So, um, hi guys! My name is MagiNinjA. I’m an old admin here and I’ve been inactive for a while (according to Rama, a million years), and when I come back, I’ll some guides and tha shizzle (haha, that should be a rapping compo for tha sauce XD). As an admin, I mainly report stuff, write/edit guides, and suggest stuff. Basically, I track the details. I also have stuff in the works to help you out you musicians and power users.
Now! Tha News! Unfortunately, some of our more distant relatives of ThaSauce released an album! LAST YEAR!! As far as I know, this was not posted, but was mentioned on Larry’s Saucy Year-In Review.

• Hellven.org – xerxes – the mirror formula (Donate PLZKTHNX)

DWELLING OF DUELS – American Adventure Games Month 2006 (April)
#1 – virt – Day of the Tentacle + Monkey Island – Look Behind You!
#2 (tie) Danimal Cannon: King’s Quest V – A Willow that Weeps
#2 (tie) Ryan8bit: King’s Quest V – The Wizards’ Accord
#3 Chunkstyle: The Neverhood – Willie Guitar

May 2006 is a Free Month. GET TO IT 😀

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Also, a buddy of mine nicknamed CarboHydroM released some shizzle. Songs, drawings, photos, etc. There is also a new layout if that wasn’t reported. Looks beautiful and very Unsealed-esque. He also organized the whole lot of songs. Very nicely done.

McVaffe (and company) has launched a new humor/satire based video game website called GamerGasm. McVaffe had this to say:

“GAMERGASM is basically a game-focused humor / opinion sattire site, but using video and audio more than the text or static images in other websites. We’re also intentionally being rather abrasive and explicit in some of our the segments, for the reasons that (a) it sometimes adds to the humor, and (b) a lot of game information and humor on other sites out there are rather on the conservative side, and we wanted to lighten it up, so to speak…“

You can check it out here!

Christian Pacaud, who has contributed to OneUp Studios’ “Xenogears Light” as well as OverClocked ReMix, VGMix, and Remix:ThaSauce, announced yesterday via the OneUp Studios boards that he was hired by Ubisoft.
The current developer of games in the Myst, Heroes of Might and Magic,
and Tom Clancy series, Ubisoft has brought Pacaud on board as a Sound
Designer, a job which Pacaud begins on May 8th at the company’s Montreal, Quebec offices. Comments and congratulations may be left at the OneUp Studios’ forums. Stay tuned to Pacaud’s homepage for potential updates.

Alright, I realize that this might be overkill, however, since it was released on Tuesday, I might as well go ahead and give you a head’s up.
First of all, I bought my copy at the local Best Buy for $15USD. Might be more or less elsewhere. And I’m sure that sale ends on Saturday, so if you can, hurry up and buy it.

Now, no spoilers or anything here, but I’ve watched it, and it’s not bad. Unless you’re one of those people who got their hands on a subtitled japanese version via whatever P2P downloading program you swear by, you should at least pick up Advent Children anyway.

I picked up the Special Edition version, which I believe is the only version out in the US. Its upsetting that there was no Advent Pieces to go with this release, but, that’s why they have on-line stores. With this Special Edition, you get the full movie, plus a second disc with some extras.

For those of you not in the know on this release, you don’t get the Last Order Anime, and you don’t get anything that the Japanese release has. You do however, as was stated by various sources over the last several months, get a 101 minute movie with some of the coolest CGI sequences since the dismal Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

The selected voice acting for the English version of the AC release is well done. Though I think they could’ve done a bit better with the scripting, as some things do not make sense, its not hard to follow if you watch it from start to finish.

Anyway, this is just a rough review of FF7AC, if you want to find out just how good, or bad if that’s your take on it, that this movie is, then check it out for yourself. Rent it if you have to, but at least watch it.

And finally, be thankful. This, for me, has been worth the wait.

For anyone who’s been wondering (much like I have been) when Shael was going to release his remastered version of Toybox, we regret to inform you that the re-release has been cancelled.
From the thread @ OCReMix:

“No longer have accesss to a CD printer; jewel
cases were mistakenly sent back to the company and are no longer
available. CD version of Toybox is canceled.

This is a is absolutely thoroughly upsetting to say the very least.

Over at myspace.com some people took the initiative to start a project about Video Game Music. They want to make a documentary video about VGM in general. It’s called “-PLAY- a VGM movie”. You might think it has something to do with the identically named “-PLAY- Live Symphony Tour”, but it is not associated with it.

The Minibosses (along with Quarter Inch Crown) will be playing at The Paper Heart in Phoenix, AZ on April 22nd. The show will start at 8:00PM local time that Saturday, and there will be a $5 cover charge. There is also expected to be a community meetup at the show. Have fun, and stuff!

More information is available here, as well as a map here.

http://mars.walagata.com/w/halfside/Image0001.jpg

Anyway, some of you may have had the fortune to meet Shawn in person before. I did, at MAGFest. He also participates in DoD and resides in #vgmix.

Be sure to congratulate him when you run into him. 🙂

That’s one good looking cookie…

The MAGFest website has recently been updated with the new M5 logo, theme, and with a (seemingly) official date and location for MAGFest 5.
Next years MAGFest will be held in Vienna, VA on Thursday, January 4th through Sunday, January 7th. I know I’m gonna try like hell to get there, and as always I advise that anyone else who even thinks they might be able to, try try tryyyy. You won’t regret it.

ReMix:ThaSauce goes live!

What is this thing? R:TS is a new video game arrangement
site brought to you by the creators of ThaSauce. Our goal is to put the fun
back into arrangement. We believe that some are placing too much emphasis on sample
quality and production levels, rather than focusing on arrangement and
enjoyment.

What about it? R:TS uses a submission system similar to
classic OverClocked ReMix. Submissions are evaluated by a small group of 2-3 “arbiters”,
who each have the power to approve a song. Basically all it takes is one “yes”
vote.

Who is it? R:TS was created by Suzumebachi, Fusion2004, and
designed by Eon Blue under the direction of SgtRama. The current arbiters are
SgtRama, Xerol, and Suzumebachi.

Schwat? Send us your songs, remixers! The site itself is
still currently under construction, but all the core features are there, as
well as information on submitting your works to us!

Ok? Hope to see you
soon!

Check us out at:
http://remix.thasauce.net/

Thanks,

Suzumebachi & Fellow R:TS Staff