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Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by jarin »

imechura wrote: post #189

Personally, I am a fan of electronica but have not been a fan of skrillex as an old fogie who is akin to resenting anything with the dubstep label. However after playing this game I am more inclined to check out some skrillex music. Therefore, as an advertisement, this in my mind gets an A++ in effectiveness. I would also point out that being an 80s kid the sample images in the glitches evoked memories of Duck Hunt a…

I'm with you. I've always liked Klaypex (of Dubstep Guns fame) better than Skrillex, but I'm willing to give Skrillex another shot after this.

Dubstep Guns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by egypturnash »

Roelven wrote: post #115
oacgnol wrote: post #19

I totally get the theme but I can't help getting nervous goosebumps from the artifacts - I feel like I have to reset the display cable or blow into the cartridge! Well done.

Me too, totally feels like the glitches are actually real, my nintendo dusty cartridges nightmares came back to life

If you have a 360 you should avoid Fez. That game does some clever things with glitches and crashes.

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by Myrmornis »

atacrawl wrote: post #154
mrcharles wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does the game make you feel? Then it has artistic value. I felt something playing this game. It has surprisingly good ambiance and seeing a bunch of pixel characters who have accepted their fate and were waiting for death, to me, gave it a level of emotional attachment I did not expect after I read the tag 'advergame'. One thing you have to realize is that it's very hard to make games nowadays without some kind of in…

And here I will quote Tool's Eulogy, which was about Bill Hicks, if you didn't know: Eulogy was about L. Ron Hubbard.

I also always thought Eulogy was supposed to be about Bill Hicks but it always confused me that it sounded so critical. Thanks for the correction.

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by 28inch »

jdonaldson wrote: post #151
28inch wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

except its not... :) I`m mean it suppose to be but its not

Where does Haxe fall down for you? Not many people I know have ever looked back after using it.

I`m not talking about haxe in genereal. I`m talking about the idea of NME which is really nice but would fail in many (higher performance visuals) cases when it comes to javascript/canvas.

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by 28inch »

jdonaldson wrote: post #151
28inch wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

except its not... :) I`m mean it suppose to be but its not

Where does Haxe fall down for you? Not many people I know have ever looked back after using it.

I`m not talking about haxe in genereal. I have nothing against it. I`m talking about the idea of NME which is really nice but would fail in many (higher performance visuals) cases when it comes to javascript/canvas.

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by nollidge »

ontheotherhand wrote: post #143
leoedin wrote: post #104

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For those of us who aren't raging anti capitalists, it's fairly obvious that something can have artistic merit and be designed to promote something. If you have an actual argument to the contrary that extends beyond "The fuck?", it'd be great to hear it. Quoting a comedian is not really an argument.

"it's fairly obvious that something can have artistic merit and be designed to promote something" doesn't constitute an argument either, does it. So there's not really anything there to argue against; just an assertion. Meanwhile, to me it's "fairly obvious" that this ain't art, and therefore "the fuck" is perfectly sufficient. "Quoting a comedian is not really an argument." Oh yeah, because a comedian is by definiti…

> Good thing people don't react in a butthurt, predictable fashion, or anything.

Kinda spiking the irony meter here. You asserted that there's no artistic value and, what, expected people to accept that as a valuable part of the conversation?

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by whimsy »

derleth wrote: post #91
lazerwalker wrote: post #25

What I find perhaps most fascinating about this is that it's almost certainly an advertisement (note the iTunes link at the end of the game, and the tagline at the bottom that the creator makes 'advergames'). If it is, in fact, an advergame, it's awesome to see folks like Skrillex (and/or Skrillex's marketing folks) willing to build something so cool and of legitimate artistic value to try to build up viral buzz.

Reminds me of the fact there are people who still care about Chex Quest: http://chexquest.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page http://chexquest.wikia.com/wiki/Chex_Quest > Chex Quest, made by Digital Café, is a total conversion of The Ultimate Doom. It was released in boxes of Chex Cereal in 1996, becoming the first game to be included in a cereal box. When it was released, it increased sales by over 200%. It then went on to win…

Wow; I remember this game. This game was pretty awesome when I was 7. I'm not surprised to hear that it was a full conversion of another game.

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by greenmountin »

nemo1618 wrote: post #164

Pretty incredible what can be done in the browser these days. Anyone find out what happens if you get 100%? I only managed 58%.

AFAICT there isn't anything special for high achievers except for a better "rank": 70+ = Prince, 80+ = King, 90+ = Legend, 100 = Master of the Universe

Re: Skrillex Quest

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Post by redthrowaway »

jarin wrote: post #190
redthrowaway wrote: post #29

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I was going to say that Skrillex is signed to deadmau5's (of Something Awful fame) label mau5trap, but that appears to no longer be the case. Skrillex is now with Atlantic, which is doubly impressive if they had anything to do with it.

Wait, what did deadmau5 have to do with Something Awful?

He was a longtime goon. The name "deadmau5" actually came from the SA IRC chatrooms, where he posted pictures of a dead mouse he found in his computer and was referred to as "that dead mouse guy". The chatroom had an 8 character max for nicks, so "dead mouse" became "deadmau5".

I brought it up because I'd have an easier time seeing a label run by an ex-goon engaging in this kind of marketing, as opposed to one like Atlantic.

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