Progress Report: My Resident Evil music
video project has been seriously underway since my semester
ended earlier this month, tho unfortunately it's still
in its early stages. Prior to December, not a whole
lot got done. Throughout the semester, I had slowly
written-up about 11 pages of notes (and still writing
more), recalling EVERY cutscene obtainable in RE1
and RE0, brainstorming all the scenes
and moments I'd like to capture. In fact, writing these
notes and ignoring my professor was the only thing I
could do to keep myself awake during General Chem. after
lunch. Beyond that, I only captured the intro scenes
from both games. Less than two weeks ago, right after
final exams, I was finally able to spend quality time
with RE1 for some serious capture sessions
[serious: 10pm till 6am, daily]. Playing (reloading)
& capturing, then post-processing the footage is
the routine. The process would be much less time-consuming
if RE1 didn't have so many friggin' branching
paths (varying cutscenes). Using multiple saves on 2-3
memory cards is a necessity, and never running out of
ink ribbons is a priority.
At this point, both Chris and Jill just got to the Lab
on Disc 2, across 4 save files. 2 files for rescuing
Rebecca from the Hunter, or not; 2 files for giving
Barry's gun back at Lisa's Altar, or not. I have a 5th
file in case Chris wants a costume change. I have roughly
9gigs of video (~5.3MB/sec, on average). I've seen just
about everything there is to see on Disc 1. Soon, I'll
be able to move on to RE0, which should
be far less repetitive since it's not divided into two
separate adventures. In the end, I'll be playing 3 games
instead of 2. Yikes.
I haven't touched Mario Power Tennis,
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, or Viewtiful
Joe 2 in a month. Daisy & Peach are my only
Star Characters, I'm only in the first Save Station
in Sanctuary Fortress, and Joe & Silvia have only
beaten 3 bosses. I've only (re)played Tales cuz I play
co-op when I visit my friends on weekends. I'm having
doubts that I'll finish this video by the time I get
my hands on Resident Evil 4. If not, Resi4
will have to wait, just like the others. I'll still
post the intro or something. Or something.
Later on, I'll upload [lots of] character screen caps
from my source videos. I'm sure some people will make
good use of them.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
12-16-04
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*school is over* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The 3min TGS 2004 Resident Evil 4 trailer
is coming up. Not a whole lot to mention. You people
should be playing Pikmin, or Metroid,
or Viewtiful Joe, or Paper Mario,
or Tales, or something. I know I should.
I haven't touched Echoes or VJ2
in the last few weeks.
Say hi to Ada. She's somewhere around here. Even tho
she's been around for a couple weeks already, this is
the first time I've mentioned it. OH WELL IT'S NOT IMPORTANT
JUST FILLER TEXT.
Currently playing: Mario Power Tennis
(GCN), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GCN), Viewtiful Joe
2 (GCN)
11-21-04
Another Metroid
Prime 2: Echoes "trailer"
added; intro coming up later. I finally got Viewtiful
Joe 2, YAY, but dammit, Capcom was slow with
shipping this time around.
Currently playing: Mario Power Tennis
(GCN), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GCN)
11-14-04
Mario
Power Tennis media added. A sample
singles game, and a doubles game.
ROBOWOMAN2 COMES OUT IN 2 DAYS!!
Currently playing: Mario Power Tennis
(GCN)
11-11-04
The Mario
Power Tennis CG intro is available.
LOVE THIS GAME. I also replaced the Metroid
Prime intro clip with 2 new ones
for a more comprehensive preview.
Capcom might send out Viewtiful Joe 2
pre-orders as early as THIS WEEK.
HOLY CRAP, MP2:Echoes comes out NEXT WEEK.
Currently playing: Mario Power Tennis
(GCN)
11-09-04
MARIO POWER TENNIS IS UPON US!!!!!!
It's gonna be a great month. Some "old" media
and some "new" media will be coming up.
Currently playing: Second Sight (GCN)
10-31-04
Revamped Pikmin
movies and a Metal
Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes update
are online. I finally beat Tales of Symphonia
and Hitman 2: Bald Dude. Great stuff.
MARIO POWER TENNIS COMES OUT IN 9 DAYS!!
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN)
10-22-04
The revamped Super
Smash Bros. Melee movies are now
up; old stuff replaced and re-encoded. Pikmin
and MGS: The Twin Snakes are getting updates
too.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
10-14-04
Resident
Evil 4 JPN demo Parts 3 & 4 are
available. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?! I KILL EVERYONE!!
BIOZOMBOID BANZAI!!
Currently playing: Resident Evil 4 JPN
Demo (GCN), Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
10-13-04
Resident
Evil 4 JPN demo Part 2 is available.
The last two parts, 3 & 4, are coming up. Sadly,
I feel like I'm running out of things to capture. OH
WAIT I got a few ideas...
Currently playing: Resident Evil 4 JPN
Demo (GCN), Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
10-12-04
My first capture of the FamitsuBiohazard/Resident
Evil 4 JPN demo is online, covering
the first couple minutes of the demo stage. Expect to
see 4-6 videos in all. BioZomboid BANZAI!!
Currently playing: Resident Evil 4 JPN
Demo (GCN), Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
10-10-04
The Viewtiful
Joe 2 JPN trailer from the Weekly
Famitsu Capcom Special Issue is available. Additionally,
the Resident
Evil 4 E3 trailer was updated with
a new encode, since I found a better quality source
on the same Famitsu Capcom DVD. Next in
line will be videos from the JPN Biohazard 4
demo.
Currently playing: Resident Evil 4 JPN
Demo (GCN), Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
10-06-04
Don't expect any more clips from the Metroid
Prime 2: Echoes demo. After playing
it a few times, I've decided there wasn't enough new
stuff in this short demo stage to show off. For a slightly
better look at what's in the final game, download the
teaser
footage if you haven't seen it yet.
In other news, I finally got my Weekly Famitsu
Capcom Special Issue + DVD + BioZomboid 4 demo.
Resi4 and Viewtiful Joe 2
media on the way!
Currently playing: Resident Evil 4 JPN
Demo (GCN), Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
One last Tales
of Symphonia Unison Attack clip added,
Lloyd and Colette's Stardust Rain. CHECKOUT THE SPRINKLAGE
OOH THE BRIGHT COLORS.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
09-29-04
Added the Art Gallery movie from the Metroid
Prime 2: EchoesBonus Disc.
One more Tales of Symphonia Unison Attack
plus one of Sheena's Summons will be added this week,
and maybe a run-through of the MP2:E demo
if I have time.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
09-23-04
Four battle clips of different Tales
of Symphonia Unison Attacks are available.
A couple more will be added whenever I find time. I
should be receiving my copy of the Weekly Famitsu
Capcom Special Issue + Biohazard 4
demo + trailer DVD in a week or two. BioZomboid banzai!
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Super Monkey Ball 2 (GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
(GCN)
09-16-04
I'll add more stuff from Tales of Symphonia
and the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc
later. Specifically, more Unison Attack Combos, the
Metroid Prime art gallery, and footage
from the demo stage.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
09-02-04
The old 1min Resident
Evil 4 E3 trailer has been replaced
with the complete 3min extended version. BioZomboid
rock on!
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
09-01-04
Another fat Metroid
Prime 2: Echoes trailer was added.
Oh, and a hi-rez version of the EXTENDED Resident
Evil 4 E3 trailer is coming up.
2 trailers from the Metroid
Prime 2: EchoesBonus Disc
are available. Other media from the Bonus Disc/demo
are on the way.
Don't forget to buy Pikmin 2, cuz I can't.
I have too many games to finish, a music video project,
and school. *head explodes* *Kool-Aid pours out*
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Super Monkey Ball 2 (GCN)
08-27-04
If you haven't noticed, I got the site mirrored and
hi-rez versions of some of my vids are available there
as well, so you don't have to bother requesting and
stuff. Geocities is still the permanent site location,
but if you're looking for the vids and you click the
right links, you'll end up at the mirror without any
problems. ED: "The Unofficial Trailer",
Destiny, Begin, got melee?,
and Season Romance are available.
I finally got the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus
Disc today. Media on the way! YESSSSS! WHY DOES
SCHOOL HAVE TO START NEXT WEEK?!! NOOOOOOO!!!
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Super Monkey Ball 2 (GCN)
08-19-04
Maybe I spoke too soon. All of yesterday's media has
been re-linked to Fileshack. What else should I add?
To celebrate the fact that work on the Resident
Evil video is underway, here's 5 sexy screen
caps of the loveli Jill
Valentine's face.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN), P.N.03 (GCN)
08-18-04
Fileshack's driving me nuts -- they haven't posted my
movie submissions yet. Anyway, I managed make some media
available. The Tales
of Symphonia Unison Attack
clip and USA opening are available. E3 trailers for
Geist,
StarFox,
and the NEW
Super Mario Bros. (DS) are
also available. All are currently located on "temporary
hosting."
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN), P.N.03 (GCN)
08-12-04
Fileshack's been busy with server upgrades, so the previously
mentioned Tales of Symphonia media won't
be completely available until they're done. Only the
"J-pop" version of the anime opening is immediately
available, at my friend's site. And since the Metroid
Prime 2: Echoes bonus disc should be coming
in later this month (I extended my Nintendo Power subscription,
again), I'll try to get those new trailers up ASAP.
Work on the Resident Evil music video
has also begun. It'll have the highest-quality video
captures I've done to date.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN), P.N.03 (GCN)
08-09-04
A friend's eBay
auction for Eternal
Darkness, F-Zero GX, Mario
Golf: Toadstool Tour, Metal Gear Solid:
The Twin Snakes, Super Smash Bros. Melee,
TimeSplitters 2, Tony Hawk's Underground
and Viewtiful Joe. They're all near-mint-condition,
starting bid at $80, buy price at $95. US/NTSC format
only. It's a great package; please bid/buy.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN)
08-04-04
Crap
happens. Reinstalled Windows on my editing machine and
my fun machine. Reinstalled everything. Major delays.
Me tired. Need sleepy. Need doughnuts.
Guess
what, both the JPN and USA versions of the Tales
of Symphonia anime opening sequence should
be availale early next week [I'VE BEEN BUSY]. Recall
that the JPN opening featured the J-pop song "Starry
Heavens" by 'day after tomorrow,' while the US
version got some un-exciting out-of-place orchestra
music. From the looks of the JPN opening, the anime
clips were sequenced to match the J-pop, but the orchestra
stuff was written to match the already-sequenced anime
clips, which is why the anime stuff doesn't seem to
fit the orchestra stuff well in the US opening. The
orchestra wants to embrace the anime, but the anime
wants to embrace the J-pop. Mind you that I don't
have the JPN import of the game, so what I did was
capture the video from the US game and decompressed/edited
a full-length mp3 track of "Starry Heavens"
that I had. Using an old MPEG capture of the JPN opening
as a guide, I trimmed/timed/cut/pasted/improvised
the audio track to match the timing I saw from the
MPEG video. It wasn't easy.
Currently playing: Tales of Symphonia
(GCN)
07-20-04
Chill,
chill, I'll try to capture some Tales of Symphonia
videos "soon." The anime opening we'll have,
for sure, and maybe a battle or two. Come back next
year, or sooner. In the meantime, just buy the game,
and try to snatch that nice art book.
Truth be told, I haven't really started my Resident
Evil Remake + Zero video yet. I've done a little
script writing, but no video capturing. I'm waiting
till I get a new hard drive.
Currently playing: Mega Man Network Transmission
(GCN), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN), The Legend of
Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GCN)
06-28-04
I
finally got a hold of Nintendo's E3 2004 Press
Conference B-Roll DVD-ROM (it wasn't easy),
so expect a bunch of high-quality E3 trailer sexiness
in the following updates.
The Legend of Zelda 2005, Metroid
Prime 2: Echoes, Resident Evil 4,
Geist, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat,
Paper Mario 2, and other crap.
HOOO-RAH!
...*sigh*. Fileshack
is currently down. No media updates until they're back
in business... Time to play Tales of Phantasia
or Mega Man Network Transmission in the
meantime...
Currently playing: NOTHING
06-24-04
DO
NOT BUY Mega Man Anniversary Collection
(any version, if you ask me). Your money isn't worth
the crap you'll have to put up with. It's an insult
to fans (especially long-time Nintendo fans), it's an
insult to Capcom, and it's an insult to Mega Dude
himself. Unbelievably, most/all these classic "ports"
manage to look, sound, and play WORSE than their original
versions (thanks to a shitty control scheme, the GCN
version is practically unplayable, or played painfully).
How Capcom let this garbage thru in the first place
is a mystery to me.
Currently playing: Resident Evil Zero
(GCN)
06-21-04
The
Beach
Spikers media section has
been revamped with newer clips. Bouncing balls and custom
pigtailed babes, oh yes! I'm a sick monkey! Checkout
this 4-player volleball game while you wait for the
next Mario Tennis -- I bet it's dirt-cheap now.
Currently playing: Resident Evil Zero
(GCN), The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GCN)
Currently playing: Resident Evil: Rebirth
(GCN), Tales of Phantasia (SNES), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
(GCN)
06-08-04
E3
2004 trailers for Baten Kaitos and Tales
of Symphonia coming soon. Not sure when they'll
be up. There's also a good chance I'll obtain source
copies of those super sexy trailers Nintendo
premiered (Zelda, RE4,
MP2:Echoes) at their E3 2004 press conference.
There will be much rejoicing.
Currently playing: Resident Evil: Rebirth
(GCN)
05-18-04
My
most recent project, ED:
"The Unofficial Trailer"
(Eternal Darkness), is now available for
download. Special thanks to IceMan2k
@ NintendoXtreme. Hi-rez versions
of some of my vids will soon be available by request.
Currently playing: Mega Man Network Transmission
(GCN), Tales of Phantasia (SNES)
05-12-04
Apparently
everyone's too busy to help me out a little and get
some of my videos hosted cuz of some strange glittery
gathering called "E"-something. *sigh*. I
guess things will have to wait a little longer. Here's
a string of words that don't really belong in this update
and don't benefit anyone, but I'll toss them in anyway
cuz they're the cause of my hosting delays and Google
might like it:
"E3 2004 Nintendo Press Conference The Legend of
Zelda GCN video trailer is not here haha"
Currently playing: Mega Man Network Transmission
(GCN), Tales of Phantasia (SNES)
05-06-04
Some
short Tales of Symphonia clips were linked
in 'Cube
Media', and I just finished my Eternal
Darkness trailer, which might be up this week.
I can finally play other games "for fun" now,
AND start planning-out my Resident Evil (Re +
Zero) music video. Soul Calibur II
is now priced at $20 -- I might actually get it! Maybe.
Actually, I need a new GCN controller. Actually, there's
a lot of games I haven't finished yet.
Watching Azumanga Daioh on DVD, on TV,
with Dolby Pro Logic II makes me happy.
Currently playing: NOTHING
04-28-04
Mario
Golf: Toadstool Tour CG openining
added. More Metal
Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes media
added. Mario Golf is now priced at $30,
and F-Zero GX is $20! The first DVD volume
of the U.S. Azumanga Daioh release is
out! AHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAAHAHAH *kawaii* AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAH!!
Currently playing: Eternal Darkness:
Sanity's Requiem (GCN), Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
(GCN)
04-16-04
The
very weird Killer
7 trailer is up now. WHAT'S GOING
ON?! WHAT'S WITH ALL THE BLOOD!? Kill Bill Vol.2
is out in theaters now!
Currently playing: Mario Golf: Toadstool
Tour (GCN), James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (GCN),
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GCN), Beach Spikers:
Virtua Beach Volleyball (GCN)
04-14-04
The
oh-so-silky Resident
Evil 4 trailer is up. Kill
Bill Vol.1 is out on DVD now!
Currently playing: NOTHING
04-11-04
OK,
I got my copy of Famitsu Wave DVD and
my rips of the Resident
Evil 4 & Killer
7 trailers (so sexy) should be up
this week. I'm also working on other stuff (ED
trailer *cough*).
Currently playing: Beach Spikers: Virtua
Beach Volleyball (GCN), Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
(GCN), Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GCN)
03-25-04
I
pre-ordered the May 2004 issue of Famitsu Wave
DVD magazine a while back, so you can expect
to see high-quality rips of Famitsu's
"exclusive" biohazard/Resident Evil
4 footage here in the coming weeks. Killer
7 and other game footage might accompany that
as well, and other cool stuff that might be on the DVD.
This had better be worth my $20.
An interesting little trailer for Pikmin 2
was added to 'Cube
Media', and the official trailer
for P.N.03
was replaced and re-encoded for 640x480 viewing.
Currently playing: Mega Man Network Transmission
(GCN), Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GCN)
Currently playing: Metal Gear Solid:
The Twin Snakes (GCN)
03-19-04
The
first piece of Metal
Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes media
was added. Ninja's are cool cuz they FLIP-OUT and KILL
PEOPLE! Rock-on Ninja guy!
If you don't understand yet, it was the "Ninja
bloodbath" clip that was added.
Currently playing: Final Fantasy: Crystal
Chronicles (GCN), Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
(GCN)
03-14-04
IT'S
MARCH METAL GEAR MADNESS MONTH!!! The intro and a few
cutscenes from Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
will be available within the week. In the meantime,
official trailers for Viewtiful
Joe, Wave
Race: Blue Storm, and 1080*:
Avalanche have been re-encoded and
re-uploaded for 640x480 optical pleasure.
My Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
fan trailer is slowly progressing.
Currently playing: Metal Gear Solid:
The Twin Snakes (GCN), Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
(GCN), Conflict: Desert Storm II (GCN)
Currently playing: Final Fantasy: Crystal
Chronicles (GCN)
02-18-04
New
Conflict:
Desert Storm II media added. Happy
fun bang-bang action from the game's 1st mission. I've
also replaced the older Final
Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles teaser
trailer with a higher-quality (640x480) version captured
from the one included in the game, rather than the MK:DD
Bonus Disc.
Currently playing: Final Fantasy: Crystal
Chronicles (GCN)
And since I now have Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles,
you can expect to find the complete musical opening/intro
here some time. Maybe not real soon, but some time.
Along with some new media for Conflict: Desert
Storm II - Back to Baghdad.
Currently playing: Final Fantasy: Crystal
Chronicles (GCN), Conflict: Desert Storm II (GCN)
Getting the newer media up is taking longer than expected.
I've been informed that FileShack is still undergoing
server upgrades, which is putting a delay on movie submissions.
So whenever that's cleared up, clips for Conflict:
Desert Storm II and Beyond Good &
Evil will have to wait a bit longer. And I forgot
to mention that I'm working on a quick fan trailer for
Eternal Darkness. Why? Cuz the official
ED trailers suck Donkey Kong.
Currently playing: Conflict: Desert Storm
II (GCN), Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES), Castlevania: Circle
of the Moon (GBA)
Currently playing: Mario Kart: Double
Dash!! (GCN), Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2),
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GCN)
01-13-04
"Tricks"
for 1080*:
Avalanche and "Palm Bay Heights"
for Burnout
2 are up now. I'm a little behind
on everything.
Currently playing: 1080*: Avalanche (GCN),
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN), Castlevania: Lament
of Innocence (PS2), Beyond Good & Evil (GCN), Hitman
2: Silent Assassin (GCN)
01-02-04
Guess
what day it is...... YOU'RE WRONG! Movies for Burnout
2, 1080*: Avalanche, Mario
Kart: Double Dash!!, and Star Wars: Rebel
Strike coming up. And I'm announcing an unannounced
video project.
Currently playing: 1080*: Avalanche (GCN),
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN), Mario Kart:
Double Dash!! (GCN), Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
(GBA), Resident Evil: Rebirth (GCN)
Progress Report: My Resident Evil music
video project has been seriously underway since my semester
ended earlier this month, tho unfortunately it's still
in its early stages. Prior to December, not a whole
lot got done. Throughout the semester, I had slowly
written-up about 11 pages of notes (and still writing
more), recalling EVERY cutscene obtainable in RE1
and RE0, brainstorming all the scenes
and moments I'd like to capture. In fact, writing these
notes and ignoring my professor was the only thing I
could do to keep myself awake during General Chem. after
lunch. Beyond that, I only captured the intro scenes
from both games. Less than two weeks ago, right after
final exams, I was finally able to spend quality time
with RE1 for some serious capture sessions
[serious: 10pm till 6am, daily]. Playing (reloading)
& capturing, then post-processing the footage is
the routine. The process would be much less time-consuming
if RE1 didn't have so many friggin' branching
paths (varying cutscenes). Using multiple saves on 2-3
memory cards is a necessity, and never running out of
ink ribbons is a priority.
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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