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04/15/08
tinyCritic Launched to Beta!
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My new site, tinyCritic, has just been launched to beta status! It is a review site with a twist: all reviews must be written in 50 words or less. I am excited about the launch and hope that it will be a huge success.
The site is lauched under the also newly created villagemind network, which will be a hub for a number of upcoming social content sites. Right now, there is nothing on the villagemind main page, but you can visit the developer blog.
tinyCritic is in open beta, so anyone can sign up and register, but there may be many major to minor feature changes in the coming weeks. Once it is finalized, I will open up the site as a full release. If you have any questions or comments, you can use the tinycritic contact page to get in contact with me.
05/29/07
Conquest Idol
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One of the main events at the 2007 Conquest Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention was the Conquest Idol Competition. This was the first year for this event at Conquest, but its popularity will ensure that it will continue next year.
The effect of listening to a bunch of dedicated nerds get up on stage and try to sing was both painful and hilarious. The best acts, unsurprisingly, were those that embraced their bad singing and used it along with intentionally horrible song choices for maximum comedic effect.
Though the singing was almost universally bad, the event was a blast and I hope to see what next year's entrants can do.
04/27/07
Piano Squall - Anime St. Louis
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"Piano Squall" is the stage name of a pianist who specializes in video game and anime music. I attended his concert Anime St. Louis last week and was very impressed with his performance.
Piano Squall began the show with an entertaining story of his origins and gave some insight into why he chose to pursue the performance of anime and video game music as a career. The bulk of the concert featured a variety of songs from anime such as Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist and Evangellion, and video games such as Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, and most of the Final Fantasy series. It was obvious by his actions that Piano was very emotionally attached to the music he was playing. The crowd erupted into enthusiastic applause after the conclusion of every song.
At the end of the concert, Piano once again spoke before the audience to promote his new album "Game" which he produced with the aid of EA games. I found his salesmanship of the album to be a bit on the tacky side -- he very much seemed to be channeling the spirit of a thousand infomercial hosts in his presentation. Nevertheless, at the conclusion of the concert he was swarmed by the crowd elbowing their way to his table to pre-order his album and obtain a signed poster. While I did not join the crowd mobbing him at the end of the presentation, I was very impressed with his performance and the quality of the piano arrangements he wrote for many of the songs. I hope I get a chance to see him in concert again.
