Monthly Archives: April 2008

Proof that Music Connects Us All

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A video from TED showing new ways to think about, and experience music.

Tod Machover of MIT’s Media Lab invented the musical technology behind Guitar Hero, and at TED2008 he talks about what’s coming next. Listen for some brand-new ways to interface with music — to play it, compose it, enjoy it. Machover then introduces Dan Ellsey, a composer with cerebral palsy who uses the lab’s tools to write and perform his own music. Ellsey conducts his “My Eagle Song,” in a soaring performance that underscores music’s power to give you chills.

Meepers Reborn After 10 Years

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Back in my early teen years I learned about this programming thing called BASIC, and from there borrowed/bought a bunch of books to learn how to make a video game (amongst VB 6.0 apps). The game I decided to make is reminiscent of one of my favorite games, The Legend of Zelda for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. It is meant to only be the dungeons of the game, and thus currently has no design for an overworld. The game was created in the mid-1990s. I created it as a result of my learning how to program in C. It was developed through the reading of the book Teach Yourself Game Programming In 21 Days by Andre LaMothe. I am now going to recreated the game using C# and XNA Game Studio 2.0 in order to get the game up and running as quick as possible. This way I might even be able to play it on my XBox360.