In Real Life

A Hidden Gem On The Greatest Jazz Album Of All Time

It’s widely held that Miles Davis’ 1959 album Kind of Blue is the greatest jazz album of all time. I believe that in some jazz style-manual or another, it is actually required that people who write or talk about it refer to it as a “seminal.”


December 21, 2011
In Real Life

Super Meat Boy Blowing A Hadoken Through A Saxophone!

Did that headline get your attention? Good, because you should go and read this super-cool piece by Kill Screen‘s Lana Polansky about mechanics, practice, saxophone, jazz, and Street Fighter. (It also features the amazing illustration above, drawn by Daniel Purvis.)


July 3, 2010
News

First Transformers: War For Cybertron DLC Contains All Three Preorder Characters

Folks who spent up to $US100 for War for Cybertron preorder codes on eBay are going to kick themselves, as a listing on the Xbox website for the game’s first map pack indicates that all three preorder characters are included.


May 14, 2009
In Real Life

‘Kind Of Bloop’ To Jazz Up Chiptunes

Imminent chiptunes compilation project Kind of Bloop asks “What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System?” We’ll find out soon, when the 8-bit homage to Miles Davis’ popular album releases.