VGDJ: The Official OverClocked ReMix Podcast

VGDJ: Episode #067 A Fond Farewell

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:00:00 PST

This week on the show all about the music and community of OverClocked ReMix:

What can we say? It's been a blast doing VGDJ, and we owe it all to you guys. This final episode is our longest ever, clocking in at a whopping 1 hour 39 minutes and 57 seconds! How's that for a swan song? We've got all the audio from our ocremix panel at MAGFest, featuring the smooth, sultry voices of djpretzel and Liontamer... as well as tons of cool audience members from every video game remixing community on the intarweb! Medleys, trivia, game shows, our last Russian ReMix Roulette, and a few extra special going away presents for all our loyal fans. Don't miss zircon and pixietricks' fond farewell, and don't be strangers now, y'hear? Wii <3 you.

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Some bad news.

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:27:00 PST

Hey everyone, zircon here.

I have some bad news to report to everyone. Some of you may have seen this coming, and others, perhaps not, but here it is: I'm leaving VGDJ. There is not a complex set of reasons behind this, unlike why we both took a break. Simply put, while I had a lot of fun in the ~6 months I spent as a cohost, the show has never been my highest priority compared to my relationship with Jill, school, or my endeavors as a musician trying to make a career out of his work. In particular, since I plan on being self-employed by the end of college, I feel like I must really focus myself on earning a sizable salary from music. And, unfortunately, I can't maintain enthusiasm for doing the show while these other things are on my plate.

I want to emphasize that this was not Jill's decision but mine. She was ready and willing to continue, and had already gotten stuff together for Magfest - a mixer and mics to record our panel, a logo for a business card to hand out at the festival to give to ReMixers, a new plan for integrating the podcast with the site, and other things like that. And I wish I was able to come to a decision about this before she spent her own time working on developing the show further, but I suppose it was not until today that I realized there was no point in me continuing if I could not really put my full effort into doing it. It wouldn't be fair to you, the listeners, nor would it be fair to Jill, who has really been the driving force behind VGDJ ever since she first got involved.

So... I am sorry to everyone that this came suddenly, and I'm sorry that because of my decision the show has to stop. I wish it could have come at a different time, or that my career didn't require exorbitant amounts of time and energy to truly develop. I will still be on OCR judging mixes and posting. I'll still be writing tutorials. I'll still listen to and comment on WIPs, go to meetups, and idle on IRC. I had a blast hosting the show with Jill, and we put out some really great material... from interviews, to VGL, Otakon, the meetups, Flow Basket, crazy stingers, and everything in between.

Peace, and I hope everyone can still be cool with me. The archives are always here for your enjoyment and both pixietricks and myself are only a click away if you ever wanna talk. Catch you later.

P.S. Jill is not looking for another cohost right now, but this is not necessarily the end of VGDJ forever. It is simply difficult to add a new host when there is no one around who knows the ins and outs of how the show runs, including all of the technical aspects (primarily editing).

On hiatus...

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:10:00 PST

Dear listeners,

Okay, so we have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that VGDJ is about to take a break for a little while. The good news, however, is that we will be back... and hopefully with more interviews and special features than ever. For all you die-hard fans out there, however, we feel that an explanation is in order:

This week we were planning on doing an episode entirely devoted to the new Sonic 3 & Knuckles project: "Project Chaos." We came up with some very fun ideas for an interview with one of the project leaders, including a detailed "game show" type quiz with musical examples and sound effects. To make a long story short, of the two people who were involved in the projects' direction, neither showed up for the interview even after they agreed on a time and promised to be there.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time something like this has happened; we have been stood up by people in the past, including a certain female remixer that was supposed to star on Episode #065: Chicks in the Mix. Frankly, this is somewhat hurtful and insulting to us. We invest an enormous amount of our time per week on this show- not just one or two days. Because it takes a lot of work to put together an episode, we literally have to plan our lives around things like interviews and special features, so when other people don't even give us the courtesy of telling us they'll be late (or not show up at all), it's extremely frustrating.

This podcast exists to promote the community of OverClocked Remix and the individuals who comprise it. We're offering our fellow musicians an incredible opportunity for publicity, and being repeatedly snubbed. Doesn't that speak something? Why should we have to come after people, even nag them, to get them to follow through? It's simply not worth the effort on our part.

Additionally, while we have fun releasing a weekly show, we also don't want to burn out... and we don't want YOU guys to burn out. After all, if you think about it, TV shows don't run a new episode every single week- maybe half the weeks in a year, tops. So, while this Project Chaos episode was a catalyst for our decision to take a break, it wasn't the only factor.

We'll still be here on the forums and on IRC, of course. And we do really appreciate all of you who listen to the show, have donated money, bought a t-shirt, left us a voicemail, clicked on our ads (when we still had 'em), sent us feedback, or even just voted for us on podcastalley. You're the ones that make this show worth doing. We just need a breather.

Perhaps when we get back from this break, the OCR community will have a little more respect for VGDJ... maybe even be excited at the prospect of a fresh episode? Until then: take care, guys!

VGDJ: Episode #066 VGpiece Theater

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:00:00 PST

This week on the show all about the music and community of OverClocked ReMix:

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans! Hope you're enjoying yourselves and consuming large quantities of food. Or, if you're not American, we hope you're enjoying the thought of us consuming large quantities of food. In either case, it's time for another VIDEOCAST! All the OCR community news and music you normally get, but in living color!!! This week, we offer you VGpiece Theater, a presentation of the highest calibre. We'll also be doing a live t-shirt and CD giveaway to anyone who filled out our survey!

* Note: 066 is a ~200mb download, so dialup users beware! *

No shownotes! Neener neener boo boo...

VGDJ: Episode #065 Chicks in the Mix

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:00:00 PST

This week on the show all about the music and community of OverClocked ReMix:

Maximum excitement! We're stuffing ourselves in preparation for Thanksgiving, and that means lots of video game music community hotness for you. This episode marks a small format change for us, and it comes with the announcement of an exciting new phone-based feature we've set up. We also managed to track down one of the most elusive OCR females on the site for an exclusive interview! Plus, two debut ReMixes from DrumUltimA and Swedish mixer AeroZ, and... a new report? Better watch that booty!!!

>>> Take the VGDJ survey, give us your feedback, and get the chance of winning a free OCR or VGDJ t-shirt! <<<

(We were giving away VGDJ buttons, but we didn't realize how many responses we'd get, so only the first hundred or so people will receive them. Still, everyone has a chance to win a t-shirt!)

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VGDJ: Episode #064

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:00:00 PST

This week on the show all about the music and community of OverClocked ReMix:

Ah, sixty four episodes of VGDJ; that number is great in a lot of ways, not the least of which is its inclusion in "Nintendo 64." That alone should be reason enough for any self-respecting video game music fan to grab this show. Despite zircon and pixie being busy with school, operas, and Final Fantasy XII (not necessarily in that order), 064 is feature-length and filled with sumptuous chunks of community kibbles n' bits. Yum. Oh, and there's a nifty little surprise relating to our previous news post, too. 4 out of 5 Dr. Marios agree: 064 is good for you.

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Congratulations, zircon!

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:07:00 PST

Our very own zircon has won "Best Techno Album," and first AND third place in the "Best Techno Song" category of the 2006 Just Plain Folk Music Awards!!! If you haven't heard "Tomorrow" and "Acid Dominion" off his original album, Impulse Prime, better get your hands on 'em. This is perhaps the most well known and prestigious of the indie music awards, focusing on the talent up and coming artists. (He even beat out the guy that composed the music for Command & Conquer! Can I get a what what?)

Congrats to yooooooouuuuuuuu!!!

VGDJ: Episode #063

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:00:00 PST

This week on the show all about the music and community of OverClocked ReMix:

Soooo, pixietricks and zircon are back to being the only two hosts on VGDJ, and all is right in the world of video game music.... or something to that effect. Due to the looming spectre of "Real Life," this episode could be deemed a "Lean Pocket" compared to some of our previous ones- minus the disgusting reheated meat, of course. But we still have an abundance of half-off Halloween goodies for ya, including some remix reviews, the Russian ReMix Roulette, our latest contest winners, and a tantalizing peek into the personal lives of your hosts. Oh yeah, and wouldja VOTE for us at PodcastAlley for the month of November? We likes our voteses.

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Spooky Salutations!

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:00:00 PST

Muahahahaha! VGDJ vants to suck your HPs! Don't forget to send in your entries for the Halloween Cosplay Contest by November 2nd, and tune into our next show to find out the winners!

^v-v^

(...those are fangs btw!)

-zirkietricks

VGDJ: Episode #062

vgdjpodcast@gmail.com (Zircon & Pixietricks) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:00:00 PDT

This week on the show all about the music and community of OverClocked ReMix:

Uh oh, pixietricks is missing! What is a zircon to do? Why, call upon an old friend that longtime listeners of our show should remember; Fusion2004! If you're not familiar, he runs his own radio show about video game music and is the main coder for ThaSauce (which in and of itself is about video games and VGM). We figured he'd make a fine guest host while our dear pixietricks attends to all matters Peabodian. So, ladies, enjoy this male-only foray into the wonderful world of OCR while you can! And if two male hosts aren't enough, all three (male) minihosts are back on board too ;) Mmm.. testosterone.

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