There's a great scifi book that has a computer that's run on ants as logic gates. It's slow as fuck but has enough processing power to run an AI.
Your favorite VGM band?
I've always loved bands that cover VGM. I got started with the Minibosses 20 years ago, getting my mind blown seeing them play at The Smell in LA while getting smacked around in the mosh pit during Castlevania. Since then I've found so many more I've come to really enjoy. Here are my top 5 - what else can you recommend and why?
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MES (Mariachi Entertainment System) - my favorite of the past few years. It may not be for everyone but they put a lot of love into great mariachi renditions of 8-bit and 16-bit era hits as well as a lot of newer tunes.
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The Protomen - they really don't fit in this category, but one of my favorite bands of all time and do incorporate a few MM themes into their music. They've been working on a Megaman rock opera for over a decade that is really incredible. Just check out Act I, or this high production value narrative music video from Act II.
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8-Bit Big Band - very active for the last few years, highly ambitious big band covers.
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Orchestral Fantasy - one crazy multi-instrumentalist that does some of the most uncannily accurate covers of mainly 16-bit era RPGs, but a lot of other stuff as well.
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The Minibosses - one of the first and greatest. They really captured the prog rock sound that you could tell was influencing a lot of the 8-bit era composers.
There was a space-themed version of Zork (classic text-based adventure with a squad) I've never been able to find. I've spent years looking online for any mention of something similar so it must have been a less well known project.
I'd periodically visit my auntie in a little border town in the desert and this game on her 486 was all there was to do (mid-80s). It captured my imagination at an early age and I think about it often, but it is completely lost to me.
Fall of civilizations too. Only get an episode every 6months or so but it's real good
Damn love me some NES OST but never heard this one before, that title screen music got me skankin, thanks for sharing
The Wandering Village
Still in early access, fairly fun gameplay but some absolutely stanky background music
Posting anything Alistair Lindsay is cheating. This is the best soundtrack of any game ever hands and feet down. I'll never forget my first ship launch back in the single digit alpha days and getting to hear Waiting for the Sun for the first time, I cried for like 10 minutes.
Worth it for the soundtrack alone
I love scrubs. They're jerks but have a lot of personality so are nice to have around.
A movie about Beanie Babies just came out starrimg Zach Galafanakis, one of those "true story of the 80's/90's product" movies, on crapple+. It's ok to watch while looking at your phone and also eating.
If I saved one person the 4 calories worth of finger movements required to open a new tab and Google this themselves then I'll go to sleep happy.