'Jungle Jim' Preview

So one of the things I have been mucking around with is this new game I got on Xbox Live. It is an indie game called 'Newton's New Tones'. It is a basic but fun to muck around with music maker. Now it is nothing complex but it gets the job done.

Then it dawned on me, I have been looking for suitable instrumentals for my 'Helping Hand' series (follow it on UTube or my sister blog 'Apocryphic Videos') and I can actually make a specific beat I can use.

The inspiration behind 'Jungle Jim' is a combo video by KYSG using the Jungle stage from Tekken 4. Using this as my basis, I am going to do Yoshi's Poison Breaths tutorial on the 'Mystic Forest' stage (the Jungle stage successor) in T6 with my new beat that I created. It'll be a minute before I upload this specific video but here is an advance preview of the actually beat itself that I came up with.

I am really excited for this and I might use Newton's New Tones for other instrumentals if this works out.

BONUS: Damn Kid Kennedy coming online during the middle of my video and lol you can hear my momma hollering right at the end of it.

The name 'Jungle Jim' actually comes from a all region supermarket near Arcade Legends. Cincinnati locals know about it.

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Paying it Forward

Well this post is actually a massive plug for my brand new video series which I am dual broadcasting on YouTube and my video blog.

I have recently learnt how to perform alot of the 'harder' moves in Tekken and now I have decided to pay it forward and share with the general populace.

A couple of these moves already had tute's dedicated to it but this is the first dedicated multi-character series on YouTube and also alot of the moves I am showing don't even have one video dedicated to them (*ahem* Armor King).

'Helping Hand' is going to be an on-going series too and if the auidence chimes in and asks for tute's which I haven't planned on doing or tute's for certain moves earlier, I might see what I can do.

All in all, I hope people enjoy and appreciate what I am aiming to do.

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Resurrection

So it's a new month and I actually had a good idea what songs I was going to use for this month for once. I actually should have used these last month when I had my dry spell but for some strange reason I didn't think about it till April's player was uploaded. Anyhow, the central theme of this month is one of my favorite artists.



Kenna... mysterious, musical and down right awesome.

Turn: A song Kenna wrote for his 'Summit on the Summit' project (www.summitonthesummit.com). This songs shows Kenna's ability to make haunting melodies and at the same time be involved with something important. The water crisis is real and it's nice that Kenna is giving back.

Resurrection: Produced by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park fame and featuring Lupe Fiasco, again Kenna wears his heart on his sleeve and dedicates this song to the Haiti effort. A truly inspiration song and one of my favorite songs of this new year hands down.

Dumb it Down: Not a >II< song but Lupe has collaborated with Kenna on 'Resurrection' and other songs, he was also a big participant in the 'Summit on the Summit'. This ties all three songs together. Dumb it Down is one of my fave Lupe songs because of his clever word play.

Well enjoy!

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The Difference

So it's May already... wow. I'll be uploading some new music tomorrow, actually found a couple songs I want to share and rave about.

This blog however is dedicated to the difference between my two main blogs.

This blog (aka apocryphicvisions.blogspot.com) is my everything and the kitchen sink blog. I will blog about everything and anything here. I might review a game I played or a flick I recently saw (I definately am going to review Iron Man 2). I'll post about music or stuff that annoys me on this blog too.

My other blog (aka apocryphicvideos.blogspot.com) is my purely gaming blog. It's dedicate to my Raged Death Combo series, sneak peeks at other projects and soon a place for my 'Helping Hand' tutorial series.

One or the other, both them further the brand of Apocryphic Visions, my company.

Well till next time.

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Explanations

Eagle eyed and regular readers would note that I change my 'Rants' and 'Raves' side column all the time.

For the first time through I will actually explain what has inspired these 'Rants' and 'Raves'.

Rant- Blogger Upload Limits: self explanatory this one. I am annoyed I can't upload my last couple Raged Death Combos to my Apocryphic Videos blog. It's a sucky development for sure.

Rave- Last Season of Lost... so good!: Another easy one, the last season of Lost on ABC is really captivating and really is a reward for watching the show for as long as the fans have. From twists galore to shocking deaths and returns, this season has it all. It's going to be a real dark day when I realize I have no new Lost to look forward too.

Rant- No Promotion Chance for Zaffy: This one is really driving me nutty. I have been the same rank with Zaffy for a minute and for some strange reason Xbox Live is refusing to match me up with people remotely close to my rank. I mean 1st Dan and Mentors? 9th Kyuu's? Really?!? I want my top 10 spot damnit.

Rave- Ninja Gaiden II: Easily one of the blood filled games I have played EVER and it's soo good. The demo is action packed and filled with tons of stuff to do and people to slice. LOVE the new 'obliteration' technique and new Ninpo (Wind Blades... sick!). Kinda sad it didn't end with a boss encounter but eh, more to look forward to when I actually buy the game.

Rant- New season of Heroes, not announced yet: It's crazy, Lost is ending and my other favorite genre show hasn't had a official announcement if it's coming back. I know Heroes is getting flack from everyone and there dog but the show has it's die hard fans (me and my family are in that category) and it's wrong how they are holding out. Renew the show already! I mean, Sylar being a good guy, the world knowing about super powered people? It can't end like that?

Rave- This Sunday is my second anniversary and I am really looking forward to spending time with my lovely wife. Hopefully we can get away.

Well that's that.

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Magnetic Shockwave

So as promised, I am back and regular visitors would noticed April's music player is FINALLY up. Yeah it took me a minute to find some good music I wanted to share and nothing out there really has rocked my socks lately. I mean after 'Echo' by Leona Lewis and 'The Fame Monster' by Lady Gaga, I haven't heard or seen anything that has really impressed me. So I went old skool.

I dug into my collection and decided to go with two artists I really like:

First off is Gorillaz



The wackiest cartoon band is back with 'Plastic Beach' but I am still rocking their old tunes. One of my favorites is 'Rockit' with it's uber disturbing video. The demon in the video is also the same demon in the image and one of the reasons why I picked it. I mean how can you not love 'Rockit' with it's 'reject false icons' message and 'blah blah blah' hook (not the Ke$ha song).

Next is Foxy Brown



The incredible lame-ness of newest female rap star Nicki Minaj reminds me of why I miss Foxy Brown and how I wish she was making more music. I know she is still around but I was really feeling her during her 'Broken Silence' days and I was kinda salty her follow up album 'Ill Na Na 2: The Fever" was shelved. Thankfully the internet scores and I was able to find leaked tracks from it including the song 'Magnetic'. I love the old skool Neptune sound and this is a prime example. Add Foxy spitting some hot stuff like "you know your the best when rap dudes got at you". Damn girl is something else.

So 2... not 3 songs. I am feeling different.

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P.S. LOL random spammers... I guess spamming in a foreign language means you don't understand me when I say I moderate my comments now. Well keep trying, I'll keep rejecting them.

House keeping

So regular vistors to my blog would notice some little changes. The most obvious is the new color scheme. I decided to go with a 'cool' color scheme, especially after the 'Man on Fire' inspired one I had.

This blog isn't as busy as it used to be mainly because I am focusing alot of my blogging into my Apocryphic Videos blog, especially now I actually have stuff to showcase. I will try to come back and drop some words now and again through.

There will be some more minor changes and yep some new music will be added.

Keep it locked, Rants & Raves isn't going nowhere.

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