When I was younger I idolized three game composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoko Shimomura. Their works were something amazing, something that went beyond the bloops and bleeps of 8-bit music. Magical, ethereal compositions of electronic goodness. I didn’t find out about Yoko Shimomura until later in 2000, when I played Legend of Mana. [...]
Yeah, the title says it all.
To start, I woke up late due to two factors: going to bed at 2 a.m. and the wonderful practice known as Daylight Savings Time. So once I crawled out of bed at 11 o’clock, nearly half of my day was already gone. I’m not going to berate myself over [...]
Zine Fest Chicago – Day 34
Mar
13
ZINE FEST!
It was cold, gray, rainy and the Irish were parading in the city, but despite all those inconveniences we made it to zine fest in one piece. It was a good experience. I had the chance to talk with many talented people and (most importantly) swap zines.
I have a slew of them to read, [...]
I am fired up and ready for Zine Fest tomorrow. Both Rahsaan and Mary are going, which is nice because that means we can split parking (heh heh for ulterior motives), and the mosey around Columbia looking at a million zines. I have a feeling there will me much schmoozing, which I’m up for. You [...]
Chicago Zine Fest – Day 32
Mar
11
The thing that made my day was the link my friend Atom sent over for the Chicago Zine Fest which is going on this Friday and Saturday. I will be making the trek up to the city this weekend, hopefully with my friend Mary in tow, to mingle, share and swap zines with those in [...]
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