Sunday Songs: Robert Delong - Long Way Down

WEEK TEN: ROBERT DELONG - LONG WAY DOWN

Picking these Sunday Songs are getting easier, it's just whatever song I've listened to like five times per day that week.
Easily Delong's biggest hit, I really enjoy this song. I kinda hadn't identified it until I saw a commenter on this video (I know, dumb of me to look) that it almost has some James Bond tune vibes. It's that brass three-note climb I think, but it's just a great song. Energetic and laid-back at the same time, just how I like my tunes.

Projects! Legends of the Elements is coming along, I'm done with all of the Avatar World transitioning and am now just writing new material, and it's almost done! Then I go into art mode. I'm actually feeling pretty confident about my Comicon deadline.
LPA is in proofing status. Almost done, but not quite. So slooow, but fine, I'll wait.

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Sunday Songs 2015: meganeko - Stasis

WEEK NINE: MEGANEKO - STASIS

Meganeko is a Swedish fakebit/dubstep artist. I stumbled across them on Spotify, which was kind of a surprise given that he only had a six-song EP out at the time. He released his new EP yesterday. You can imagine my delight when I discovered him on Monday, and on Wednesday learned there was about to be brand-new music by him.

Stasis is the last song on the album, but the entirety of Robot Language is fantastic. Really I just wish there was more of it, and now there is! And yet still the two albums combined still doesn't make an hour of music. But that's okay because I can just loop the Robot Language album forever and not get tired of it.

There are an unbelievable number of fakebit artists out there, but I think that meganeko reminds me of one of my absolute favorites, DDRKirby(ISQ). Especially on Robot Language (the song).

As far as other projects go, I know I've been saying LPA will be out this week for like a month, but the person I have proofreading it has been tied up with stuff. Right away, I swear! I want it out as much as you do! More even!
Legends of the Elements is coming along well. I only have like two chapters left to write, and I may add one of them post-initial-release. Probably not, but maybe.

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Sunday Songs 2015: Metro Station - Barcelona

WEEK EIGHT: METRO STATION - BARCELONA

I haven't gone to bed yet so it's not late
Good night

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Legend of the Elements: The New Draft's Playbooks!

I'm not particularly into Fall Out Boy, but every so often they hit something interesting. Sampling Suzanne Vega seems to have done it for me.

Hey folks, I said I was gonna come by and preview these! I know I don't post much, but every Sunday I do a music post and at the end of those I usually do a status update on each of my projects, so if you're wondering how things are going, check those or follow me on Twitter!

This file has a slight formatting change to the playbook layout, and includes several major changes. First off, there's three new playbooks! The Hunter, The Peasant, and The Spiritshaper are brand new, and two of those you've never seen anything for! The former two are mostly designed by one of my players, Henry. The Hunter has adopted a couple of the Warrior's moves, while the Warrior has a couple new ones of its own. The Monk has also had a noticeable replacement of one of its moves.
These are not final! I'm going to be having a little design party soon to help iron out the remaining things that are either incomplete or that I'm simply not satisfied with. As a guarantee, The Airbender will change.
Also there's no art in these yet. That's usually the last step of my process.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE NEW PLAYBOOK FILE!

I'm very excited for this upcoming stuff. If you're going to be at Emerald City Comic Con at the end of March, I will be there with Games on Demand, running both Legends of the Elements and The Shining Void, so remember to come see me if you're interested!

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Sunday Songs 2015: Defrage - Stairway To No Heaven

WEEK SEVEN:  DEFRAGE - STAIRWAY TO NO HEAVEN

Defrage is an Estonian alternative metal band. I don't really do metal much, but neither does this song, so it works! I don't even know what it is about this song that really makes me happy, but it does. i think it's the guitar. A lot of the rest of Defrage's stuff has a little more screaming than I really care for, but they've got a few gems in there.

I'll be back later this week with Legend of the Elements updates! And Learning Pixel Art is due to be published within like a week, so be looking for those!
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Sunday Songs 2015: The Chainsmokers - Erase (Samantha Ronson Remix)

WEEK SIX: THE CHAINSMOKERS FT PRIYANKA CHOPRA - ERASE (SAMANTHA RONSON REMIX)

I've been getting pretty into The Chainsmokers lately. A lot of their remixes are genuinely great, but their original songs took a bit for me to get into. #SELFIE and Kanye are just so weird...but they  grow on you, and the production work is impressive. Erase, though, that song is good both in its original and its one official remix, this one. Speaking of this remix, it's HARD to track down on the internet! I had to figure out how to embed Spotify, and I hope to god it actually works cuz I've never done that before. Nope that didn't work but I found a YT vid thank god! I have no idea who Samantha Ronson or Priyanka Chopra are.
Enjoy!

Update on other projects: I'm in classes again so things might slow down a touch, though not much given the setup of my schedule. Legend of the Elements is in drafting, and it's going well! Learning Pixel Art is in final editing. The Shining Void is in stasis until I playtest it.
Oh, and I'm playing Final Fantasy XIV again, if you play you should message me or something!

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Sunday Songs 2015: Snow Ghosts - Covenant

WEEK FIVE: SNOW GHOSTS FEAT. BLUE DAISY - COVENANT

Snow Ghosts is a duo formed by Throwing Snow and Augustus Ghost (the alter-egos of Ross Tones and Hannah Cartwright). They're a weird minimalistic industrial-folk sound, sounding brooding and dark. I like it quite a bit. The album makes me think of being in the wilderness on a cold pacific northwest evening, the overcast sky turning blue-grey as the sun sets, silhouettes of tall trees all around. It gives me an alone feeling. Their sound makes me think of a minimalist, less-intense Crystal Castles.
Their album isn't long. The Hunted is good, Murder Cries is good, most of it is good. Check it out, it's worth it.
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