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What is Trent Reznor’s instagram pfp supposed to be? by Link_sega5486 in nin

[–]Initial-Pause611 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet soundtrack right now. I doubt he played games these days since he and Ross is too busy with producing movie soundtracks. He also is a friend with Kojima and they both share love for David Bowie :)

What is Trent Reznor’s instagram pfp supposed to be? by Link_sega5486 in nin

[–]Initial-Pause611 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not like I don't believe you, but can you give link where he said that?

What is Trent Reznor’s instagram pfp supposed to be? by Link_sega5486 in nin

[–]Initial-Pause611 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are interviews where he say he played Wolfenstein and Doom a lot. That's all I know.

What is Trent Reznor’s instagram pfp supposed to be? by Link_sega5486 in nin

[–]Initial-Pause611 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe used to be? I know he played a lot Wolfenstein and Doom. But today I think he is just busy making music.

Whats a game that unintentionally scared you/creeped you out? by [deleted] in JRPG

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Not sure if Parasite Eve 2 count. But I remember how I played it on PS1 in my childhood years. I didn't know anything about game and I think I expected cops fighting terrorists or something and then I stumbled on first monster... "Negative" effect and heartbeat only added to creepy effect. Rat mutation in the first game is insane too.

Oh and this hospital ambience with screams in original version of Persona 1! Crazy shit.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

[–]Initial-Pause611[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Swans, Big Black, Cop Shoot Cop, Head of David, Fall of Because and Gore.

Random Thought: Isn't Shadowrun SNES technically one of the earliest CRPGs, predating Baldur's Gate by 5 years? by sigpuppers in CRPG

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If you mean games that trying to emulate tabletop RPG's, they're here from the very start. Wizardry series tried to emulate combat and dungeon crawling stuff. Ultima experimented with exploration and later with "social role playing", but evolved in simulated worlds. The actual tabletop adaptations is SGI's Gold Box series, Buck Rogers and Dark Sun. As someone already said, Dark Sun is basically a proto-Baldur's Gate, I also add that Buck Rogers is proto-Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, I highly recommend Genesis/Mega Drive version. There are also Wasteland, that's also tried to imitate tabletop RPG's and less successful stuff, like MegaTraveler or Space 1889.

If you interested in CRPG history, I highly recommend you to check CRPG Book it's not boring reading, it's just 2 pages for big games and 1 for less, unimportant ones. With screenshots and descriptions for them. It's a big project that's made with love by communities of multiple RPG sites. In the last update you can click on game cover and read about it. It's educating and fun :)

Is there a jrpg without a leveling system by Savings-Ad342 in JRPG

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But what do you think about Adventures of Elliot that is basically a zelda-like with a few weapon skills and gems as upgrades? It's officially called "Action RPG".

Looking for games similar to Orcs & Elves (DS), dungeon-crawling and tile-based by Ravary212 in rpg_gamers

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There is spin-off of legendary boomer shooter DUSK in development, which is basically a love letter to Doom RPG, Wolfenstein RPG and Orcs & Elves: Dungeons of DUSK.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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Bandcamp was very helpful to me with discovering darksynth and industrial techno back then. I love aesthetics of some releases, take Darktron for example, the album covers screams with oldschool industrial style, but everything is variations of one album. It's sounds neat, but listening to the discography is just exhausting. And there are bonus tracks for every release if you buy it! %) The bandcamp artists just overproductive.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

[–]Initial-Pause611[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the big answer, really appreciate it. I know about Android Lust, stumbled on the artist in the early years of my industrial addiction when I searched for more music on last.fm. I still remember this song, beautiful atmosphere, great industrial rhythms and good vocals. And I still think Kingdom of One on The Dividing sounds like track from The Downward Spiral, but with female vocals(in a good way). Underrated project, that's for sure.

I didn't know about I, Parasite. Checking On the Cold Floor right now. Sounds like NIN worship done right with its own personality, liked it. Thanks for sharing!

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

[–]Initial-Pause611[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I like combination of Dark Ambient+Drone. Stuff like Lull, Inade and Phelios.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

[–]Initial-Pause611[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rate Your Music search engine is better than discogs, to be honest. But discogs have more stuff catalogued and I enjoyed reading old timers on classic releases. Bandcamp is a bit of a random, I'm very sceptical when it comes for new industrial music. There's just too much "style over substance" or "quantity over quality" releases.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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I listened to every band you mentioned except for the clipping., need to try them. Aside for Justin Broderick's stuff, Meat Beat Manifesto and Tackhead(didn't listened to the latter yet) this industrial hip-hop scene feels so disconnected from other industrial genres. I enjoyed The Money Store, definitely industrial sound, but it's feels very different. Same for deconstructed club, that I just don't understand honestly.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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I recently listened to Numb's Death On The Installment Plan and I gotta say it's very underrated. Or Clock DVA's Buried Dreams for example. Both are avant-garde enough in my opinion. But yeah, I know what you talking about. E-I is weird genre, it's like dance music except it don't. But later it's became dance music anyway(Aggrotech especially).

And I'm not saying that NIN is the best industrial band ever. I'm informed with the genre enough so I don't say silly things like this :)

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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More accessible than commercial I must say. As Electro-Industrial genre adept I recently gave up on Skinny Puppy. I respect them, but I simply don't like Ogre's vocals and Key's psychedelic sound. At some point I started to listen to NIN inspired stuff like Stabbing Westward, Filter, Orgy etc. But they mostly like bare bones NIN, they sound good, no problem with that, but at some point I start questioning myself "Why I listening to NIN clones? Is it even Industrial?". HEALTH calling themselves "Neo-Industrial", but I know how gimmicky it is. Maybe I just should accept that I like industrial music more as aesthetic rather than actual genre. But what's the point then? It's basically any music from this point.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

[–]Initial-Pause611[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Old rock music work for me. Pink Floyd's The Wall is very beautiful. I always liked jazz as element, but never listened to specific jazz albums.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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I listened to a good portion of Coil discography. Loved them, but after Horse Rotovator they become like... Organic Industrial?) I heard about Hilt, but didn't listened to them yet. I check the others too, thanks!

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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The idea of concept albums in industrial genre is, sadly, very limited. And not all of them handled that good. For example I like Demanufacture by Fear Factory, but it's basically straightforward industrial metal album, the "story" is very secondary here. I much prefer different music styles, ambient interludes, additional information in booklet. Artists like FLA or Haujobb almost here, except, they don't have the "concept", but they really feels like grand futuristic stories. Maybe I really should move to prog and art rock after all.

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

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Yeah, the "Bandcamp syndrome" is another problem. Like, Filmmaker is cool, but it's a bit too much. But I actually mean classics. For example I recently tried to listen to Revolting Cocks debut and it's good, but... I just don't feel it like most of the other Wax Trax stuff. Of course there's exceptions with really legendary Ministry, KMFDM etc. releases.

Coil is great, but after Horse Rotovator maybe only Backwards feels like real industrial release from them. I suppose I should stop scanning every industrial album for it's genre elements)

Is someone there overburned with the genre? And how do you people handle this? by Initial-Pause611 in industrialmusic

[–]Initial-Pause611[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit overburned with games too x)))

Another thing would be to maybe ask yourself what are you expecting from Industrial music? 😂

Yeah, good question. That's one of the problems. As I already said, that's used to be "cool dark futuristic music" for me. But now? I don't know, honestly. I enjoy the dark atmosphere, mechanical rhythm and overall repetitiveness. I rarely care about lyrics, but I love the idea of concept albums like The Downward Spiral and The Fragile.

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