Friday, March 12, 2010

The audience as editor.

While digging through my overwhelming Google-reader feed, I came across this little gem. It's called swords and sworcery (odd spelling), and it's absolutely beautiful. The video is just a demo, but there is something truly enchanting about this pixelated piece.

However, that's not what this post is about. What's really interesting here is the first comment left on the site.

"There are Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sound effects all over this. The grass rustle, the creature's voice, and the attack prompt are all from Ocarina. The creature's voice is comprised of Link's battle cries, only pitched-down. And the attack prompt is the Z-button lock-on sound. Just an observation.
Looks amazing. The pixel art is fantastic."

Posted by: Cullen | March 12, 2010 7:09 AM

This comment is bizarre, but it illustrates one of the key characteristics of New New Media, and that is that everyone can be an editor, fact-checker, critic. This "Cullen" guy apparently has an extensive knowledge of Zelda sound effects and was browsing the web at 7 in the morning waiting for an opportunity to enlighten and astound, or something.


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  1. JamesMarch 15, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    Probably hard for a guy who knows how to create game visuals and integrate movement and action commands to also create sound bites for everything. As long as he's not making money off it, I support him taking a short-cut in one department to focus on the other and still put the game out quickly.

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