So there’s this band from Brooklyn called the Gregory Brothers. They have some pretty good songs (check out Bad Habit), and describe themselves as “75% Brothers, 25% Babe.”
But more importantly, they’re really funny. Lately they’ve focused their attention on a series of YouTube videos titled “Auto-tune the News,” where they take banal media from the 24 hour news cycles and set them to auto-tune, changing these otherwise macabre monologues into rapturous, unintentional melodies.
Now you may know the Bros have a particular disdain for artsits who use auto-tune to make shitty music, but this is one group who is using it right.
Case and point:
Mario may be the master of Mushroom Kingdom, but that hasn’t stopped programmer Jay Pavlina from dragging other classic NES icons into goomba territory in his new aptly-titled game Super Mario Bros. Crossover.
In this undefinabley-awesome act of retro bliss, players get the chance to rampage through all the levels of the original Super Mario Bros [...]
Title: Shenmue
Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Developer: Sega AM2
Publisher: Sega
Released: 2000 (NA)
Intro:
Shenmue was to be the first of a yet-to-be-finished trilogy by director/writer Yu Zuzuki.
Originally designed for the predecessor of the Dreamcast, the Sega Saturn, Shenmue eventually evolved into a launch title for the Dreamcast.
Shenmue showcased the Dreamcast’s power by featuring [...]
Title: Axelay
Platform: SNES
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Released: 1992 (NA)
Axelay is a top-down shooter from Konami, makers of the classic shooter series Life Force and Gradius.
Unlike tradition shooters, players don’t get upgrades by flying over power-ups dropped by defeated enemies, but instead enhance their ship by advancing in the game and earning upgrades.
The [...]
