My good friend, and composer of contemporary music; Lewis said when I showed him Electroplankton on my DS: “This is the future of music - if we are lucky.” A very fitting reaction indeed. This title by Toshio Iwai is neither a “game” that is not a game, nor an “instrument” that is not a instrument and not really a “music composing tool” that’s not a music composing tool. It’s more in the lines of a composition - an interactive composition. An interactive composition inspired by video games as well as music software and musical instruments.
Archive for July, 2006
Well… last Friday I couldn’t resist the Lite any longer… A week of testing and I must say that I’m very impressed with the improvements the big N has put into this edition of their famous DS. Everything from basic ergonomy and size, via screen brightness to battery life has gotten better. In the following paragraphs I’ll just restate what most other reviewers around the world have been shouting the last months.
Continue reading ‘“I’m beginning to see the Lite…”’
The streem of excellent titles for our beloved Nintendo DS-systems seems never to stop. Having just finished the second world of New Super Mario Bros and beaten my third japanese player in Tetris DS today, I stumbled across news of UbiSoft remaking the original Settlers to fit the DS. Juhu!
Continue reading ‘Settling twice more’
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