The Gamer's Quarter

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

Blip Festival is coming! This chiptune festival boasting over thirty performers will be held over the entire weekend. Click through the link for the full details, which hopefully most of you already know. This is mostly just to remind you that if you haven't purchased a weekend pass yet, now is the time.

If you think you may or may not have an interest in chiptunes, but haven't taken the time to find out, this is a great opportunity. With the number and variety of performers, there will almost certainly be some music played this weekend that you will fall in love with.

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

didn't this get cancelled.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

who would want to go to this anyway
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Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

geekz
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Hot Stott Bot · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston

dorkz

I have a party to go to next weekend I simply can't miss, lest I be thought a social leper. I also need to find the perfect moment to ask a certain someone to go with me, lest I be thought a social leper.

Joe · . Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 179

I actually really want to go to this, if only to see Nullsleep and YMCK. Unfortunately, a trip to New York during the winter is horribly unfeasible (financially and logistically) for me.
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Jeff Garneau · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 49

fuck i want to go to this so bad

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

This thing is going on for FOUR DAYS. Having to go to a party is no excuse. And if you want to come, you should do your best to get up here because you can be sure you won't get this sort of opportunity again. This is the coolest chiptune thing that is going to be happening on this continent for a long time.

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

I just posted in my staff blog that I saw TouchBoy, the only Canadian entrant to this festival, play on Friday. I've seen him before; he's a friend of one of my friends. I didn't realize he was so entrenched in the scene.

I would love to go to Blip. All the big names will be there, it seems, and it's such a tightly-knit community, I can only imagine how much fun it would be to be in the thick of that event. There's something heart-warming about seeing a big ol' GB brick being put to good use...

If anyone's going, please blog that shit here!

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

Catch a ride with TouchBoy!

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

Dmauro get festival passes for me/eric plz.

I will pay you 000.00 monies.
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dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

I know you have at least the $50 you saved by not being able to buy Elebits, so you better be picking up a festival pass. (with $15 left for beers)

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

hey I found an updated schedule

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Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

I was thinking of getting a replica of the triple x tattoo on the back of my neck that vin diesel has in XXX, what do you think, Wilkes?

Ghandi and the Piss Nazis got cancelled. Did no one tell you?

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject:

what, this weekend?

i have to go look at skinless cadavers with s/m dykes.*

* true.
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dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

Again, it's FOUR DAYS (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) so even if you have other plans, you can probably still make it!

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

oh, that's good! when am i going to get the chance to see ymck live again?
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FortNinety · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

There are simply NO EXCUSES for not attentding. No fucking excuses. If you are in NYC, be there, at least for a part of it! And if you're not... figure a way. There's buses and trains and shit. Fuck, there's nothing more all-American than hitchhiking for chiptunes.

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

anonymouse sucks anyways so it's not much of a shame.

Nice try though.

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

I heard they were working on a bloody tears remix that could have cool.

:''''''''''''(
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dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

You never know, it might still happen.

If it happens in time, it may even end up on the bonus disc of the 8bp 50th release.

Mr Mustache · . Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 167 Location: Queens

How much does one day/night cost?

Which day/night will be the best?
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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

requesting a thorough blip/chiptunes primer itt that i can just download and listen to easily

FortNinety · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:18 am Post subject:

so, ten dollars a night means i'll probably go to one night at most.

sunday has ymck and bubblyfish, but i have plans sunday, and though i don't know how late they run, i'd prefer to leave them open. saturday has nullsleep, and the super mario movie, which i want to see. virt's on thursday and mark denardo's on friday, along with bitshifter.

five dollars to see 8-bit saturday afternoon sounds great, though. i've been wanting to see that.

i guess i'll see if any of my friends are interested in going with me. most of my local friends are not videogame / chiptunes people, though.

i've never been to the tank before. this place is near city hall?
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FortNinety · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:24 am Post subject:

ionus · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 12 Location: not philly

I wanted to get a bunch of NSFs ready for this, but I flubbed all of last week, and am in the midst of finals..

I'm aiming to be there thursday evening, but I'm not positive. Definitly Friday. I would like to meet a bunch of regulars in person!

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

Sushi d · Moderator Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 239

how do i tickets buy?
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Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

http://www.smarttix.com/package.aspx?showcode=BLI99
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Isfet · . Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 107 Location: A New York

i'm going to try to come to this, but this is such a hectic time of year for me...gah

are we still doing a pirate set, Wilkes?

FortNinety · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:35 am Post subject:

Yeah, there's like a billion things going on over at my end this weekend... best friend getting married, getting married for said marriage (I'm one of the groomsmen, so there's prep-work to be done), a friend coming from out of town, IGDA X-Mas party, yada. yada. Hence only the two day commitment.

I so desperately want an actual YMCK CD intead of just having mp3s.

FortNinety · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:21 am Post subject:

Okay, tonight's the night... day one. I'll be there. Anyone else?

glitch · . Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 37

i am jealous of you people who's not and ocean and then some away from this event.
go get famous you 8bit fuckers, and come tour some europe. ;_;

i totally advise anyone to go see Bubblyfish though. she did a show and a workshop in Rotterdam earlier this year and both rocked.

!= · . Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 15

goto80
jeroen tell
ymck

not to be missed

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

Hey, for anyone that can't make it, don't worry, I'll come back and post impressions!

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

glitch · . Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 37

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

dmauro · . Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 303 Location: Brooklyn

cross post from 2A03.org:

dessgeega · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:32 am Post subject:

so hey, how's this going? i havn't gone to either of the previous nights - it turns out looking at skinless cadavers costs more than i was expecting it to - and i'm not sure if i'm going to go tonight. i want to hear the saucy details though!
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!= · . Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 15

Virt posted a rundown of the first day:

http://virt.vgmix.com/?p=61

Also, 8bit people is releasing a compilation (and I understand, is selling it at the premises) with quite a few artists participating in the festival.

http://8bp050.8bitpeoples.com/ (preview there)

Wilkes · milky wilkie Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 256

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

man there are enough asian ladies wearing berets at these things to form a roller derby team
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Hot Stott Bot · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston

Wait, how many asian ladies in berets does it take to form a roller derby team, and is that more or less than the number of mexican men in top hats it takes to form a roller derby team?

NightsB · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 3

holy fucking hally

edit: holy fucking hally

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

man YOU AIN'T KIDDING

did you skip out before Kplecraft? That set was INSANE. They should print up t-shirts that say "THE ONLY BAND AS GOOD AS LIGHTNING BOLT"
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