later the triler needed moving so the guy got in the van and rolled it forwards while I stood out of the way. of course we had both forgot about the axles which were unsecured and immediatly rolled back, heading towards some plate glass doors. me being me decided i was gonna stop them before they smashed the glass, so I put my hands in the way but they were travelling too fast. they fell out of the trailer and imeidatley got stuck on some ramps that were in the middle (narrower than the wheels). My thumb just happened to be right were they landed on the ramp. great.
It's come up like a baloon now and is quite painfull. me being me though didn't say anything and it was only later when I took off the rigger gloves I noticed all the blood. I'm hoping it's not broke or i'll have to go to the blood hospital. hate them places
see it's so bad I can't even type thumb right.
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