Red Lights

This is footage from part of my ride from Midtown Atlanta to Downtown. I was testing out my camera mount.

Music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeod - http://incompetech.com

What Video Games Do Behind Your Back

Why this is right up my alley.

Super Mario RPG 'Rawest Forest' Japanese Rap Version

So . . .

A remix of a tune from Super Mario RPG.
Add Japanese rap.
Throw in a neat pixel animation video . . .

. . . and this is what you get:

Awesome!

From the video description:

To all NES Lovers! We are 'plugnet'.

We love computer game especially 'NES(Famicom)' and we also love to rap.
1 month ago we didn't have our crew name, but we dicided the name, 'plugnet'. The members are Yukkey(me), Forest(green man), and Mayumusi(blue man).
Anyway, we'll be happy if you enjoy this song.

Track by Moonbug(Novoiski & Nylonizm)
Lyric & Rap by plugnet
Mix & Movie by Merpaline(Yukkey and Mayumusi)

Coachelletta - Coachella Tilt Shifted

I'm a fan of well done tilt shift photography and videos. Tilt shifting leads to a whimsical effect where things appear to be in miniature and it looks wonderful here in this video created at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Coachelletta from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Via Gizmodo

Cheetahmen 3D by coda

So what does it have to do with the Cheetahmen?
What does it have to do with 3D?

Who cares! It's a sweet 8-bit chiptune! :D


So what are you looking at in the video? Those are how the notes look in a tracker, a common type of computer program for writing chip music.

Check out coda's other work at 8bit Collective here's his profile page: Link
Download the tune for free here: Link

8-Bit Trip - Lego Music Video

Legos again so soon? Well after watching this video how could I not post it?

To say this is pretty cool would be one heck of an understatement.

First saw it on Gizmodo.

Awesome Pixel Animation Video

Wooooow!

Rad pixel Art by Niina Koivusalo and Ville Konttinen. Sweet chip music and vocals by Leeni.

Be sure to check out Leeni's website too:
http://leeni.us/

Hexstatic - Ninja Tune

NIIIIIINNNNNJAAAAAAA!!!!!


This is an awesome music video by Hexstatic using video footage and audio samples from a 1987 film titled The Ninja Showdown. If you like this sort of thing and you haven't heard of Hexstatic before I highly recommend checking them out for their often quirky yet grooving funky electro sounds and interesting music videos.

As for the ninja movie itself? I haven't seen it but it looks too corny to be true. Surely one of those 'so bad it's good' gems? Who knows, I may have to look into it but here is the plot summary from IMDB:

"A ruthless gang of Ninja marauders, a kidnapped maiden and a young man seeking vengeance set the stage for "The Ninja Showdown." Warlord boss Jing and his evil band of Purple Ninjas are unstoppable-hihgly trained assassins who ravage a peaceful town. But when the outlaw Ninjas abduct his girl, a wrathful Tony unleashes a furious assault with the help of Ninja Master Gordon. Together, these two men lay waste to Jing's army in a shattering battle to secure their honor and rescue the town from the clutches of a greedy and oppressive tyrant."

The Atari ST can still rock your socks

So I've mentioned before that I love pixel art so it may just stand to reason that I love chiptune music as well. I mean as far as I'm concerned chiptunes are to music what pixel art is to digital illustration.

Okay maybe not quite but in a way they share a similar spirit of boiling things down to their retro essentials while still tending to have their own flare and originality.

Anyways, here is a tune composed and synthesized on a good old Atari ST computer system by cerror. Sounds awesome right? Well it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.



I love the sound of square waves in the morning. :)