Archive for February, 2011

Modern Warfare 3 announcement looming?

by BrandonFeb 28th, 2011Comment (1)

While perusing through my news reader I came across an interesting tidbit about a domain that had been registered by a privacy protected party, early last week. All that currently appears on the site, http://findmakarov.com is a small amount of dialogue that mentions “Soap”, and a daunting countdown (in a Modern Warfare style) that appears to coincide with the 2011 Game Developer’s Conference (GDC).  As far as the naming of the site, Makarov was the name of the protege of Call of Duty 4’s villian, Imran Zakhaev, and the main antagonist from Modern Warfare 2. Read more…

Free nerd music: chiptune Wu-Tang and “Moon” themed hip-hop

by brodiemashFeb 25th, 2011Leave a Comment

It’s Friday so why not start off the weekend with some new, free music!? This week, I came across these two albums from some upstarts on the internet with some heavy nerd roots. First we’ve got Saftey Words with “The Ghostfaced Pixels”, a mixtape that takes some classic Wu-Tang hits and laces them over some chiptune beats. Video game classic sounds permeate the entire mixtape and will certainly be a throw back for anyone who was a fan of Nintendo back in the days. Not for everyone but the when the blend works, it works pretty well. You can download the mixtape for free here. And be sure to listen to the hilarious track “The Princess Can Fly” and listen to a compelling argument for Mario Bros. 2 being the best of the series. Read on after the jump to catch another free album to round out your Friday tunes. Read more…