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Editor-In-Chief of The Wired Fish since 2010. Suggestions, praise, and hate mail can be sent to steven@thewiredfishnetwork.com

Smithsonian Redies Videogame Exhibit

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The Smithsonian wants to put up an exhibit of videogames, and they need our help choosing the games to showcase.

They’ve separated the categories into 5 Eras, each with their own system and genre. You are give (I think) about 70 votes. BUT, you can only vote for one game per genre. For example, in the adventure genre for the SNES, they have Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: LttP, and Chrono Trigger. You can only choose one game in that bunch, and you can’t change your mind once you make your vote. I already voted for the games I want up there. And trust me, it’s some pretty tough choices they have up there.

So then, get to voting

NightTime Listening – Hoover’s Ooover

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It was strange how I discovered this group (and nailed down the real way this band’s name is spelled). First the discovery. I first found out about Hoover’s Ooover by way of their side-band, Temp5. Their only song on YouTube, H, was a sad but lovely song. I found out about it via SparkPlugged. I was wondering if there was more music to be had from this band. Unfortunately, H was, and still is, the only song on YouTube. . On the official page for Temp5, I noticed the URL containing the words Hoover Ooover and the katakana on the page フーバーオーバー. After a moment, I realized that the singer and guitarist are from this band, and so I listened to their music. I was instantly hooked to the 70s sound that this band replicated. But what about the name? Well, that too was an odyssey. To cut to the chase, the official Hoover’s Ooover website had the official romanji spelling containing the ‘s after Hoover. *sigh* Anyway, enough stalling. Time to hear some music.

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NightTime Listening – Heavenstamp

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Ever since I was exposed to Neaux Clicked On This, I was inspired to also do some non-game entries for these NightTime Listenings. There’s already been some non-game stuff posted, and this is just me re-writing this article a bit since I released these on WP out of order (I posted this on LJ first). There may or may not be a theme to these. I do advise for my Fellow Fishes to please support the musicians that I post here by buying their music and albums legally. I will not be posting links for you to download them for free. The vids themselves may have the users post those link, in which case they are out of my control. All blame falls on you and the OP, not me.

Anyways, hit the jump to see the band that I want to talk about today.

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NightTime Listening – Emotional Themes

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We gamers don’t like to admit it sometimes, but we do cry in our games. Not because the game is brutally hard and it’s killing us to tears. But themes that, for whatever reason, makes us tear up a bit. Whether it’s the way it’s composed, or the situation that it’s related to, someone’s gonna get misty eyed when listening to them. Below are four themes that will get you a little emotional once you’re done with them. I’m putting a spoiler warning since most of these either pertain to a major event in the game or is an ending theme.

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NightTime Listening – Shatter

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I remember first hearing the music from the Shatter soundtrack from YouTuber SupraDarky. Immediately, the music had me wondering what kind of game this was. Seeing only blocks stacked on top of each other on the cover of the soundtrack (the image that SupraDarky had on the video), it all looked abstract to me. A search on YouTube for Shatter, and it turned out to be an Arkanoid clone. However, I stopped short of calling it that as it seems to have surpassed even Arkanoid. I knew right then and there that I wanted to get the game. Before I got the game, I listened to some more of the music from the game. I ended up listening to the whole soundtrack before playing the game, but that’s alright. It still didn’t deter my enjoyment of the game or the music. So then, here’s three entries from the game we’ll be listening to today.

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NightTime Listening – Anti-Valentine’s Day

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Chocolate, cards, jewelry, mysterious loss of money, and a great girl. Ahh, don’t you just love Valentine’s Day? You don’t!? Got no one to hug? GOOD! You’re in for a treat. ‘Cause tonight, we’re gonna say to hell with all that and give one big, glorious FU to all those lovey-dubby people out there. Worry not, after today, you can go back to your daily activities of playing of playing Love Plus and Persona 3 &4. But tonight, we’re getting bitter! Oh yeah, that bitter!! We’re gonna listen to five songs that deal with the issue of love…or lack thereof. The song’s aren’t themselves Anti-Valentine’s, but it can be construed as such. First, we’re getting happy, getting even more bitter with each entry. Without further ado, let’s get hatin’!

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NightTime Listening – Toki Asako

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Tonight listening comes in the form of smooth jazz. Okay, to be honest, I’m not sure if I can label this artist as smooth jazz. You see, there are some songs that tend to have a…weird kind of composition (you’ll see that after the jump). Regardless, Toki Asako is something rare from the Land of the Rising Sun, home of ear piercing-pop music and candy-colored everything. Last semester, my playlist grew to include j-pop music, but down the line I wanted to add something more than just pop. Several weeks ago, I was introduced to Asako’s music (thanks sis!) and since then I’ve been addicted to the soft sounds of her music.

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NightTime Listening – ArtStyle light trax

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Here’s a new kind of article I’ll be posting. Hopefully this will be a daily routine. Basically, there will be a theme for the night, whether it’s music from a videogame, artists, or a certain genre of music. Anyway, tonight, we’ll be listening to the music of ArtStyle light trax. A game made by indie company Skip ltd and published by Nintendo. Tonight, we will listen to five songs from this game.
And so, hit the jump to see the first entry.

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Currently Under Construction

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In about a week, this blog will be ready for its debut. In the mean time, catch my latest ramblings on LiveJournal. For now, I’m just putting getting the visual stuff ready and seeing what WordPress can do. Once I’m confident, all blogs from be will be posted here instead, and no more entries will be posted on Livejournal.

See ya next week.