It's no secret that the SNES Legend of Zelda is one of my favorite games of all time, and this amazing theme opens the game in an awesome way.  I really love the chords in this song.  I've wanted to do this song for a really long time but was honestly confused on how I'd pull off the fast strings.  This time I decided to experiment, and I think it turned out better than I thought!  Someday I want to do every song from this classic game; though I could say that about a number of games :P

Let me know how you guys liked this rendition, and are there any other songs from A Link to the Past that you'd like to hear that I haven't done already?

http://sufficientlyhuman.com/archives/1035

The great Omar Elaasar talks about theater, especially set and stage design, in the context of videogames. He asks how games can borrow from theater to achieve more expressive potential than simply copying piecemeal from film. 

http://sufficientlyhuman.com/archives/1043

A piece on "rail" mechanics, horror games, and The Twilight Zone.

Happy last September Monday everyone!  I've got a special speed drawing to share with you this week.  Recently I was asked by the clothing company The Curated Tee to draw their October design.  For those of you who don't know, The Curated Tee does limited run children's clothing with designs done by various artists.  They asked me a few months ago and I documented the process of drawing it up.  You can watch me create the design and then on October 1, you can actually PURCHASE the design!  Woo-hoo!  Be sure to check it out and if you have little young ones running around, this makes a great Halloween type garment.

Thanks again for your support this month and enjoy this week's Speed Drawing!

This has been a huge request for a long time; not just this song, but any song from the KH franchise.  Once I got my feet wet with these games, I finally felt like I could dive into the soundtrack and enjoy it!

Hope you guys like Traverse Town!  For those of you who've played KH, I know you've heard this song at least a thousand times :]

You may recognize Carlos Cabrera from our Superman's Song collaboration or if you've seen Pomplamoose play live. He's a great drummer, and one of my best friends. He also works at Patreon now as their head data analyst (such a smart kiddo...) Anyhow, he's one of my favorite people in the world, and I'm so so glad we got to drive around Sonoma, Marin and San Francisco filming these random objects. Such a great great day :)

Anonymous said:

November 9th 2013, 9:00:00 am

I was 15 when I was raped. I'm almost 35. I still sometimes wake up in a cold sweat and I still have problems with sexual intimacy. My rapist tried to friend me on facebook. I am so fucking enraged that he has the perfect 2.5 kids and a happy marriage and all that shit, and I'm still having panic attacks fifteen years later, just from a notification on facebook.

Anonymous said:

June 21st 2014, 5:50:00 pm

I'm afab and my boobs make me hella uncomfortable. I own a binder but I'm afraid of wearing it to my new job because I work in Virginia, and it's a fire at will state with no protections on gender identity. I had to buy a new bra because all I own is sports bras and the new bra is good at accentuating what I wish I didn't have. :(

20/08/2015 16:24:12

I wish I had the courage to turn my art into a living.

trashlord said:

November 15th 2013, 7:26:00 am

i need a sigil for confidence, if you're feeling up to it