Hi all! I just ordered one, based on my love for old demos, and my feelings for Jim! (Thanks for this site, ya big lug!) :)
I've been a demo fan since the days of the C64, and I still remember how blown away I was when I first saw 'Fishtro'. I spent lots of my time just watching those little fish! I'll get the DVD right after Christmas, and I'll be sure to post my reviews here. '...Preserving Worlds...' Joe Garrity Curator of The Origin Museum Protector of The Ultima Crossbow http://originmuseum.solsector.net >Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:57:44 -0600 > Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SWCollect] >MindCandyReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sorry to pimp one of my own projects here, but it 1. serves as an explanation >as to why I've been so silent since I created the mailing list, and 2. it has >slight relevance to our hobby: > >After 2.5 years, I have finally finished MindCandy, a double-sided DVD filled >with "demos", which are best described as underground hacker multimedia >artistic programming demonstrations. You can read all about it and download a >trailer at www.mindcandydvd.com. That explains why I've been so slient. The >"relevance" part is the "old-school" side of the DVD, which has a lot of early >PC demos from 1990-1997, which illustrate how ahead of the game industry demos >were -- clever young programmers were pushing PCs harder than game companies >during that time period. Also relevant is the history of demos, explained in >a 16-minute featurette, where I explain that demos were born from software >pirates cracking games and bragging about it. > >So, if you want to help me break even on the project, please feel free to >order one :). <sob story> Otherwise I'll have to start... selling... my >collection... to make ends meet </sob story> ;-) > >Anyway, sorry for the spam, but since many of you know me personally I thought >I'd let you know what happened to me. I should start getting back into the >swing of things in January. >-- >Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ >Want to help an ambitious games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ >Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to >the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' >Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Express yourself with a super cool email address from BigMailBox.com. Hundreds of choices. It's free! http://www.bigmailbox.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
