JetSetRadio.live Jet Set Radio (called Jet Grind Radio in the US) was the hippest game to ever come out. Ever. It was oozing with (post-)90s sensibilities and a self-identity entirely its own....
Jet Set Radio (called Jet Grind Radio in the US) was the hippest game to ever come out. Ever.
It was oozing with (post-)90s sensibilities and a self-identity entirely its own. Brand new, never before seen art style? Check. Funky fresh original soundtrack? Check. Fuck-the-police attitude conveyed through the anarchistic act of... rollerblading? Sure, JSR. Go for it. You do 90s you.
The game came out in the waning days of the Dreamcast, so it was beloved and revered by the, oh, twelve or so people who were still buying Dreamcast games in late 2000. It quickly became a cult classic and went on to have an equally funky yet slightly less fresh sequel on the Xbox.
To this day those games have gone unmatched in terms of unique identity and presentation, and the linked site is an attempt to recapture some of that wonderful goodness. It's got radio stations where you can listen to the games' soundtracks, as well as other newer songs that fit JSR's zeitgeist. You can also watch videos of the games, chat with other JSR fans, graffiti up a wall, follow fan projects, etc. The whole site is a spot-on recreation of what JSR felt like at the time, nearly twenty years later. It's a fun, well-executed fan site that succeeds at sustaining the very thing it's trying to honor.
You're in good company, super brother! This was the game that made my Dreamcast purchase worth it. I'd never played anything like it before, and it (obviously) has stuck with me long since. Glad I...
You're in good company, super brother! This was the game that made my Dreamcast purchase worth it. I'd never played anything like it before, and it (obviously) has stuck with me long since. Glad I could share the JSR love!
I can't believe this came out in 2000. I've spent a significant portion of the last decade exploring this exact area of music, and I'm thrilled to have something new to me. Will need to get back...
I can't believe this came out in 2000. I've spent a significant portion of the last decade exploring this exact area of music, and I'm thrilled to have something new to me. Will need to get back to you.
I've been humming the bassline for years as well! Hideki Naganuma is an absolute legend. If this kind of music is your thing, it's also worth checking out his Sonic Rush soundtrack. If you...
I've been humming the bassline for years as well! Hideki Naganuma is an absolute legend. If this kind of music is your thing, it's also worth checking out his Sonic Rush soundtrack. If you listened to it without knowing it was from a Sonic game, you'd assume it was from a third JSR game. In my headcanon, Naganuma was intending most of these songs for a new JSR release and instead repurposed them for Sonic after JSR fizzled out.
Never played the game but this site is amazing. I keep finding more and more to check out. The music is just pure 90s but in a way that I don't find well represented in 90s music "collections."...
Never played the game but this site is amazing. I keep finding more and more to check out. The music is just pure 90s but in a way that I don't find well represented in 90s music "collections." This really brings me back. Thank you so much for sharing!
Fun fact: the reason why it was retired as Jet Grind Radio in the US was to avoid naming conflict with Jet Set Men, a gay porn studio. There is a chance this is just hearsay, but I want it to be true.
Fun fact: the reason why it was retired as Jet Grind Radio in the US was to avoid naming conflict with Jet Set Men, a gay porn studio.
There is a chance this is just hearsay, but I want it to be true.
Its a cool concept, but the 3d earth thing lags my laptop a lot. There is a similar radio index like http://www.radio-browser.info/gui/#!/ On android there is a client for it...
Clicked "surprise me" the first time and it took me to a page on predicting IQ deviance, clicking on it the second time took me to biologically amorphous computing. Definitely bookmarking this...
Clicked "surprise me" the first time and it took me to a page on predicting IQ deviance, clicking on it the second time took me to biologically amorphous computing. Definitely bookmarking this search engine for the future.
oh! this is also blocked, for other uMatrix users -> https://web.archive.org/web/20190523222308/https://html5zombo.com/ <- use this link I am still on that website and it looks like they are...
Worm! A gigantic web-serial with a huge amount of depth, character development and world-building, on top of an in-progress sequel that hit a 1.1mm word-count about two and a half months ago; all...
Worm! A gigantic web-serial with a huge amount of depth, character development and world-building, on top of an in-progress sequel that hit a 1.1mm word-count about two and a half months ago; all entirely free to read.
I'd recommend anyone get to Arc 8 or so before making a decision on whether or not they like it.
The online collections of the Smithsonian Institution are good for years of interesting images and documents. Best place in the U.S. for a rainy Sunday's browsing.
The online collections of the Smithsonian Institution are good for years of interesting images and documents. Best place in the U.S. for a rainy Sunday's browsing.
Here is a cabinet of sound curiosities, ever moving, to discover the vitality of international radio creation, to dive into and indulge in natural and supernatural sounds. Make way for nature’s cheeky creativity, magnified by the phauna hook that turns every hour, every minute, every second into a given instinct, received and shared – in a burst of laugh, from deep within our guts.
I get a kick out of some of the NeoCities sites. There are some real gems on there. Also, while it's motorcycle/travel oriented Horizons Unlimited has been an amazing community over the years yet...
I get a kick out of some of the NeoCities sites. There are some real gems on there.
Also, while it's motorcycle/travel oriented Horizons Unlimited has been an amazing community over the years yet still seems to stay under the radar.
i have a couple of nifty little sites like this: Fakena.me: does exactly what it says on the tin, generates a fake name and associated info Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator: also does exactly...
i have a couple of nifty little sites like this:
Fakena.me: does exactly what it says on the tin, generates a fake name and associated info
ColorHexa: one of those color picker websites that shows you all the colors there are, particularly neat because it shows you what it looks like as a font color and a background color but also what it looks like to colorblind people
Radiooooo: radiooooo is probably known to some of you, but for those of you who don't know what it is, it allows you to listen to music by country and by decade; the website is also a community effort and you can contribute to it
Problem Sleuth, the extremely ambitious MS Paint Adventure by Andrew Hussie. It's presented as an old-school PC adventure game with text input. Whenever a page was posted, readers would suggest...
Problem Sleuth, the extremely ambitious MS Paint Adventure by Andrew Hussie. It's presented as an old-school PC adventure game with text input. Whenever a page was posted, readers would suggest the next "command" to run. Andrew would then pick his favorite from the suggestions and draw/narrate the result. It produced a hilarious, sprawling epic far more amazing than it had any right to be.
Then, after that story concluded, he went and did it all again with Homestuck. Which was more than quadruple the size and scope of Problem Sleuth, bigger and crazier in every possible way. I never finished reading Homestuck but I'm blown away by Andrew's commitment and attention to detail. Both are truly artistic feats.
He also made some shorter adventures earlier on but I recommend you start with PS.
Domino Chinese and Anki basically single-handedly taught me Mandarin, in what I now believe is the most efficient way. I really cannot recommend them enough. Echoes of Blue Mars is a lovely...
Domino Chinese and Anki basically single-handedly taught me Mandarin, in what I now believe is the most efficient way. I really cannot recommend them enough.
Echoes of Blue Mars is a lovely internet stream. I like listening to Voices From Within every now and then to ground myself.
Anki was the reason I got through graduate school okay. It is such a powerful tool for learning definitions and other factoids that would be useful for tests.
Anki was the reason I got through graduate school okay. It is such a powerful tool for learning definitions and other factoids that would be useful for tests.
So, I recently found this website that seems to be a mashup of many 'TIL' style websites. http://www.todayifoundout.com/ Apparently the site was founded in 2010 because of /r/TodayILearned but the...
So, I recently found this website that seems to be a mashup of many 'TIL' style websites.
JetSetRadio.live
Jet Set Radio (called Jet Grind Radio in the US) was the hippest game to ever come out. Ever.
It was oozing with (post-)90s sensibilities and a self-identity entirely its own. Brand new, never before seen art style? Check. Funky fresh original soundtrack? Check. Fuck-the-police attitude conveyed through the anarchistic act of... rollerblading? Sure, JSR. Go for it. You do 90s you.
The game came out in the waning days of the Dreamcast, so it was beloved and revered by the, oh, twelve or so people who were still buying Dreamcast games in late 2000. It quickly became a cult classic and went on to have an equally funky yet slightly less fresh sequel on the Xbox.
To this day those games have gone unmatched in terms of unique identity and presentation, and the linked site is an attempt to recapture some of that wonderful goodness. It's got radio stations where you can listen to the games' soundtracks, as well as other newer songs that fit JSR's zeitgeist. You can also watch videos of the games, chat with other JSR fans, graffiti up a wall, follow fan projects, etc. The whole site is a spot-on recreation of what JSR felt like at the time, nearly twenty years later. It's a fun, well-executed fan site that succeeds at sustaining the very thing it's trying to honor.
Speaking as one of those twelve, this site has dramatically brightened my afternoon!
You're in good company, super brother! This was the game that made my Dreamcast purchase worth it. I'd never played anything like it before, and it (obviously) has stuck with me long since. Glad I could share the JSR love!
Warning, website is quite NSFW.
I can't believe this came out in 2000. I've spent a significant portion of the last decade exploring this exact area of music, and I'm thrilled to have something new to me. Will need to get back to you.
I've been humming the bassline for years as well! Hideki Naganuma is an absolute legend. If this kind of music is your thing, it's also worth checking out his Sonic Rush soundtrack. If you listened to it without knowing it was from a Sonic game, you'd assume it was from a third JSR game. In my headcanon, Naganuma was intending most of these songs for a new JSR release and instead repurposed them for Sonic after JSR fizzled out.
Never played the game but this site is amazing. I keep finding more and more to check out. The music is just pure 90s but in a way that I don't find well represented in 90s music "collections." This really brings me back. Thank you so much for sharing!
Fun fact: the reason why it was retired as Jet Grind Radio in the US was to avoid naming conflict with Jet Set Men, a gay porn studio.
There is a chance this is just hearsay, but I want it to be true.
Jet Set Radio was the coolest.
Its a cool concept, but the 3d earth thing lags my laptop a lot. There is a similar radio index like http://www.radio-browser.info/gui/#!/
On android there is a client for it https://github.com/segler-alex/RadioDroid
This is one of the best discoveries of recent years for me, thank you.
Apparently there is an Old Timey Radio Stream that does Radio Plays and DAC rips of period appropriate television. Who knew?
https://wiby.me/
wiby is a search engine for websites that are old or styled that way. Super fun.
Clicked "surprise me" the first time and it took me to a page on predicting IQ deviance, clicking on it the second time took me to biologically amorphous computing. Definitely bookmarking this search engine for the future.
Ha yeah honestly, I use the surprise me feature 99% of the time.
Internet archive has tons of free games from the good old days. link
It's been years since my last visit, and I can still quote most of it word for word, intonation and all. Truly iconic.
for some reason uMatrix blocks it, what is it about?
You might have better luck with https://html5zombo.com (the original uses Flash)
oh! this is also blocked, for other uMatrix users -> https://web.archive.org/web/20190523222308/https://html5zombo.com/ <- use this link
I am still on that website and it looks like they are looping an audio file, is that it or am I missing something?
Yeah. Here is what you're missing.
https://youtu.be/qxWwEPeUuAg
It is about everything.
Worm! A gigantic web-serial with a huge amount of depth, character development and world-building, on top of an in-progress sequel that hit a 1.1mm word-count about two and a half months ago; all entirely free to read.
I'd recommend anyone get to Arc 8 or so before making a decision on whether or not they like it.
Yes, worm is amazing.
The online collections of the Smithsonian Institution are good for years of interesting images and documents. Best place in the U.S. for a rainy Sunday's browsing.
https://www.musicforprogramming.net/
https://phauneradio.com/
I get a kick out of some of the NeoCities sites. There are some real gems on there.
Also, while it's motorcycle/travel oriented Horizons Unlimited has been an amazing community over the years yet still seems to stay under the radar.
i have a couple of nifty little sites like this:
Problem Sleuth, the extremely ambitious MS Paint Adventure by Andrew Hussie. It's presented as an old-school PC adventure game with text input. Whenever a page was posted, readers would suggest the next "command" to run. Andrew would then pick his favorite from the suggestions and draw/narrate the result. It produced a hilarious, sprawling epic far more amazing than it had any right to be.
Then, after that story concluded, he went and did it all again with Homestuck. Which was more than quadruple the size and scope of Problem Sleuth, bigger and crazier in every possible way. I never finished reading Homestuck but I'm blown away by Andrew's commitment and attention to detail. Both are truly artistic feats.
He also made some shorter adventures earlier on but I recommend you start with PS.
Domino Chinese and Anki basically single-handedly taught me Mandarin, in what I now believe is the most efficient way. I really cannot recommend them enough.
Echoes of Blue Mars is a lovely internet stream. I like listening to Voices From Within every now and then to ground myself.
Anki was the reason I got through graduate school okay. It is such a powerful tool for learning definitions and other factoids that would be useful for tests.
So, I recently found this website that seems to be a mashup of many 'TIL' style websites.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/
Apparently the site was founded in 2010 because of /r/TodayILearned but the quality is much, much higher.
LiveAtc.net
You can listen to ATC communications at any airport and even listen to specific frequencies (Approach to runway 9R if you want)
Most definitively this: https://z0r.de/
Warning: Loud most of the time, occasionally flashing lights and a bit nsfw at times.