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One game developer's attempt to shame pirates into paying for their game over the weekend had an unexpected twist.

Check out this blog post and the sound file where the author covers the Alvin Lucier avant-garde recording “I am sitting in a room”.

In the original recording, Alvin records his voice in a room onto tape. The recording is played back into the room and recorded again. This is repeated over and over and interestingly it doesn’t take long before resonances in the room and audio system start to jump out and overpower the voice.

In this version he runs the loop through additional mp3 encoding until the voice is lost completely. This is a pretty good demonstration of what is lost when an mp3 converted to wav, then converted to mp3 again. I’ve had to do that before.

I recommend downloading the large file and importing it into your DAW, RX or other editing program.

http://sounds.sterneworks.org/projects/alvin-lucier-cover/

Here is an excerpt from the 50min clip. The original file was over 100MB so I did not want to rehost it. It’s a flac file so there is no quality loss. First is the original, then first mp3 encoding, then 10th, then another closer to the end.

Download excerpt (4.9MB FLAC)

“I am sitting in a room, compressing” is a post from: Audio Geek Zine

This week alone, Justin Bieber has ruthlessly abandoned his pet monkey, unapologetically worn a ski mask and a fedora at the same time, and dodged some cops after the fuzz found some weed on one of his buses, so it makes a lot of sense that the denizens of the Internet have realized that, hey, that Canadian pop star kid kind of looks like King Joffrey from Game Of Thrones. Enter Joffrey Bieber, a new Tumblr “where fiction’s biggest brat and real life’s biggest brat become one.” Watch the baby-faced pop star (pictured actually wearing pants that fit ...

The HUNGER GAMES for Amazon's TV pilots begins...

OpenStack isn't just a way for tech giants like HP and IBM to mimic Amazon's wildly successful cloud services. It's also a teaching tool.

In the last two seasons, Game of Thrones has veered toward using very un-Westeros-esque music like The Hold Steady and The National. Here's why that's OK.

Bethesda Softworks stated this morning it's "moving on" from Skyrim, which it began working on back in 2006. The developer will continue to provide "minor updates to Skyrim as needed," but don't expect any more official downloadable content.

Skyrim produced three pieces of major DLC: the vampiric Dawnguard, homey Hearthfire and the best-reviewed expansion, Dragonborn. The last included Solstheim, an entirely new region imbued with Lovecraftian tones.

"Parts of our team have also been in pre-production on our next major project, and that game is at the point where it requires the studio's full attention to make it our biggest and best work yet," reads a statement on the company's website.

Fallout 4 is expected "before 2018."

Skyrim concludes production, 'minor updates' to occur as needed originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you look to the side of the desk, you see a crumbled up piece of paper and a trashcan aptly labelled LiveJournal and MySpace.

source: Wrong Hands

In girlfriends’ defense, they have boobs. So I think that negates anything mentioned above.

Before you say anything, I just want to let you know that I am working on a follow up for this called: Why Video Games Are Better Than Boyfriends. I’m not trying to leave anyone out here, but I can only create one at a time and I felt this was the better one to start with.

Un joven gastó todo sus ahorros, puso a grabar ocho cámaras y pidió ayuda a sus amigos para construir algo que su ex roomie jamás hubiera imaginado.

Cuando los dos chicos vivían juntos, uno de ellos perforó el techo del carro del otro por lo que este decidió tomar venganza.

Construyó un hacha gigante, tomó el carro de su ex compañero, le hizo una videollamada para que lo viera todo en directo y lo demás es historia…

Bien dicen por ahí… La venganza es dulce… ¡No se lo pueden perder!

It's time for your eighth series rewatch!

As the first step in an ongoing effort to make all of the original NES Mega Man soundtracks "legitimately available in the West," the fly jams built into 1987's Mega Man are now available directly through the Capcom Store. The digital pack costs $8.95 and includes 28 different tracks from the game, including such unforgettable hits as "Staff Roll (PS)" and "Capcom Logo."

In case you missed it yesterday, Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae is still in the video game composing business after 26 years, and will be contributing her extensive talents to Shovel Knight's soundtrack, in the form of two original songs.

Mega Man 1 OST now available digitally through Capcom originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There are at least two schools of thought when it comes to playing retro games. Let's call it two for the sake of argument. On one side, there are people who want all the modern conveniences, both in-game and out: save states, fast-forward and rewind in the games, and wireless controllers, high definition output, and non-finicky hardware to play them with. These are the people who like emulation the most, either through downloading ROMs or official downloadable re-releases of games.

On the other side, there are people who strive for absolute authenticity: real cartridges on real consoles, played on CRT televisions with real controllers. These are the people who, hypothetically speaking, stuff a Twin Famicom in their suitcase while on a business trip to Tokyo.

Somewhere in the middle is this thing.

Continue reading RetroN 5 and the uncomfortable tension between old and new

RetroN 5 and the uncomfortable tension between old and new originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rookie Mag’s Ask A Grown Man series, where grown-ass men answer real life relationship questions for teen girls, has drawn all sorts of A-list guests, from Paul Rudd to Jimmy Fallon. For the site’s latest edition, though, they’ve pulled some big name musicians: Nigel Godrich and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. The video—which is, of course, adorable—has the Atoms For Peace duo dishing out truths on love and life, including advice on how to make out with a guy who’s not your boyfriend. Watch and swoon.

Como nos gusta cuando un director de cine, nos muestra su arte para un teaser de publicidad, en esta ocasión Wes Anderson colabora con Roman Coppola y con Prada para un mini film promocional de la fragancia Candy L'Eau. Un peculiar triángulo amoroso es la trama principal de este anuncio de Prada dirigido por Wes Anderson, dividido en tres mini historias.

El director de Moonrise Kingdom ha impregnado de su estilo a estos tres spots televisivos, se ve perfectamente reflejado en cada escena de cada anuncio, su tratamiento de luz, color y el planteamiento de las escenas. Cómo la que os mostramos de los tres protagonistas en el cine comiendo palomitas, es un resumen perfecto de la imaginería de Wes Anderson.

Volvemos a ver a Léa Seydoux, actriz y modelo francesa, que repite como imagen de la casa. Antes ya lo hizo poniendo cara al perfume Candy, y ahora vuelve protagonizando estas pequeñas piezas, junto a estos casi gemelos.

Prada cambia de tercio y pasa del olor fresco como de colada recién hecha con su Infusion D'Iris a uno mucho más dulzón. Las creaciones de Miuccia se convierten en clásicos nada más salir al mercado y eso lo pueden decir muy pocas marcas.

El diseño de packaging bastante feo y mal diseñado, a mi parecer, con una estética empalagosa y nada sutil. Nada que ver con la elegancia y simplicidad que nos tiene acostumbrado Prada. La ilustración del packaging de manos del ilustrador de moda francés François Berthoud, una estética bastante usada y Berthoud no aporta nada nuevo con sus imágenes.

Ya son muchos los directores de cine que trabajan para grandes firmas de cosmética para realizar pequeñas piezas cinematográficas, pequeñas historias, perfectamente realizadas con el toque de su autor, como el spot de Nicolas Winding Refn para Gucci o el último de Guy Ritchie y H&M, el anuncio de Ridley Scott para Apple o el de Michael Mann al servicio de Mercedes, y ahora nos llega la colaboración de Wes Anderson y Roman Coppola para Prada.

Nos muestra una historia de dos chicos enfrentados por la atención de la joven, un clásico triángulo amoroso y en el centro de la historia está Candy, que parece disfrutar de lo lindo con la situación. Fiel a su estilo Wes Anderson transmite toda su esencia y preciosismo en cada una de las escenas. Con su ya típico impecable diseño artístico, una historia fresca y graciosa y la expresividad de los actores, resultando unas simpáticas piezas.

Recordemos que el año pasado Roman Coppola ya dirigió para Prada un precioso corto titulado A Therapy, con la impecable interpretación de Helena Bonham Carter y Ben Kingsley y música de Alexandre Desplat. Para mi infinitamente más interesante que este último.

Por otro lado Sofia Coppola, la hermana de Roman, lleva dirigiendo anuncios de moda hace años, pero para la casa Dior. El último spot La vie en rose, estrenado hace un mes, del perfume Miss Dior con Natalie Portman.

Se ha convertido en un costumbre unir a grandes directores de cine con casas de alta costura y sus productos de cosmética, existe hasta un festival, el Berlin Fashion Film Festival. Pero para piezas impecables dentro del mundo de la perfumería los de la artista Lucy McRae para Swallowable Parfum, o la pequeña pieza cinematográfica Morphē para Aēsop.

La entrada Triángulo amoroso en un anuncio de Prada dirigido por Wes Anderson aparece primero en Monkeyzen.

Pippin Barr is up to his academic tricks again, this time with a bundle of six new games based on popular indie titles as if they were misheard in conversation: Gurney, World of Glue, Spy Parity, Proteas, 30 Flights of Loathing and Carp Life. These make up the Mumble Indie Bungle, and five of them are completely free, available to download for PC and Mac on Barr's site. Carp Life - a play on IGF mega-winner Cart Life - is extra special, available for $1 or any price over it.

"The idea for the collection, in keeping with the titles, is that it's meant to be this set of crappy indie games that someone perhaps bought for you, mistaking them for the originals," Barr writes on his blog. "So you might excitedly unwrap your new bundle of games to find something like Subpar Meat Boy and Flour (Instead of Super Meat Boy and Flower). Not that I'm using those two titles, though both were originally near the top of the list."

Gurney - a title parody of thatgamecompany's Journey - has players type out religious phrases as they scroll across the bottom of the screen, over the rolling, flickering lights of a hospital ceiling and anxious faces of doctors. The words become jumbled as the player loses consciousness, and Barr warns that eventually the game can cause seizures, so be careful with that one. Or, have fun.

World of Glue is a platforming play on World of Goo, Spy Parity is a jab at Chris Hecker's Spy Party, Proteas is an experiment on Proteus and 30 Flights of Loathing is a step away from Blendo Games' Thirty Flights of Loving.

Check out all the games your aging aunt thinks you're talking about on Barr's site, and buy Carp Life for whatever you think it's worth right here.

World of Glue, Gurney, Spy Parity, more free in Mumble Indie Bungle originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Queens Of The Stone Age are kicking into gear for the release of …Like Clockwork, their first album since 2007′s Era Vulgaris, with the release of the first official single from the album, My God Is The Sun.

Check out the careening, mean and churning rocker below, which we saw debuted last week at Lollapalooza Brazil. The track features Dave Grohl on drums, returning on the kit for Queens for the first time since 2002′s Songs For The Deaf.

Also included in the track’s release is the cover art for the new album, by UK artist Boneface. Check out the goods below:

If you missed the announcement, Jon Theodore from The Mars Volta & One Day As A Lion is now on drums for the band. However, that’s Grohl you’re hearing on the studio recording of My God Is The Sun.

Additionally, Matador Records is listing June 4th as the release date for …Like Clockwork (as well as a pre-order link), with the following tracklist and info:

1. Keep Your Eyes Peeled
2. I Sat By The Ocean
3. The Vampyre Of Time And Memory
4. If I Had A Tail
5. My God Is The Sun
6. Kalopsia
7. Fairweather Friends
8. Smooth Sailing
9. I Appear Missing
10. …Like Clockwork

…. Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.

Learn all there is to know about the upcoming June release of …Like Clockwork right here.

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 finally invades Mac today, over seven years after it stormed Windows and Linux. Tripwire Interactive's tactical first-person shooter was developed from Red Orchestra: Combined Arms, which itself is a conversion mod of Unreal Tournament 2004. Meanwhile, sitting next to the Mac attack is a tempting deal for the game's follow-up.

Not only is 2011's Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad free on Steam this weekend, but permanent capture of the game will endure 85 percent less wallet-based casualties than normal, with the game down from $19.99 to just $2.99. The 85 percent deal also applies across the Red Orchestra franchise deal, which includes Ostfront 41-45, RO2 and its deluxe upgrade. However, since RO2 isn't out for Mac yet, it only applies to Windows users - give it another five or so years, Mac.

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 out on Mac, RO2 free this weekend originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Un grupo de 12 empresarios estará apoyando al presidente Enrique Peña Nieto durante su visita a China para reunirse con directores de corporativos de esa nación:

Eduardo Tricio Haro, director general de Aeroméxico y presidente de Grupo Lala industrial.

Enrique Zambrano Benítez, director general de Grupo Proeza.

Blanca Treviño de Vega, presidente de Softek.

Jesús Vizcarra Calderón, presidente de suKarne.

Rafael Moises Kalach Mizrahi, Presidente y Director General de Grupo Kaltex.

Felix Cantú Ayala del grupo CFC.

Fernando Turner del Grupo Katcon.

Sergio Ley del Consejo Empresarial Mexicano de Comercio Exterior, Inversión y Tecnología (Comce).

Rafael Zaga de Grupo Zaga.

Ángel Bours del Grupo Sonora Agropecuaria.

Alonso Encira de Altos Hornos de México (Ahmsa).

Benjamín Grayeb del Consejo Nacional Agropecuario.

Edgy punk singer Miley Cyrus and stoic Rasta gentleman Snoop Lion have recorded and released a track together. “Ashtrays And Heartbreaks” is off the Lion’s forthcoming reggae record, Reincarnated, and it’s actually not terrible. Cyrus harnesses her inner Rihanna on the hook while Snoop muses about death and weed. Reincarnated is out April 23.

This video is actually very relevant to me as I cut the cord myself back in October. I’m actually planning on doing a post about it and explaining the monstrosity that put together in the process of doing so. This actually motivates me to do it a little sooner than later. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this video.

source: YouTube

Can't afford the trip to Columbia? Want to catch up on lore and ethos that define BioShock before diving into BioShock Infinite? GameFly has you covered, offering a BioShock and BioShock 2 PC download bundle for only five bucks. Throw in the code GFDAPR20 at checkout for an additional 20 percent off, knocking the price down to a piddly $3.99.

Rapturous deal: BioShock 1 and 2 for $4 from GameFly originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This is only part of the cycle.

source: .//projectTiGER

The hits just keep getting killed off. Until recently Google allowed you to stop certain domains from showing up in Google search results, but now the company has discontinued its site-blocking tool and suggests replacing it with a far less capable Chrome extension.

THIS…This is awesome.

source: Reddit