Tribes of Norlan OST: Part 1

I recently found out about a program called FL (Fruity Loops) Studio, which offers a free limited trial version of the software, which is great because it allows me to do what I’ve been wanting to do for a long time - write music files for my computer (mp3’s and midi specifically) which also allows me to write original music for the Tribes of Norlan games which I’m working on in RPG Maker XP. So far, I’ve already written 4 original tracks

Serpentking "Prelude" Video #1

Okay, okay, so it’s a rather laughable attempt, but I scoured around the dingy creepy corners of the freeware internet to find some crappy “screencasting” program called ‘hypercam’ or something, so I could capture video footage of the game I’ve been working on creating in RPG Maker XP, “Tribes of Norlan: The Serpentking.” This is part of the ‘prelude,’ or introductory chapter to the game. (I’m giving all the chapters musical names. Don’t laugh.) Unfortunately, although most of the ‘intelligence’ sources on the internet say that most modern sound cards can record just fine from the speakers with screencasting software, apparently my only year-old model can’t do it, without it sounding very faint and garbled under layers of static.

Mabinogi is my kind of MMORPG

It’s only been available to North Americans for a few weeks now, but Mabinogi is my kind of MMORPG. It’s made by Nexon, the same people who made Maple Story, but luckily for me the players on Mabinogi mostly seem to be at least slightly more mature than the Maple Story crowd. My only regret is that I had made several friends on MS, who I hate to let go - ooh, ooh! And some of them weren’t 12-15 year olds but they were closer to my age (24) or even older! Bonus! Yes I am a very sad nerdy individual. But I do love to rock out fully covered in online rpgs. Part of the appeal of Mabinogi at least right now is that it’s still relatively small and there aren’t such vast level and skill differences between people.

Watch this if you feel like crawling out of your skin

Remember fighting Pokey Minch and Giygas at the end of Earthbound for SNES?

Well even if you don’t, it’s a classic moment in video gaming history.