yo qwe whats with this slow bullshit

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In late 2008, a little game was released known as Mirror's Edge. A lot of critics found the story lack and the gameplay somewhat forced; others found the parkour inspired first person action and responsive, intuitive controls refreshing and rewarding. I happen to be one of the people who fall into the second category; I absolutely loved this game for reasons that are beyond me, though my best guess is that it's the first game that makes me feel like the character I'm playing isn't retarded (think of how in a lot of games, you can't swim, or like... in Guild Wars, you can't jump). Basically, given any situation in the game, I always felt like I had the necessary abilities to do it. I loved the game for it's unique visual style, which had a mostly white palette with a heavy emphasis on primary colors for direction.

In addition to all this, however, Mirror's Edge had an absolutely fantastic soundtrack. Ambient and Low-Fi composed by the one man group Solar Fields (with the last two tracks composed by Lisa Miskovsky). The last song, Still Alive, is completely unrelated to the similarly named infamous song from Portal. All in all, the tracks combine city evocative ambience to pulse-
pounding techno, all wrapped up in a crisp, clean production.

Getttttttttt (it's big).

Also, you should play the game.

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All right folks, sorry for being silent for so long. A lot of shit came up and it had to be dealt with... personally. Needless to say, a few less people are making deathcore now, and a few thousand less people are being deluded into believing they are hearing good music. Anyway, excessively candid murder admissions aside, I would like to present you with an amalgamation of musical styles: The Flashbulb. An electronic outfit by prolific musical prodigy Benn Jordan, who plays or programs all instruments on all of his releaes. Kirlian Selections is his 2004 release and is a more laid back and focused effort than his most recent work, Soundtrack to a Vacant Life. Benn Jordan is also an extremely generous man: he offers all of music for free on his website. On Kirlian Selections you will find a 28 song collection of various music styles, ranging from breakbeat to ambient to techno to dance and more. They are all routed in an electronic base, so if you don't like electronic music, you're a terrible person. For convenience, get it right here: click meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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So, you got some of the grimmest metal around (You did, didn't you? What? You didn't? Get the fuck out of here). For those of you left, you might want a soothing, ambient piece with which you can reflect on the metal you just indulged upon. Enter Helios (most likely named after the Greek representation of the sun by the same name), an ambient, nature influenced band from Portland, Oregon. Focusing less on post-rock tension building and release and more on enveloping, soothing soundscapes, Eingya's sound also focuses more on electronic sounds and city-like white-noise ambience. A slight electronic edge, strangely, does nothing to deprive the record of a completely organic feel. Eingya is a fantastic release that will get you in the mood for sitting around and doing nothing. In this hectic world, sometimes there's just nothing better than sloth-like relaxation, and Eingya is a perfect, moving piece that stands as a testament to that idea. Get it here.

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