a life in hell's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=a life in hell2000-03-23T13:32:15Zgolden axe (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell/writeups/golden+axea life in hellhttp://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell2000-03-23T13:32:15Z2000-03-23T13:32:15Z<p>A 2d <a href="/title/Forced+Perspective">Forced Perspective</a> platform game by <a href="/title/Sega">Sega</a>. Very,
very <a href="/title/impressive">impressive</a> for it's <a href="/title/time">time</a> <a href="/title/graphically">graphically</a>, and the
<a href="/title/music">music</a> is still very <a href="/title/cool">cool</a>, although there is a <a href="/title/lot">lot</a> to
be said for the <a href="/title/remixes">remixes</a> by <a href="/title/Jeroen+Tel">Jeroen Tel</a> used in the <a href="/title/c64">c64</a>
version</p>
<p>The plot is that Death=Adder has, amoungst other things,
kidnapped the <a href="/title/King">King</a> and the <a href="/title/Princess">Princess</a>. The 3 main charecters,
Ax=Battler (The <a href="/title/Barbarian">Barbarian</a>),
Tyrus=Flare (The <a href="/title/Amazon">Amazon</a>), and Gilius=Thunderhead (The <a href="/title/Dwarf">Dwarf</a>)
hold <a href="/title/Grudges">Grudges</a> against Death=Adder already, and seek some <a href="/title/vengence">vengence</a>.
</p>
<p>Amoungst the <a href="/title/cooler">cooler</a> things, is that each <a href="/title/player">player</a> has a
<a href="/title/special">special</a> magic <a href="/title/spell">spell</a>. Ax causes an earthquake, Tyrus brings
forth a <a href="/title/dragon">dragon</a> who fills the screen with <a href="/title/fire">fire</a>, and Gilius
causes an <a href="/title/earthquake">earthquake</a>. This tends to <a href="/title/hurt">hurt</a> the <a href="/title/bad+guys">bad guys</a>.
</p>
<p>Each and every <a href="/title/home+version">home version</a> Sucked, gameplay wise.</p>
VQF (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell/writeups/VQFa life in hellhttp://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell2000-03-23T13:08:29Z2000-03-23T13:08:29Z<p>A <a href="/title/vastly">vastly</a> overrated <a href="/title/audio">audio</a> compression <a href="/title/format">format</a>. The<br><a href="/title/hype">hype</a> has it being <a href="/title/better">better</a> than <a href="/title/mp3">mp3</a>. This is <a href="/title/false">false</a>.<br>VQF <a href="/title/rapes">rapes</a> the <a href="/title/Upper+Bands">Upper Bands</a> more than a <a href="/title/Bad">Bad</a> MP3 <a href="/title/Encoder">Encoder</a>,<br>and a <a href="/title/Good">Good</a> encoder (<a href="/title/LAME">LAME</a>, <a href="/title/Scmpx">Scmpx</a>, <a href="/title/FHG">FHG</a>) utterly <a href="/title/kicks">kicks</a> it<br><a href="/title/right">right</a> out of the <a href="/title/ballpark">ballpark</a>. Interstingly, most of the<br><a href="/title/people">people</a> who tell me how good <a href="/title/VQF">VQF</a> is vs. <a href="/title/MP3">MP3</a> are not<br><a href="/title/Musicians">Musicians</a>. The opposite is <a href="/title/Not+True">Not True</a>.</p>Dream Log: February 19, 2000 (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell/writeups/Dream+Log%253A+February+19%252C+2000a life in hellhttp://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell2000-02-19T17:49:51Z2000-02-19T17:49:51Z<p>I dreamt that, for <a href="/title/whatever">whatever</a> reason, I had <a href="/title/finally">finally</a> broken
<a href="/title/out">out</a> of this <a href="/title/rut">rut</a> that I <a href="/title/call">call</a> my <a href="/title/life">life</a>, and made some
<a href="/title/decent">decent</a> cash. Anyhow, I was <a href="/title/at">at</a> my <a href="/title/wedding">wedding</a> to a <a href="/title/girl">girl</a>
who's name <a href="/title/escapes">escapes</a> me. It was like this <a href="/title/really">really</a> <a href="/title/lavish">lavish</a>
<a href="/title/affair">affair</a>, and i'd <a href="/title/flown">flown</a> in like <a href="/title/everyone">everyone</a> I <a href="/title/know">know</a>, as
<a href="/title/well">well</a> as all of my <a href="/title/family">family</a> (The dream was <a href="/title/set">set</a> in
<a href="/title/San+Francisco">San Francisco</a>, for <a href="/title/reasons">reasons</a> <a href="/title/unknown">unknown</a>.)</p>
<p>
Anyhow, one of the <a href="/title/people">people</a> who was <a href="/title/there">there</a>, was a <a href="/title/girl">girl</a> named
<a href="/title/Cheryl">Cheryl</a> aka <a href="/title/Teefers">Teefers</a>. We <a href="/title/went">went</a> through all of the usual <a href="/title/wedding">wedding</a> <a href="/title/preperations">preperations</a>,
and I seemed to be <a href="/title/reasonable">reasonable</a> happy with the <a href="/title/whole">whole</a> <a href="/title/affair">affair</a> (<a href="/title/understatement">understatement</a> :).
</p>
<p>
Anyhow, some <a href="/title/time">time</a> into the <a href="/title/dream">dream</a>, she <a href="/title/told">told</a> me she
<a href="/title/loved">loved</a> me. This <a href="/title/kinda">kinda</a> <a href="/title/fucked">fucked</a> up my <a href="/title/perfect">perfect</a> <a href="/title/scenario">scenario</a>
(context: I <a href="/title/do">do</a> love <a href="/title/teefers">teefers</a>, but she <a href="/title/doesn%2527t">doesn't</a> realise <a href="/title/it">it</a> <a href="/title/%253A%2528">:(</a>). (now I <a href="/title/have">have</a> to <a href="/title/hope">hope</a> that she <a href="/title/doesn%2527t">doesn't</a> ever read <a href="/title/everything">everything</a> :)
</p>
<p>
after this, I <a href="/title/basically">basically</a> cracked, and had to <a href="/title/get">get</a> <a href="/title/out">out</a> of
<a href="/title/there">there</a>. My <a href="/title/fiance">fiance</a>, however, was kind of<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…International Karate + (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell/writeups/International+Karate+%252Ba life in hellhttp://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell2000-02-17T12:16:21Z2000-02-17T12:16:21Z<p>A <a href="/title/famous">famous</a> 2d <a href="/title/fighting">fighting</a> game by <a href="/title/System+3">System 3</a> from the <a href="/title/c64">c64</a> and <a href="/title/amiga">amiga</a> days,
it <a href="/title/kicked">kicked</a> <a href="/title/ass">ass</a> before <a href="/title/Street+Fighter+2">Street Fighter 2</a> and <a href="/title/Mortal+Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a> were
a <a href="/title/twinkle">twinkle</a> in some <a href="/title/designers">designers</a> <a href="/title/eye">eye</a>.</p>
<p>
The <a href="/title/neat">neat</a> thing about <a href="/title/this">this</a> game, is that it <a href="/title/actully">actully</a>
features <a href="/title/three">three</a> fighters on the <a href="/title/screen">screen</a>, all <a href="/title/battling">battling</a>
against each <a href="/title/other">other</a>. So, <a href="/title/even">even</a> in <a href="/title/two">two</a> player <a href="/title/mode">mode</a>, there
is <a href="/title/always">always</a> a <a href="/title/computer">computer</a> player in there <a href="/title/mixing">mixing</a> it <a href="/title/up">up</a>!
</p><p>
The <a href="/title/other">other</a> cool thing this <a href="/title/game">game</a> has is <a href="/title/awesome">awesome</a> music from
<a href="/title/Rob+Hubbard">Rob Hubbard</a>. The <a href="/title/game">game</a>, btw, was <a href="/title/written">written</a> by archer maclean<a href="/title/%2528sp%253F%2529">(sp?)</a>, iirc.
</p>
<p>It is, btw, actully the <a href="/title/sequal">sequal</a> to <a href="/title/International+Karate">International Karate</a>, which isn't as <a href="/title/cool">cool</a></p>
tone deaf (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell/writeups/tone+deafa life in hellhttp://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell2000-01-20T06:53:49Z2000-01-20T06:53:49Z<p>A <a href="/title/person">person</a> who has <a href="/title/no">no</a> idea of <a href="/title/tone">tone</a> is often called <a href="/title/tone">tone</a> <a href="/title/deaf">deaf</a>. There
is actually a <a href="/title/physical">physical</a> <a href="/title/tone">tone</a> deafness, which is <a href="/title/rare">rare</a>, but usually it's
<a href="/title/just">just</a> that the <a href="/title/person">person</a> in <a href="/title/question">question</a> has no <a href="/title/idea">idea</a> about <a href="/title/music">music</a> :)</p>
vibrato (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell/writeups/vibratoa life in hellhttp://m.everything2.com/user/a+life+in+hell2000-01-15T22:51:50Z2000-01-15T22:51:50Z<p>A <a href="/title/audio">audio</a> term, basically <a href="/title/refering">refering</a> to <a href="/title/slightly">slightly</a> <a href="/title/pitch">pitch</a> <a href="/title/modulating">modulating</a>
a <a href="/title/tone">tone</a> to give it a <a href="/title/smoother">smoother</a> <a href="/title/sound">sound</a>. So, if I have a
<a href="/title/tone">tone</a> at <a href="/title/440">440</a> Hz, I <a href="/title/might">might</a> modulate that <a href="/title/using">using</a> a <a href="/title/5+Hz">5 Hz</a>
sine <a href="/title/wave">wave</a>, so it <a href="/title/swings">swings</a> between <a href="/title/435">435</a> and <a href="/title/445">445</a> Hz.</p>
<p>More <a href="/title/advanced">advanced</a> techniques increase the <a href="/title/amount">amount</a>
of <a href="/title/modulation">modulation</a> over <a href="/title/time">time</a>, so intiially it may have <a href="/title/no">no</a>
<a href="/title/vibrato">vibrato</a>, but after a <a href="/title/second">second</a> it might be <a href="/title/1%2525">1%</a> of the original
<a href="/title/frequency">frequency</a>, <a href="/title/2%2525">2%</a> after 2 <a href="/title/seconds">seconds</a>, and so <a href="/title/on">on</a>.
</p>