overcast #009
Episode 9 features coverage of machinima news from all across the community over the past several weeks. One review of a new series, and an informal nostalgia review of an old classic.
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This Week’s Hot List (URLs from the show’s content):
- Edinburgh Pronunciation
- Johnnie Ingram: “…Although, if you ever come to visit us in Scotland, we *have* to teach you how to pronounce the word ‘Edinburgh’, for your own safety. Unless it was deliberate. In which case … er … well done.”
- Overman: “Argh, lol! No, it wasn’t botched on purpose. I should have asked! Was it too much ‘EE’ on the first syllable and not enough ‘AY’? I was pretty sure the last part wasn’t pronounced “BURG” as in burger, but other than that I hadn’t a clue.”
- Johnnie: “ED (as in Editor)… IN (as in in)… BURGH (as in , erm, umbrella. It’s sort of a “breh” sound. Like many English words, it’s not pronounced in the way it’s spelt (the Scottish word for Edinburgh, Dunedin, is pronounced as it looks, and is therefore a much better word).”
- Overman: “Dunedin? How the heck do you say that??”
- Goldfish Crackers
- Overman’s blog entries: PC Woes and Their Resolution
- Gaming News with Lady Mainframe
- Reallusion’s iClone
- Clip of the Week:Â Anachronox: The Movie by Jake “Strider” Hughes
- Half-Life Episode 2
- Psyk’s Popcorn Jungle Returns
- Review:Â Machinima Review Episode 3 by Rellik
- “Review the Reviews” blog entry by Overman
- The Sims Resource (Sims 2 custom content site)
- Mitch Featherston releases Stone-Free Texture Set
- Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards - $4,000 in prizes!
- Also: Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition - $3,000 grand prize
- Friedrich Kirshner’s Movie Sandbox now in beta (UT2004)
- YouSendIt Upgrades its Services
- This podcast featured music from the score of Male Restroom Etiquette
Comment by Mu Nansen — September 20, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Yes, the Episodes for HL2 are stand-alone.
Comment by Overman — September 20, 2006 at 8:14 pm
I knew you knew!
Comment by HatHead — September 21, 2006 at 12:52 am
Nyquil gives you the munchies? Heh heh
Great to have you back! Is that the orch VST you used in your latest Sims2 movie also quoted here? It sounds very cool.
Comment by Overman — September 21, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Yessir, that orchestral bumper track is the “concert band” style piece from M.R.E., made solely using elements of East-West’s VST. Instrumentation was: full strings, tuba, french horns, trombones, trumpets, clarinets, and the percussion is bass drum and snare… all from the same instrument.
Comment by Rellik — September 21, 2006 at 7:42 pm
So all the computer woes are behind you now? You got some catching up to do so we’re gonna need a new episode every, what, four days?
*cracks whip*