miningguyx360

Hey there,

I run a show called Study Abroad Radio which covers local music around the world. I've covered places such as Melbourne, Australia; Nashville, TN; Vancouver; Berlin, Germany and many more. I focus on the little guys so this endeavour to cover Tokyo will probably cause me to pull my hair out. I'd love to hear your recommendations for bands that haven't been heard outside of the city. Where should I be looking (Neighborhoods/Districts)? Who should I talk to? Any contacts and information is super helpful for my search. I'm going to do my best to represent the city to the best of my ability.

Thanks!

If you're interested in seeing what my show is about you can go to studyabroadradio.com

Sooooo, this is half shameless self-promotion and half actually asking for help.

I'm a college radio DJ based out of the Rochester Institute of Technology (WITR 89.7FM). I just started up a show called Study Abroad which covers one city's local music scene. You guys are all from different places; I'm curious to hear what your local music scene may be like and if I should cover it. Currently, I'm working on Vancouver, BC and last week I covered Melbourne, Australia.

Let's hear what music can be heard from your backyard!

You can actually see all of my notes and hear last week's show here.

I sincerely hope this hasn't broken the forum rules. I feel like it's partially a discussion.

@austin_walker love these slightly more in-depth news articles you keep pumping out. Beats the usual blog fodder I've come to expect among most sites. Alex was doing a killer job too, but the frequency from a dedicated news guy is appreciated.

We all know this new generation isn't returning the "graphics" we would have anticipated from previous console leaps but where it clearly makes up for that is how much bigger the world can be. The sheer size, the density of quality content and the way the world comes to life in a game like The Witcher 3 is probably the trend we should expect during this new generation (I say new because we are only now starting to get some games that truly show it.)

Also, let's be honest, this game does look pretty fucking good. This isn't your brown, irradiated Fallout. The amount of NPCs, the "god rays" and the complexity of the terrain is nothing to turn your nose up to. The pieces I'm assuming people aren't too fond about are the flashbacks. It's supposed to be a contrast between this detailed, abandoned and overgrown house a new, sanitary home. It's the 50's. These homes were barely lived in. I have a feeling it supposed to be a little unsettling because of how clean it is.

I'd also like to play as a dog. Please let me Bethesda. Pretty please.

It kind of says how horrid the political landscape of games has gotten that this kind of letter is considered brave-- it should be common sense. Every discussion on this topic makes me want to walk away slowly and close the door behind me. It's infested what I've loved most, which is talking about video games. At the moment, due to school, I probably read more about games than I get to play them. This petty bullshit about ethics in journalism (which IMHO is completely unfounded) is holding us all back. Lets talk about the business, lets talk about what games make you feel and lets talk about how we can push games in increasingly diverse directions. No one hates you if you don't like Gone Home, we just don't appreciate it when you shit all over it because "it's not a game" or "it's pushing an agenda". You don't need to love every thing.

Maybe its a symptom of video game journalism becoming hugely personality based. Politics is a very polarizing subject, as well a personal one. It makes sense that these things would eventually trickle up into a larger conversation a what video games are. GamerGate feels like its been raging for over half a year, and its only getting worse. Does someone need to die for these people to see the suffering and bullshit-ery they are causing? We're just here to play some games and brag about voxels or something. Remember that.

@excast: I think some people come to video games to role-play. They want to represent themselves in the game so having options to be whoever they want to be, especially when the protagonist is silent, is super important. I do agree that games get a bad rep for gender inequality when many are pretty progressive forms of entertainment compared to movies and TV. That said, a dialogue is always great to have IMHO and I agree, reviews aren't the place to voice these kinds of things (unless its just a bad game or in very very poor taste).

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@groin: @AsperGamer: yeah I'm pretty sure the whole idea behind 120hz TVs is that you can see the difference in the interpolation (even though its kinda bad unless it's a blu-ray). If you have a 120hz tv and a game running at 120fps+, you'll definitely notice the difference. Most computer monitors don't have that spec (except if it's 3d compatible, another thing 120hz is useful for) so the refresh rate is usually around 60hz meaning you can't see the difference when the game jumps above 60fps.

So I'm a long time GiantBomb user but brand new to Pinterest. Who are some good curators I should follow? Or post yourself!

@mikethekilla Thanks man

@Cincaid yeah I don't have any equipment so the cross-fading is really all done with the filter option. I use Traktor, my mom's HP and a mouse. Thanks for the input! Much appreciated! Any tips on what I should buy first when it comes to equipment?

Hey guys, thought you might be interested in listening to some DJ set I performed recently and recorded. I'm still quite an amateur but if you would kindly provide some feedback it'd be gladly appreciated.