woo, tangent » xmas http://wootangent.net lsd's rants about games, music, linux, and technology Sun, 13 May 2012 07:25:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 sketchbook: stylophone! http://wootangent.net/2009/12/sketchbook-stylophone/ http://wootangent.net/2009/12/sketchbook-stylophone/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:59:54 +0000 lsd http://wootangent.net/?p=380 Continue reading →]]> I had a surprise knock on the door just before I left for work this morning — the delivery of a mystery package. The excitement only grew when I ripped open the satchel to reveal a surprise Xmas present: my very own Stylophone! They went back in to production a few years ago, but apart from a few minor additions it’s virtually identical to the classic units of the 60s: it works identically to the old models, and it definitely sounds just as cheesy-good.

In honour of my new toy, here’s a brief bit of Stylophone-infused doof-doof. I couldn’t help but put a filter sweep on the bass line, but apart from that, and copious echoes, the Stylophone sound is untouched. Enjoy! Let me know if you can’t play it, too — I’ve changed the streaming setup a little for this one.


mp3 | vorbis | 52 seconds

]]> http://wootangent.net/2009/12/sketchbook-stylophone/feed/ 0 gaming silly season 2009 http://wootangent.net/2009/09/gaming-silly-season-2009/ http://wootangent.net/2009/09/gaming-silly-season-2009/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:00:33 +0000 lsd http://wootangent.net/?p=297 Continue reading →]]> With September nearly past us, we’re once again moving toward the silly season, and that means another Mega Holiday Gamesplosion — in fact, you could probably argue that Tuesday’s release of Halo 3: ODST marked the season’s official start. A tonne of games that were due before Xmas have since been pushed back to early 2010, but there’s still a solid line-up of stuff that I’m interested in (though I may have forgotten something):

  • September: Halo 3: ODST
  • October: Forza Motorsport 3, Brutal Legend
  • November: COD: Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • December: Zelda: Spirit Tracks

I’m as surprised as anyone that there are two Nintendo games in that lot — for all its talk of Wii Sports and Vitality Sensors Nintendo is actually pulling out a couple of big guns this season. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (forever henceforth known as NSMBW) is aimed squarely at the 2.5D co-op platformer space that was so neatly filled by the infinitely charming LittleBigPlanet last year, and I have no doubt that it’ll inspire the same crazy four-player sessions in our house.

Beyond that, I’m trying to limit myself to one game a month, and the only other guaranteed buy there is Forza 3, which is easily my most anticipated game of the year. Brutal Legend will be an eventual must-buy as well — maybe I’ll get that in December instead of Zelda.

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