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RockyRan
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
You know, I'll probably be called a heretic, blasphemer and be unstarred and possibly banned, but...

...I don't really like the SMB Theme.

*dodges shoe*

I mean, it's not that it's a bad song, it's just that there is much, MUCH better 8-bit/NES music out there that I personally think is leaps and bounds beyond the Mario Bros. Theme (I'll leave it up to you to WILDLY (sarcasm) guess which series in particular I have in mind). Sure it's a classic, but I think people love the song so much simply because it was part of the icon of their childhoods more than because, you know, the song is actually good.

Though I do admit it is pretty neat that a laser cutter can do it pretty much perfectly. I just wished they'd use other, better (IMO) 8-bit musi-

*gets shot and mauled* #mods
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
11/15/09

@RockyRan: I agree, partially. I think the reason people like the theme so much, is not simply because it sounds fantastic, because in reality, it doesnt, it's an extremely simple song, but because of what it is related to. The mario game(s) that it came from are iconic and considered classic, and pioneering, thus, making it's theme also very memorable and VERY nostalgic. Also, everybody knows it, so it also wins points in the "hey! i know that song!" factor.

I, personally prefer the tetris theme, some megaman themes, and others more than the mario theme, however, none can bring me back like the simple, classic theme of that generic italian super-plumber. #mods
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WhiteMåge
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
ATTN: Guy who taped it: Shut the hell up! "HEY GUYS THIS SOUNDS AWESOME WOW I WISH YOU COULD HEAR IT BUT YOU CAN'T SINCE I WON'T SHUT UP"

Though to be honest, "Stuff playing the mario theme" is getting really, really old. At least make it play something else. :\ Where's the zelda dark world theme, or something? Maybe To Zanarkand like that guy did with LBP? #mods
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HELLSRIDER is doing stuff
11/15/09

@WhiteMage Says Fix the Promotion System: I agree he needs to shut up, and I wouldn't complain if the next thing like this would be dark world overworld from aLttP. #mods
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N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels
11/15/09

@HELLSRIDER is doing stuff:
I approve of non-musical hardware playing the Dark World theme from A Link to the Past. Someone make this happen. #mods
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(Starman) Starman
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
Christ, man, just shut up and let the damn machine do it's thing...

We don't care if it's HOLY AWESOME!1!11!!! or not, just TFSU man!

And I'm still not impressed until someone makes the Snake Man theme from MM3 using this method. #mods
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WhiteMåge
11/15/09

@(Starman) Starman: Have you seen the vocaloid version of that theme? It sounds really, really, hauntingly annoying, but I could listen to it all day.

[www.youtube.com] #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

@(Starman) Starman: Second time I've seen this "TFSU', what does it mean?

Does it translate to "The Friend shut up" or maybe "The Food so Universal"?

Nope, nothing. Can't figure it out. #mods
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D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: Yoda's STFU.. #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: Don't give me that "wow, how did he not get that" answer. XD

You are trouble, mister! TROUBLE! #mods
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D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: I just figured you knew at one point in your life and just needed the tag to jog your memory..

O yes.. a relentless stream of age-jokes has your name on it #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: How about Racheal? She's 25, have mercy on my soul! 25 can't be that old, can it? Now I'm conflicted! #mods
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D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: I already got Rachel... she took the high road.. the one place where i cannot follow..

And since the high road doesn't have one of those stair-elevator thingies, i guess your my bitch today..

You can either suck it up and weather the storm, or gently push me in the direction of a troll.. I need to strip something of it's self-esteem.. #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: -points at having no star- Kotaku already took my self-esteem, all I got is my pride.

I WILL NOT LET YOU HAVE THAT :) #mods
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D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: I want a pride too... so majestic..

The landlord is having none of it, sadly.. #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: Man, you could have had your moment there.

I thought the picture represented how you were waiting patiently for weakness before attacking. XD #mods
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D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: "waiting for weakness"

...

lolwhut?

I kid, i kid.. we joke #mods
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
Jesus christ shut up and let it do it's thing...

Mass amounts of both win and fail in the same damn video. #mods
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SmilingPolitely
11/15/09

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: This. A thousand times, this. #mods
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SycoJack
11/15/09

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Agreed. #mods
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Sparkle Biscuit
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
I love it when people talk like they're posting.

No I don't, actually.

This is still cool though. #mods
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UERD
11/15/09

@Sparkle Biscuit: Would have been 12,000x cooler without the blatant overuse of the word 'awesome'.
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n00b_pwner
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
Do Zelda next! #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

@n00b_pwner: Man, I'm in love with Zelda's theme song.

I'll second this request. #mods
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SPECIALciaNAPKIN: The following sentence is false
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: My sister just learned it on her violin out of love for me out of love for it.
She's officially a badass, and a part of my family, now. #mods
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Outkastprince
11/15/09

In reply to Laser Engraver Blasts Out Super Mario Theme
Man, they sure have a lot of times on their hands. Inserting Mario's theme song into a laser cutter? That's just nerd gamer at it's best, they make me proud. -salutes- #mods
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Curse lily
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: lol agreed (｀-´) #mods
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buddhathing
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: This is just the kind of superfluously cool geeked out shit that BoingBoing loves. I don't visit their site nearly as often as I should, which is stupid, as it's where I discovered Kotaku. #mods
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jayislost
11/15/09

@Outkastprince: Too bad the video doesn't have a more detailed explanation of how they did it. Yes, yes, they tuned the motor, I know. But that doesn't really tell us anything. I like to hear about the nuts and bolts (so to speak) of things like this.

Like the guy said (closer to the middle of the video than the beginning, really), fucking awesomesauce. #mods
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SPECIALciaNAPKIN: The following sentence is false
11/15/09

@jayislost: I'd say about a third of the way through, actually.

Oh, were we not counting?
Sorry. #mods
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fuchikoma
11/15/09

@jayislost: Well, it seems they have a converter for MIDI to do this kind of thing now... at one time you had to do it all in control codes - I know there were some old SCSI HP scanners like the scanjet 3c/4c that have a "play tune" command. (I think Fur Elise is an easter egg built in, but can't find info...)

As far as I know it's just moving a stepper motor at different speeds in most of these cases - don't know what the codes used to control them look like though...

Here's a really old example: #mods
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ninjaDance
11/15/09

@fuchikoma: That is both old as the hills and absolutely fantastic. #mods
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Mink_Car
11/15/09

@fuchikoma: That song could not be more appropriate. #mods
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fuchikoma
11/15/09

@Mink_Car:
"Load the WorkBench disk, Com'!"
"I'm sorry Dave - I'm afraid I can not do that..." #mods
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Mink_Car
11/15/09

@fuchikoma: Oddly enough, the computer I had when these things were still around would always play that clip when I shut it down. I wish I could find that again... that would be awesome. #mods
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fuchikoma
11/15/09

@Mink_Car: [wavplanet.com] #mods
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Mink_Car
11/15/09

@fuchikoma: Holy cow. That website looks as old as that computer was.

Thanks! #mods
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
Very awesome!
Best performance for violins I've ever saw for game music compilations, and I saw many of them.
Also, despite the image being far back, at least the sound was pretty good on the video..
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Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
Loved it for what it is: A group of musically talented teenagers sharing their love of gaming in their own way.
To everyone else getting their panties in a twist over minor details...your more then welcomed to not watch, or better yet, make your own video.
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NoBullet
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
Thats kinda stupid that they would joke about Halo's music when its the best game soundtrack ever made.
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Thut
08/10/09

@NoBullet:
Says you.
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Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
08/10/09

@Thut: I would argue that best soundtrack goes (IMHO) to Chrono Trigger.
However, I think Brutal Legend is going to be a new best gaming OST of all time contender.
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Fitz Rhapsody
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
This sucks - not because the music is bad, but because it's made into a JOKE, as always. This is actually one of the best-sounding (musically) performances of live video game music I've seen on YouTube, and yet just like Video Games Live, they decide to make a joke out of it and the laughter drowns out the actual art that's happening on-stage.
Yes, they do the humor well, but either make it funny or make it art - doing both just ruins the chance of fully appreciating either.
This is what I can't stand about Video Games Live (well, that and Tommy Tallarico's GIGANTIC EGO and apparent need to shred on an overly-amplified electric guitar for the entire second half of every concert now). Thank God Nobuo Uematsu's concerts still maintain their focus on the music.
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NoBullet
08/10/09

@Fitz Rhapsody: Stop making shit up. Ive been to 2 VGL shows. Theres no laughter drowning out the music. Its loud as hell anyways even if people were laughing.
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SmilingPolitely
08/10/09

@Fitz Rhapsody: I don't see why funny and art need be mutually exclusive. There is funny art. There is good funny art.
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Fitz Rhapsody
08/11/09

@NoBullet: Uh, nice try, Dr. Genius - I ALSO have been to 2 VGL shows, hoping that the second would be better than the first - and yet they somehow found a way to make it worse.
Let me be more specific: The Metal Gear music SHOULD have been one of my favorite pieces, but all I could hear was the overpowering synth-beat when the laughter drowned out the actual orchestrated part. It was awful. Maybe you could hear the orchestra if you were sitting in the 3rd row, but up in the balcony, it was inaudible.
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Fitz Rhapsody
08/11/09

@SmilingPolitely: Yes, I agree - perhaps my complaint is that overall, video game music is presented in a comic setting more often than not, which makes me feel patronized as someone who considers himself a "gamer" but also has a background in classical music. Just because I'm a gamer doesn't mean I wouldn't be able to fully appreciate a concert consisting of video game music, even if it's orchestrated. I feel like there's an assumption that gamers are too stupid or A.D.D. to appreciate classical music, and that annoys me.
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Kris
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
Those are some really freakin' talented kids! And it looked like most of them were girls. Go girls!
Also, Tetris was hilarious.
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Draco_2k
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
They say nostalgia hits you like a wave, but this is more like a tsunami made of chocolate.
Beautiful.
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Instant_Awesome
08/10/09

In reply to Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
I heart video game music. I often listen to soundtracks in non-gaming situations (working out, driving, working, etc.). It just affects me differently than other music does. I figure it's because it is forever connected in my brain to the games themselves, but I've fallen in love with some songs before I even played the game in which they're featured.
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Grave
07/20/09

In reply to Final Fantasy IV Gets OverClocked
This stuff hurts. Bad. Try and make it through their version of the final battle music and not roll your eyes, I dare you.
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