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WoW Moviewatch: Mr. Lonely
Sometimes I forget that I'm a giant WoW nerd, and that I see things that maybe not all our readers have seen. I know this made the rounds a little while back, but I think it's an excellent example of a WoW Music Video. The song is by Akron Akon (EDIT: I swear, I'm addicted to the R key this week), originally, not the Chipmunks. After watching the video, I'm left with one nagging question, "Can gnomes and night elves even hook up, biologically speaking?" Honestly though, the skills that are out there when it comes to Machinima are impressive. I wish I could just fire up FRAPS, throw the video onto my iMac and create some magic with iMovie, but I think it's outside my skillset (which is mostly limited to playing WoW, writing about WoW, and watching WoW videos). If you have a great example of a WoW video, be it music or otherwise, send us a tip!
Friday Video: Smoke the Wii
If we could distill all of Nintendo fandom in a short video, it would probably look sort of like this. Well, if we'd had a few beers, but hey, it's Friday and that's okay. But all discussion of our plans for the evening aside, this week's featured video is a music video that spent this week in the spotlight at YouTube, so there's a chance you've already seen it. It's worth another watch, for the humor if nothing else, but there's probably something in there that rings true in all of us ....[Thanks, Aylmer!]
EMI Music UK offers paid video downloads on small site
The record label, EMI Music UK, has recently announced their efforts to bring their music videos to PSP owners through a fairly small site, psp-playlist.com. "PSP owners are substantial in number and content hungry," said Graeme Rogan, commercial manager of digital media for EMI Music UK, speaking to GI.biz.The videos cost 1.89, and don't appear to use any DRM encryption of any kind. Considering how amateur the site looks, I highly doubt that this will really take off. [Via DCemu]
Lumines website updates, showcases more music videos
The Lumines II website has entered Phase II. In this stage, it will develop chrysalis around its body, to protect itself during metamorphosis. It will also showcase music videos in the new Video Hub section. Artists you can preview include the Black Eyed Peas, Fatboy Slim, Beck, The Go! Team, The Chemical Brothers, and more.Lumines II flutters to store shelves on November 7th.
MacBook (PRODUCT) RED already in production?
Color me crazy, but the MacBook in this music video looks a lot like it could be one of those (PRODUCT) RED MacBooks that have been rumored before. Of course, it could also just be a ColorWare job to stir up some hype - though who exactly is doing the stirring is anyone's guess. You'll know more as soon as we do.
Exclusive: Heavenly Star fan pack
As you may already know, Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi has made a music video for the upcoming video-infused Lumines II. The catchy tune by Genki Rockets has been stuck in my head for the past few days, and I decided to share the love through this exclusive Heavenly Star fan pack. Included in this zip file are 20 PSP-formatted wallpapers, the song as an MP3 and a PSP-formatted version of the music video."While most of my creative energy has been devoted to video games, because music plays such an important role in them, it seemed ideal to create an original music video," Mizuguchi stated about his original creation. Lumines II hits stores on November 7th. DOWNLOAD
Video Sandwich: September 12, 2006
Thought I forgot about your beloved Video Sandwich? Of course not! For those of you that are new to the Sandwich, here's an overview: you get two videos as the "bread" and some commentary in the middle as the meat in the middle (or hummus, for you vegans). This time around, we have one awesome music video from the upcoming Lumines II. Entitled "Heavenly Star," the video was co-written by gaming guru Mizuguchi himself! It should put you in the right mood for some Lumines. Read up on the creation of this song and more at 1UP and expect some a lot more coverage of Lumines II soon.The bottom video is what I declare the end of the bickering between DS fanboys and PSP fanboys. You guys have waged a video war for too long. At last, we have a real winner in this console war, and it's not what you might expect...
WoW Moviewatch: Bubble Hearth
Be warned, something about this little music video is extremely catchy..! And while I'm somewhat concerned that I'll have this song stuck in my head for days, I think it was probably worth it. Update: Multiple commenters have posted saying that the music (the most charming thing about this particular movie) was created by Mickey-C of WoW Radio.
First high-def hip-hop music video?
Could this video be the first high-def music video? According to the makers .mac webpage, he recoded the video featuring ClevaFam (we hadn't heard of 'em ether) on a Sony high-def camcorder and then cut it in his G5 and Mac Book Pro via Final Cut Pro. How does it look? Well, you can check it out for yourself on his site, but we think it looks rather good. Nice and crisp with good sound. NOTE: We are saying that the sound that is coming out of our speakers is clean and not that the content of the music is good. Would you be interested in music videos again if they were high-def? We are sure they would recapture some lost audiences.
Free Music Video Content for your iPod
It's always cool when bands release free music videos as promotional material. I remember last year when The Decemberists released the music video for 16 Military Wives via Bittorrent. Many bands now release promotional material in download-able formats. This leads me to my current point: the Texas-based band SOUND Team has released a music video as a preview to their upcoming full length album Work EP due out in March. What is so amazing about this music video that I must post about it on TUAW you ask? Well, they have released an iPod ready version. That, dear readers, is good marketing. Free music videos that are formatted to play on an iPod (and therefore in Quicktime as well) are always a good thing. Incidentally, my favorite site to grab free music videos is videos.antville.org. They may not be iPod ready, but there are a few ways to take care of that. [via iLounge]
