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RKO mentioned on gamespy.com

Posted: 18/05/2005 - 10:26
by Jan Lund Thomsen
http://www.gamespy.com/articles/602/602955p1.html

Always nice to get the word spread around, although I don't agree with the writer claim that "a fair number of songs don't even mention what games they're from."

On the other hand, the author admits to never having owned a C64, so I blame the comment on him not being able to spot the fact that the SIDs are named after their game counterparts, and the mixes are named after the SIDs. :D

Thanks to Klas Benjaminsson for sending me the link.

Re: RKO mentioned on gamespy.com

Posted: 18/05/2005 - 11:39
by Kenz
Idiot who wrote the article wrote:What I find most interesting is that it's not really organized by game; a fair number of songs don't even mention what games they're from.
That's possibly the worst bit of research I've ever seen - every tune on RKO is named after the SID tune that it's a remix of ... ! Plus the search facility makes it dead easy to find all the remixes of your fave game choons.

:duh:
Nyeeeuuurrr!

Posted: 18/05/2005 - 12:09
by LMan
I concur.

Posted: 18/05/2005 - 12:40
by Makke
Yes, compared to places like VGMix.com, RKO has a far superior naming and display system.

Next to every remix there's even a direct link to the original SID.

Posted: 18/05/2005 - 13:28
by tas
"Finally, a veritable ton of people emailed about Machinae Supremacy, another Swedish band that's actually scored a few games. It turns out I played one before, Jets 'n Guns. It wasn't my style, but the music was good. Why not cut out the middleman?"

The middleman? is that refering to me? :evil:

Posted: 18/05/2005 - 13:30
by Chris Abbott
> The middleman? is that refering to me?

Heh, now you know how I feel when I get randomly or thoughtlessly dissed by know-nothing journalists who are more interested in being clever than interesting. Well, OK, it doesn't happen often, but it does happen. You just want to bash their head against a wall...

Chris

Posted: 20/05/2005 - 15:44
by Vosla
That article was a load of crap.

Re: RKO mentioned on gamespy.com

Posted: 31/05/2005 - 6:51
by Thunderer
Kenz wrote:
Idiot who wrote the article wrote:What I find most interesting is that it's not really organized by game; a fair number of songs don't even mention what games they're from.
That's possibly the worst bit of research I've ever seen - every tune on RKO is named after the SID tune that it's a remix of ... ! Plus the search facility makes it dead easy to find all the remixes of your fave game choons.

:duh:
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Since the author mentions Machinae Supremacy, I suppose he is referring to the Sidology medleys they made. They are the only instance where there's no clear reference to the games they are from. I guess he just jumped to a premature conclusion. Agreed though, bad research indeed.