Games – Rocknerd

Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians?

28 September, 202329 September, 2023 Games, Industry 4

At least Songtradr, unlike Epic, is in the same business.

Links: The Shakin’ Stevens game, Quincy Jones, death of the CD, Spotify songwriter credits, Snub TV.

9 February, 2018 Audio, Games, Links, mp3, R'n'B, Television 0

Now I’m trying to imagine an ’80s Quincy Jones game.

Links: Denuvo still trash, copyright works, Margaret Thatcher on punk, Sun Ra.

23 October, 201723 October, 2017 Games, Jazz, Links, Punk, Your rights 0

And Tracey Thorn on the lyrical process.

DRM is still rubbish: Denuvo broken in hours, Ultra-HD ripped, get-iplayer.

4 October, 2017 Film, Games, Links, Television, Your rights 1

No DRM that people were interested in breaking has ever stayed unbroken.

The virtual reality hype slowly faces up to real reality.

28 August, 201728 August, 2017 Film, Games, Opinion 2

Despite continuing attempts to keep the Virtual Reality hype going, the real reality has not improved since late last year.

Links: Music journalism still buggered, Alan Vega final album, Denuvo LOL.

14 June, 201714 June, 2017 Games, Links, Punk, Writing 0

More news during the tinnitus hiatus.

Links: Denuvo suck and are thieves, Andrew Hickey’s Beach Boys books, Jimmy Webb.

5 June, 20175 June, 2017 Games, Links, Pop, Rock, Your rights 1

DRM bad, classic rock vastly better.

Links: Music industry sexism, vinyl video game music, why do we want sound recording anyway?

23 May, 201723 May, 2017 Audio, Games, Industry, Links 0

As usual, the comments on an article on why feminism is needed in the music industry demonstrate why feminism is needed in the music industry.

Followups: Facebook dumps virtual reality, Spotify eats Niland, Denuvo still rubbish.

21 May, 201722 May, 2017 Film, Games, Links, mp3, Your rights 0

More ongoing thrills.

Your cyberpunk present: DRMed pets in Second Life starve after corporate battle.

20 May, 201721 May, 2017 Games, Your rights 2

“For the rabbits!” Lennie shouted.
“For the rabbits,” George repeated.

Soundtracks replaced with extruded substitute music product. If you’re lucky.

14 May, 201715 May, 2017 Film, Games, Television 1

Licensing is hard. Why not use some bulk filler instead.

(sex, uh, sex uh, crime, cry cry cry cry crime, crime)

Links: pop star tech gurus, Denuvo hacks itself, don’t play DRMed content in a Tor browser.

6 February, 20177 February, 2017 Games, Rocknerd, Your rights 0

And some notes on yesterday’s ridiculously popular post.

Links: Facebook goes music industry, Denuvo DRM cracked in record time, a BitTorrent YouTube, women and jazz.

30 January, 201730 January, 2017 Games, Industry, Jazz, Links, mp3 0

assorted bile and horror

Video game music Christmas, by Seth Everman.

23 December, 201623 December, 2016 Games 0

WATER LEVEL (that everyone hates)

Virtual Reality: it’s the new 3D! Expensive, consumers don’t want it and it makes you throw up.

14 December, 201628 August, 2017 Film, Games, Opinion 5

3D technology has been the next big thing for only the last sixty years. It offers amazing improvements over ordinary moving images: darkness, muddier colours, blurriness, headaches from watching for more than twenty minutes and slower action sequences so the viewer doesn’t bring up their last meal.

DRM links: Denuvo removed, Super Mario locked, 4K Netflix for almost nobody, GOG, EFF.

12 December, 201612 December, 2016 Film, Games, Links, Your rights 3

News from the world of “you thought you bought the thing we sold you? Think again, pirate scum!“

65daysofstatic: No Man’s Sky (2016).

15 July, 201631 March, 2017 Games, Prog, Record 0

Averaging one studio album every three years, the classic math rockers, 65daysofstatic are right on time with their latest release, the official soundtrack to the video game No Man’s Sky.