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Skyrim fan trailer

Tommy Gun — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:21:03 +0000

A friend of mine was the cinematographer on this, pretty cool:

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Kodu Game Lab: Full Game Video Tutorial with Narration! – Generic Wars

Tommy Gun — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:45:33 +0000

You can download this tutorial as a single divx file from the Downloads page. See my previous Kodu Review if you’re unfamiliar with it.

Learn how to create an entire game from scratch with Kodu! This 4-part video will teach you how to make a Geometry Wars style twin-stick shooter. Kodu is only $5 on the indie games channel on Xbox live.

Part 1

In this part we’ll learn about land tools, and setting up basic character controls.

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Kodu Game Lab video tutorials: 3 Keys, Popcorn Popper

Tommy Gun — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:14:08 +0000

You can download both of these videos from the Downloads page. See my previous Kodu Review if you’re unfamiliar with it.

Note: I also put up a much longer tutorial showing how to create a whole game from scratch!

3 Keys Tutorial

Here’s how to use three separate keys to open color-coded doors, all using a single variable (score). This isn’t really needed now that they’ve released Patch 1 (more variables), but it still may be interesting and give you some ideas. It will at least teach you how to use keys in general.

The Popcorn Popper

A game I made just for fun.

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Rock Band Expert Drum videos now for download

Tommy Gun — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:31:18 +0000

I put up high quality divx versions of all the drum videos. You can find them all here:

http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/download/Rock-Band-Drum/

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Rock Band Expert Drum videos!

Tommy Gun — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:30:44 +0000

I finally put up some drum videos. There are eight of them; the first three have a separate camera for the bass pedal, the rest are zoomed out to show both hands and feet. The three with the separate bass camera are Chiron, Indestructible (gold stars), and Inside the Fire — I did those specifically for people who bitch “why does HMX put out songs that are impossible to play with one pedal?”

Because there are so many different things happening, the compression is terrible, so clicking “watch in high quality” is definitely recommended. My drums drop tons of notes, but oh well.

YouTube playlist for my drum videos

I will put up downloadable divx versions later.

Rock Band 3 achievement progress: pro drum trainer! Finally! I waited months for the MIDI adapter so I...

Hayley Williams almost a capella (Paramore)

Tommy Gun — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:14:30 +0000

Why this was done: So you can hear Hayley’s voice almost isolated.

How this was done: The video you’re seeing is not what the audio came from. The audio was captured by turning off all sounds (crowd, instruments, etc.), and playing with No Fail mode turned on, with a full band (but not playing). Some tracks can still be heard, as well as some booing, but it’s fairly quiet.

The video was done a second time, vocal only (no fail) just so you don’t have to stare at the full band charts. You can see my Hayley character singing (it’s hard to get an actual likeness with the RB creator).

That’s What You Get:

crushcrushcrush:

Video: Tommy Gun’s Rock Band 2 and 3 Manual Calibration Guide (papercraft)

Tommy Gun — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:24:25 +0000

I spent a bunch of time messing around with the RB2 manual calibration settings (I don’t have the new Strat), and decided to make a short video explaining them clearly and simply (I hope). I used this method to calibrate my system, and it works really well. So if you’re confused about exactly what the settings do, and which way you need to move them in order to sync up the game, this should explain all of that. I use the drums as an example, but obviously this also works with the guitar.

Let me know if I made any mistakes, and I can add some annotations to the video.

** Download the high-res divx version on the downloads page **

Edit: I originally made this video for RB2, but it also works for Rock Band 3, The Beatles: Rock Band, and Green Day: Rock Band!

Edit 2: a French tutorial has been posted by Stéphane

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Podcast #2 – Rock Band Drum Mods (Tommy Gun + Mojo)

Tommy Gun — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:56:10 +0000

There are a whole bunch of mods that can be, and should be, done to the Rock Band drums if you’re serious about playing. How do you increase the sensitivity? How do you dampen the noise? What about that crappy bass pedal that always breaks? We discuss all of these things, and the different solutions people have come up with.

See a quick video of the mods at the bottom of this post, along with links to all things discussed (you might even want to watch the video first so you know what the stuff looks like when you listen). I also posted some score pics below to show my drums are working pretty well.

Corrections and Additional Info:

When talking about using a cymbal pad for a real drum pedal, I said you put it on the floor — I didn’t mean flat on the floor, you put it perpendicular so the beater hits it like a real drum.

I forgot to mention that there is a licensed drum pad silencer set coming out for Rock Band. It probably isn’t actually made by Harmonix, but it has the official logo on it. Not much info is known about that yet.

Regarding the Omega pedal: the switch is actually on the side, and the axle that the beater is connected to is what triggers it. Every time the axle turns, it hits the switch.

Videos:

Here is my drumset with some of the different mods we discussed [Update: new MUCH better pedal]:

Links:

Good Wood Mods – Support Struts
Rock Band Drumsoft – Drum pads. The ones I have are the Gum Rubber Composite.

Drum Modding 101 – TONS of links in this thread.
deepbluevibes’ Infamous Sock Mod
The Rock Band Drum “In-between Sock Mod” (this is my variation that I was talking about. You can see photos here as well)

The Lazy Man’s Authentic Drum Pedal Mod! – Make your own pedal
DESTROYER Pedal
Omega Pedal

Score Pictures:

Just some proof that my drums really are working at almost 100%. I have lots of gold stars, these are just a few that I took pics of.

I broke my streak on this one, but it wasn’t my fault. (hey, I said almost)

I mentioned this one in the podcast, this was right after I put the Drumsoft pads on:

Rock Band 3 achievement progress: pro drum trainer! Finally! I waited months for the MIDI adapter so I...

WORST. DEMO. EVER! (Battlezone, Xbox Live Arcade)

Tommy Gun — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:17:02 +0000

Could this be the shortest demo ever? Yes, this is on the “high-speed” version of the game (“throttle monkey”), and I did kill the tanks as fast as possible, but my very first try at the demo on normal wasn’t much longer (30 secs?). The demo ends after you kill four tanks, so it’s possible to play longer, but only if you suck.

It was pretty fun, but maybe at the 40 second mark you realize there’s nothing else to do. The game got pretty mixed reviews, although it’s only $5. Eh.

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Thylus Promo Video

Tommy Gun — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:55:00 +0000

About a year ago I wrote a review for a product called the Thylus, a thumb stylus for the Nintendo DS. A few months ago Thylus asked me to do a promotional video for them, and here it is:

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Rabbit Run: “Project: Snowblind” – Rescue Battle

Tommy Gun — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:18:51 +0000

Note: This is a Rabbit Run, not a speed run. To understand the difference please read the Rabbit Run FAQ entry.

Scroll down this page for information on this video, this game, and this run. Reading about the game before you watch the video may help you understand it better.

The purpose of this Rabbit Run is not to beat the level as quickly as possible, it’s to show a lot of the cool weapons in the game. I could have played the whole battle with a machine gun, but that’s not interesting.

Showing the controller on the screen was a bit of an experiment. This is NOT something I’m going to do for every video. I just did it in this case because, well, there are a lot of controls for Snowblind, but also because I was using a lot of the controls. The whole point of this run was to show off as many different weapons as I could, so I was constantly switching.

If you think it’s interesting, let me know, and maybe I’ll do it again with another game if it makes sense.

About the controls: It’s possible to bring up a menu to switch weapons, but that pauses the game and really takes you out of the action. The “quick” way of switching is to use the d-pad. UP/DOWN cycles guns, LEFT cycles through Augmentations (things like invisibility, abbreviated as “AUG” below), RIGHT cycles grenades.

See run notes at the bottom of this post. See also: “Project: Snowblind” Review.

Game: Project: Snowblind
Level: Rescue (End battle only)
Developer / Publisher: Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive
Game Released: February 22, 2005
System: Xbox
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Spoilers: Shows weapons, one battle.
Length of Run: 2:40 min.
Played By: Tommy Gun
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“Project: Snowblind” video – Intro with gameplay

Tommy Gun — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:18:10 +0000

Quick Summary:
Project: Snowblind is an FPS that’s essentially Deus Ex 3, but they changed the name and focused more on standard FPS action. It’s a mostly linear game with lots of weapons, and a few “powers” you can use.

Game: Project: Snowblind
Level: Intro
Developer / Publisher: Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive
Game Released: February 22, 2005
System: Xbox
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Spoilers: Intro
Played By: Tommy Gun

See also: “Project: Snowblind” Review.

You can watch this video at any of the sites below. Please see this FAQ entry for more information on these sites.

Choose a Site: YouTube

Download Hi-Res: Check the Downloads page.

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Karaoke Revolution video: “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” EXPERT

Tommy Gun — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:55:09 +0000

Karaoke Revolution 2, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” by The Darkness.
Sung by my friend Amber, on Expert.
Platinum Record score (23954), full combo. Game vocals are off, so the only voice you hear is hers.

As I wrote at the end of the video, this was her first try, and the game doesn’t like vibrato, so she could have scored much higher. I really just sprung this on her; she was here for the holidays, so I asked if I could quickly record her since I knew she could beat the song on expert. She wasn’t trying for a high score or anything, so she was a little late on some of the phrases, which also lowered her score.

You can watch this video at any of the sites below. Please see this FAQ entry for more information on these sites.

Choose a Site: YouTube

Download Hi-Res: Check the Downloads page.

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Donkey Konga video: Four full combos in 4-player “Quartet Mode” — by myself! (Pokemon Theme)

Tommy Gun — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:19:18 +0000

Probably everyone who’s ever played Donkey Konga has had the idea to play more than one bongo at once. I bet a lot of people have tried it. I figured I could do it, and it would make a good video. I realize this is nothing compared to a Pop’n Music video, but keep in mind that DK wasn’t designed for this. In this video I play the Pokemon Theme in Quartet Mode (4-player) by myself, and get four full combos.

Screenshot:

Donkey Konga: Serious Business

You can watch this video at any of the sites below. Please see this FAQ entry for more information on these sites.

Choose a Site: GameTrailers | GameSpot | YouTube

Download Hi-Res: Check the Downloads page.

A Few Notes About the Game:

Colored Notes: If you haven’t played the game before, here are what the notes mean:

Yellow: Hit left bongo
Red: Hit right bongo
Pink: Hit both simultaneously
Spiky Blue: Clap

Drum rolls: These are the long notes. You don’t get any points for drum rolls, and they don’t count as misses. They’re meaningless, score-wise. In single player (“Street Performance”) you earn coins for doing them, but in multiplayer, nothing. They don’t show up on the results screen or anything.

Even though you don’t get points for them, I still did them in this video. They’re part of the song, and it’s stupid that they don’t give you any points.

Clapping: When I clap, all of the bongos pick it up, as they should. In some spots I have to hit a note and clap at the same time, but I only hit the note, because it’s enough vibration/noise to also trigger the clap sensor. What’s the sound of one hand clapping?

Trophy: At the end of the video you’ll see a trophy appear over P2. All that means is that P2 had the highest combo, but they were all full combos (no bads, no misses), and P2 just had more notes than the rest.

The Song — Pokemon Theme:

Quartet mode is meant for four people to play at once (obviously), and as such, the note charts are designed to overlap. The really hard songs overlap a lot more with more variation, and you really can’t do them alone (well I’m sure some insane person out there could with a lot of practice). If the song is too easy, you’re basically just playing single player but split up between bongos (i.e., notes on P1, then notes on P2, etc. instead of at the same time). The Pokemon theme was just right, which is why I chose it. It overlaps enough to make it fun, and somewhat difficult, but not insane. I wanted to be able to hit all the notes, including drum rolls.

Shortcuts and Exploits:

It’s definitely possible to do harder songs. I can do a lot of the songs this way, but probably not get full combos (despite what people say, I actually do have better things to do than practice stuff like this all day long). Here are some tips for harder songs:

Ignore claps that are at the same time as notes — just hit the notes and the clap sensor should trigger.
Ignore ALL rolls (drum and clap rolls). You don’t get points, they don’t matter. Only do them for fun.
Double hit as much as possible (hit two bongos with one hand). If P1 and P2 have the same notes, hit them both with the same hand. That way it’s just like playing single player. (Which is why I specifically avoided that in this video and used both hands when I could.)
Use your arm to hit all four drums if necessary. Sometimes there are pink notes on all players — you can get them.
Diagonal hits — use your thumb on one pad and your fingers on the other, like I did for the very first note. More of a press than a hit.

Update:

pitt_norton commented on GAF: “That’s not how you play a music game…This is how you play a music game” and gave a link to a Pop’n Music video. My answer might clarify it a bit for other people also, so I’m posting it here too:

DK is weird to play this way for a few reasons — the bongos aren’t connected so they slide around and change positions. Reaching them all isn’t exactly easy, as you see I stand at an angle so I can move to the side when I need to hit P1 and P4 at once. Pop’n Music has separate columns for each note, so it’s easier to read, and you can adjust the scroll speed, etc. DK certainly isn’t harder, but it’s weird to play.

I guess my point is that you’re right, that’s not how you play, which is the whole reason I did it.

Update 2:

This was mentioned in NGamer magazine!

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Two Guitar Hero videos! Strutter Expert (GH2 demo), and different playing positions!

Tommy Gun — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:47:04 +0000

Video 1: Guitar Hero II demo – Strutter (expert) with fingering!

This is a video of me playing the KISS song Strutter (expert) on the Guitar Hero II demo. I did this so people (who haven’t bought the demo) could see what expert looks like. It has a lot of three-button-chords, which are new to GH2. At the same time, I decided to show the live-action part of it (frets/strum on the plastic guitar), and put it at the top of the video. I flipped the video so it’s a mirror image, that way the colors match up, making it easier to follow along.
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Rabbit Run: Marc Ecko’s Getting Up – New Radius Freeway

Tommy Gun — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:25:51 +0000

Game: Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Level: New Radius Freeway
Developer / Publisher: The Collective / Atari
Game Released: Feb 14, 2006
System: Xbox
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Blood, Violence, Strong Language)
Spoilers: Just level footage, glimpses of cutscenes. Minor character spoiler.
Length of Run: 6:33 min.
Played By: Tommy Gun
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Rabbit Run: Far Cry Instincts “Cliffs” level in 11 min.

Tommy Gun — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:29:52 +0000

Game: Far Cry Instincts
Level: Cliffs
Developer / Publisher: Ubisoft (original game by Crytek)
Game Released: Sep 27, 2005
System: Xbox
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language)
Spoilers: Just level footage, no cutscenes
Length of Run: 10:47 min.
Played By: Tommy Gun

This was done on the Xbox version, but the Xbox 360 game, Far Cry Instincts Predator, is basically an upgraded port, so this run should apply there as well.
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Cracked Rabbit Gaming » Videos (all)

Skyrim fan trailer

Kodu Game Lab: Full Game Video Tutorial with Narration! – Generic Wars

Part 1

Kodu Game Lab video tutorials: 3 Keys, Popcorn Popper

3 Keys Tutorial

The Popcorn Popper

Rock Band Expert Drum videos now for download

Rock Band Expert Drum videos!

Hayley Williams almost a capella (Paramore)

Video: Tommy Gun’s Rock Band 2 and 3 Manual Calibration Guide (papercraft)

Podcast #2 – Rock Band Drum Mods (Tommy Gun + Mojo)

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Videos:

Links:

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WORST. DEMO. EVER! (Battlezone, Xbox Live Arcade)

Thylus Promo Video

Rabbit Run: “Project: Snowblind” – Rescue Battle

“Project: Snowblind” video – Intro with gameplay

Karaoke Revolution video: “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” EXPERT

Donkey Konga video: Four full combos in 4-player “Quartet Mode” — by myself! (Pokemon Theme)

Screenshot:

A Few Notes About the Game:

The Song — Pokemon Theme:

Shortcuts and Exploits:

Update:

Update 2:

Two Guitar Hero videos! Strutter Expert (GH2 demo), and different playing positions!

Video 1: Guitar Hero II demo – Strutter (expert) with fingering!

Rabbit Run: Marc Ecko’s Getting Up – New Radius Freeway

Rabbit Run: Far Cry Instincts “Cliffs” level in 11 min.