Report of things progressing 3

– Siren 2 deathruns have kicked off!

– Ristikiehtova released a compilation album with many rarities from the past. However, I feel inclined to warn you that it’s not an easy listen.

– New Kotinäky is coming along at a nice pace. About 18 minutes have already been made…

– I’m still waiting Ilja to get off his ass and upload Serpenthia‘s “Of Descent and Betrayal” to Jamendo! It’s just a lot more convenient site than Mikseri.

Thoughts on deathruns

So, now that the Siren deathrun challenge is finally over, I think it might be fun to share some thoughts I had while doing it.

A theme central to deathruns is PC suicide. One of the basic methods for quick game over is murdering your own sidekick. As a natural pacifist, I still wonder what got me into this thing. TBH, I did feel bad when shooting my sidekicks. I make wry jokes to make it through the cold nights!

My favorite type of runs were the ones that could in other contexts seem natural, albeit very strange deaths, such as Kei’s D3 12:00. Other than those I liked the levels where I had to use my creativity to get the fastest results, such as the three last Kei levels. Luck manipulating on levels like Kyoyo’s Yesterday or Tamon’s D2 18:00 was the worst stuff I had to do IMO, as it takes time and the end result is not that impressive in any case.

Now, some statistics follow.
Shortest run: A tie between Tamon’s Day 2 10:00 and Reiko’s Day 1 23:00, 00:01:24.
Longest run: Kyoya’s Day 1 08:00, 00:46:72.
Character dying the most amount of times: Yoriko, 5 times.
Character(s) dying the second most amount of times: A tie between Harumi, Risa, Tamon, Kei, Kyoya and Miyako, 3 times.
Character(s) dying the least amount of times: A tie between Akira, Reiko and Tomoko, 1 time.

A big part of me is wanting to at least attempt Siren 2 deathrunning, so I guess that’s what you will get at some point in the future. Anyone have any games to recommend? I just want to get some discussion started on this subject.

Report of things progressing 2

– Did a Metal Gear Solid 3 death run, as well as the next installation for Siren death runs. Only one more installation to go… EDIT: Here it is. Also did a small glitch vid about the spider enemies.

– I’ve been thinking of starting a Siren 2 death run series. But it seems less fun. To think of it, Siren 1 was the optimal game for deathrunning. My video series is almost like a tribute to its insane difficulty level. Not to mention several of the characters have funny as hell death animations, like Tamon…

– Musictrade is showing interest in Ristikiehtova. Hopefully we can co-operate at some point.

EDIT: Finished another Siren 2 speedrun. I’m really hoping to get this project over soon. The levels are getting more and more unfair.

Forbidden Siren 2 FAQ

I finished it a long time ago, but still, never linked to it from here. Well, here it is…

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/924179/53125

Version status: effectively complete, other than a couple of small things.

Report of things progressing 1

– I’m starting university these days, and as such time and energy for games has been a bit low lately.

– One new deathspeedrunner has emerged from finland. He already made two runs, for Penumbra: Black Plague and Revenge of the Shinobi. New: Tomb Raider 3 deathrun.

– A passing thought: many NES games with “one-hit-point-wonders” would be pretty nice to deathrun.

– New Kotinäky is already on the way. As is new Ristikiehtova and also the elusive… “Iltamekanismi.” Also, Ristikiehtova compilation album is slowly being put together, with the total length amassing perhaps even an impressive 60 minutes!

New release from Kotinäky

First LP of my relatively new music project Kotinäky.
Genre: ritual electronic. Length: 37 and ½ mins.

It is freely downloadable from Jamendo. (click the picture for more info)