It's been a while since you last attended an exclusive soiree, hasn't it? Our compatriots over at
AOL Music have invited you to a "Listening Party" for the Anamanaguchi-crafted soundtrack for
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game. Yes, that's fancy internet-speak for "the whole album is now available to stream for free, on the off-chance you're too much of a cheapskate to
buy it."
So, it may not be the most exciting party you've ever attended in your life, but at least you can attend it
sans pants and not get any funny looks from your contemporaries.
You're invited to a Scott Pilgrim soundtrack listening party originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Do you wish you had the soundtrack to the recently released
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, so that you had the appropriate tunes for your favorite exercise routine? That routine being, of course, beating the coins out of Canadian hipsters. The 8-bit quartet Anamanaguchi, which crafted the beat-em-up's score,
recently announced that the soundtrack will be released August 24 on iTunes through ABKCO Music and Records.
If you're forced to deal with a small group of menacing Canadian hipsters standing outside right at this moment, you can stream clips from the soundtrack on
ABKCO's site to get pumped up. Or, if you'd just like to hear a few more selections from the 'Guch, you can do so on the
band's official site.
[Thanks Vivas!]
Scott Pilgrim game soundtrack coming to iTunes next week originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Reformat the Planet is a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the
2006 Blip Festival and the artists who helped put it together (and then played a bunch of amazing chip music on stage), including Nullsleep, Glomag, Bit Shifter, Hally, Anamanaguchi, and more. 2PP just announced the date for the long-awaited DVD release: August 24.
The two-disc package includes the original movie, as well as a "Reformat the Planet 1.5" featurette that follows up with the next couple of years of the New York chiptune scene (a clip of that can be found after the break). The discs also have music videos and songs from some of the included artists.
In addition, 2PP partnered with
Fangamer to create some lovely
merchandise that can be purchased in bundles with the DVD. If you want to look like a person who knows a lot about music made with Game Boys, you can buy a shirt, square buttons (how is this possible?), a poster, and Blip Festival DVDs and CDs. Then you can watch the movie and
actually know a lot about it!
Continue reading Chiptune documentary 'Reformat the Planet' on DVD August 24
Chiptune documentary 'Reformat the Planet' on DVD August 24 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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New York City playwright Leegrid Stevens, working with the Theater for New City and manager Danielle Karliner, will debut a new play titled "The Dudleys!" this August at the Joyce and Seward Johnson Theater. "What in the world does this have to do with games?" you may be asking your computer. First and foremost, it's straight up
weird that you're speaking to a computer. More importantly, though, "The Dudleys" is a play about the thoughts and memories of a young man, conveyed through "a malfunctioning 8-bit video game." You see the connection now?
Apparently, the play will feature chiptune music created on Ataris, GameBoys, and Commodore 64s, and 8-bit art will back up the actors. More specifically, the play aims to juxtapose "the two dimensional side-scrolling world of fun and happy endings up against the confusion and aimlessness of real life." Well then! If you're interested in snagging tickets, they're available
online for $15.
NYC play 'The Dudleys' features chiptune music and 8-bit art originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sweden's own Linus Åkesson, and now official Hero of Joystiq[TM], took a friend's old electronic organ, worked some dark hacking magicks on it and turned it into an 8-bit chiptunes instrument. We'll let Åkesson show off his "Chipophone" for you after the break, in the best video you'll see all week.
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Two-bit organ transformed into fantastic 8-bit 'chipophone' originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We're in the relative calm before the
PAX East storm, and to tide over your insatiable hunger for gaming related news and whimsicalities, we present you with some of the sights and sounds of
Datapop 3.0. The chiptunes-based concert played its third iteration at SXSW last week, and included acts like
The Mysterious H,
Sievert,
Nullsleep,
IAYD,
Hally,
Random,
Bit Shifter,
nordloef,
Talk to Animals,
Starscream,
Henry Homesweet,
8BK-ok,
Sabrepulse vs.
Saskrotch,
Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours,
Anamanaguchi, and
Trash80, with eyeball-blasting, pixelicious artwork provided by
Jean Y. Kim, Omeros,
Paris, and
outpt.
You can check out part of Sievert's set in the video above, and treat your ears to some snippets of his tunes at the bottom of this post. He actually pumped out a cover of Bit Shifter's famous "Reformat the Planet," but our mouth was on the ground for most of that one. Not only because he rocked it, but because he played the slot before Bit Shifter. That'd be like an opening group rocking out Green Day's "American Idiot" before they took the stage. Ballsy. Treat your ears, and get reading for some PAX-ing.
Datapop 3.0 tunes to soothe your soul originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gaijin Games has released the first trailer for
Bit.Trip Runner, the fourth game in the WiiWare
Bit.Trip series. Now we can see what the developer means by calling it a "rhythm platformer." The layout of the stage, from enemies to terrain, is all designed in accord with the chiptune soundtrack, and Commander Video, the franchise hero, jumps, slides, and collects gold at super-high speed -- all to the beat of 8-bit-inspired music.
We wanted to point to one specific moment in the video (posted after the break), but, as trailers tend to be, this one's
full of moments. So, see if you can spot Super Meat Boy! Check out that
Pitfall level! Watch out for the ... giant miner? ... Who shoots fireballs at you from a lantern? While you're on a treadmill?
Continue reading You should probably watch this Bit.Trip Runner trailer
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