Name: Whitney
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Ten Rejected Video Game Pitches
February 25th, 2010
For every game that gets created, there are dozens that get put on the chopping block. Here are a few that didn’t quite make the cut.
Blip Festival 2009: Making Your Old-School GameBoy Relevant Again
December 17th, 2009A few months ago, I decided I wanted to start making electronic music. On an impulse, I went online and ordered a Theremin, an electronic instrument that creates sounds based on the manipulation of radio waves. The instrument ran me about $500. Flash forward three months later, and I’ve barely touched the thing (hidden pun there… you get it?). For all that, I could have just ordered a much cheaper instrument, like a $4.95 used classic Nintendo GameBoy.
Wait a minute… a GameBoy? As a musical instrument? That’s crazy talk… or is it? Not according to Bit Shifter and Nullsleep, two New York musicians who coined the GameBoy music movement and dubbed it “chiptune.” These artists and many other like-minded individuals use antiquated video game technology to create futuristic sounds and effects. Beginning tonight at 8pm at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York, Blip Festival will celebrate chiptune music and art, and the night will ultimately culminate in a dance party explosion. Now in its fourth year, the event promises to be larger than ever.
