I just discovered these two music groups on YouTube and they're both amazing.
Both bands do covers of video game/anime songs.


The first one it called The Red Wings, and they mostly do rock covers.
They don't have a lot up right now, but what they do have up is very pleasing to hear. ^_^
They only to video game music.
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The second group I just discovered today, and they're called The Spoony Bards (yes, like the "spoony bard" line from FF4). [link]

Though they do have their own channel, most of their music can be found on other channels via video from their many many performances.
Such as this one. I'm not sure if this person's actually part of the band or what, but this channel has a LOT of Spoony Bard videos. Much of my playlist comes from this channel as well as the actual Spoony Bards channel.
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They've covered SO many songs from both video games and anime, it's simply amazing. It's sad they don't have any of their works available for download.
They don't even have any actual mp3 quality music readily available to listen to aside from the very few they have up on their MySpace, so making a playlist of their various videos is the closest thing to it. XD

This has probably been up for a LONG time, but I only discovered this a few minutes ago...
Somebody went and uploaded the entire Gargoyles series on YouTube. (Yes, even the *UGH-gag* Goliath Chronicles *pukes*, though this person has it labeled as Season 3, even though it's a separate series altogether and NOT a season)

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So anybody who hasn't watched the series yet (shame on you if you haven't) and doesn't have the first season DVDs on hand can go watch the whole thing there.

So...... GO WATCH IT!!!! Or Goliath will eat your face!!! D=<
OM NOM NOM!!!


P.S. Can you tell I'm not fond of the Goliath Chronicles?

My sis-in-law has gotten me into Facebook games...
And so far, she's one of only two or three people on my friends list that'll play with me on any of them. XD
So, I'm just wondering if any of my awesome watchers here on Deviant has a Facebook and would like to play with me there? =3
It would certainly make my gaming experience more fun if I had more friends to go bug. XD

Now, if you don't already have a Facebook, I'm not gonna go and ask you to make one just for my sake.
I'm well aware that a lot of people aren't really into things like Facebook or MySpace(which also has games, but not as much fun).
But if you like playing sociable games online, then come on over and friend me.

If you haven't heard of this game yet, I'm telling you about it now.
This game is SO addictive. I'm practically glued to my DS now.
Basically you help the little dude solve problems by giving him the tools required to complete it.
You can literally give him anything you can think of.

If he needs to reach something up on a cliff, you can type in "pegasus" and a pegasus will appear on the screen and you can give it to him so he can fly up and get it.
Or you can type in "helicopter" and he can use the helicopter to fly up there.
Or you can give him a trampoline to jump up there with.
Or a rocketpack. Or a pterodactyl. Or wings.

Or if there are a lot of dangerous critters between you and your goal, you can put a kraken of a trex or a cthulu to kill everything so our little hero can go get it.

If you like puzzle games, then you'll love Scribblenauts.
That's about all I'm gonna say about it.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta go blow up the wall so I can get on my pterodactyl and fly past the bear and lasso the boulder out of the way.

I just went and saw Ponyo last Saturday. Once again, Mr. Hayao Miyazaki has graced us with another sample of his genius storytelling.
I don't like the commercials they show for it on TV, cuz they don't really do the movie any justice.
It didn't top Howl's Moving Castle as my favorite Studio Ghibli film, but I did like it a lot.
Thus far there hasn't been a single Ghibli film I didn't like, especially the ones directed by Miyazaki.
This man's attention to detail is astounding. Even the most minute details that nobody would never even think of, he made sure to get animated.
And also he has little to no dependence on computers for his brilliant work.
He even had the honor of making the first movie to ever win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, which would be Spirited Away.
Also a very very cute one.
That was one of two movie I got the chance to watch in theaters. The other of course being Ponyo.

If you've never had the pleasure of watching any of his movies, you are sadly deprived and need to go watch one right now.
Even if you're not a fan of anime, I'd recommend watching his movies. (My mom is a fine example of a person who isn't into anime but loves the work of Mr. Miyazaki.)
Out of bias, I'd recommend starting with Kiki's Delivery Service, because that was the first Miyazaki movie I ever watched. (And also this one is still my mom's favorite.)
Porco Rosso is also a very good one, and also My Neighbor Totoro, but my favorite by far is Howl's Moving Castle.
I know there are many more that I'm missing that were done by Miyazaki, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Edit: I thought of some more you need to watch.
- Nausic
Ä of the Valley of the Wind (Patrick Stewart is in that one. =3)
- Princess Mononoke (This one is kind of violent, but still a very nice story)

Of course, since we're talking about Studio Ghibli, there are also the movies directed by Mr. Isao Takahata.
I've not seen a great many of his films, but the ones I have seen I liked. (such as Whispers of the Heart, The Cat Returns, and Pom Poko)
It's not that I don't think Takahata makes good movies. His animation style is equally nice to look at, and the stories are also excellent.
I just think Miyazaki is a much better storyteller.

Oo, also. I had learned (during the time when my obsession with Lupin the Third was at its peak) that before founding Studio Ghibli, that Mr. Miyazaki was one of the head animators for the Lupin the Third series, and even directed one of the movies before retiring completely from the Lupin franchise. (This movie was Castle of Cagliostro)
Awesome movie. One of my favorites of the Lupin series. ^_^

Also, Miyazaki animated a few episodes of an old anime series called Sherlock Hound. (pretty much Sherlock Holmes with dog people )
Very cute anime. Highly recommended. Go watch it on YouTube right now, only twenty-something episodes long. ^_^
Even the episodes he didn't animate, you can see his influence in. It just has that level of quality.
For being as old as it was (I believe this was made in the 80s, but I could be wrong) the animation in every episode was superb. Worthy of a feature film.

But now I'm just rambling, so I think I'll stop now.
I think you get the idea.
I'm a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki, and if I ever had the chance to meet him, I think I'd die.
Partly because I know he doesn't speak English, and I don't speak Japanese. XD