For a long time (more than a year, in fact), I had what you could probably call an addiction. Not to anything life-threatening, mind you, but to something far more geeky and (usually) fun. Each week, the fine folks at Harmonix release new content for Rock Band, a music video game that I enjoy far too much. I had made a point to purchase everything they put out regardless of quality for the sake of ‘completeness’ - something I tend to do with many things in life. The end result of this was a massive library of mostly fun songs and lots of my former money in Harmonix’s worthy hands.
I recently changed my tune on this for mostly financial reasons, but still try to hop on the DLC bandwagon whenever it’s actually worth doing. This still happens more often than not, but after perusing Joystiq this morning I found out that I’d given up on DLC-whoring just in time. I enjoy a lot of different music across pretty much any genre. I really do. But this guy is fucking terrible. Should these tracks ever grace my Xbox’s hard drive, I want everyone who reads this to shoot me.
Erik Video Games
I mentioned a while ago that much of my business-related updates would find themselves elsewhere soon. Now, I’m able to elaborate on this.
I am now the owner and CEO of “Electric Flannel”, a game design studio that hopes to put high quality over high art and showcase many of the brightest young talents in the game design industry. The creation of “Electric Flannel” is the culmination of a lot of hard work and planning, and I couldn’t be more excited to show you more of what I’ve been up to. Our first title is well under way and will be announced very shortly. I hope you enjoy it as much as I’ve been.
For more on the company and its current and future ventures, you can visit electricflannel.com. The site will be updated regularly with game announcements, developer commentary and much much more.
Erik Uncategorized
In my half-assed quest to develop my presence on the internet for personal and professional reasons, I’ve found myself spending more time than not on my Twitter page. The idea of quick-fire updates seemed weird at first, but I’ve since realized how much easier it is to write on Twitter than on, say, this blog. So little thinking required! It’s great. I do hope to keep this page active, though, when more lengthy or interesting topics come to mind. Hopefully this will become the place to go for updates on my life in general - a place for friends, family, and so on.
While this site began as a place for my demo reel and other professional endeavors, you won’t see many more business-related posts here. Those posts will soon be appearing on a new site, which you’ll all hear about really, really soon.
Erik Life
This might be total bullshit but it’s so amazing I need to discuss it anyway.
Josh Freese, drummer extraordinaire for A Perfect Circle, The Vandals and Devo (and until recently, Nine Inch Nails), is releasing a solo album this spring. In what may or may not be a poke at Trent Reznor’s somewhat ridiculous limited-edition-tiered price structure for Ghosts I-IV, Josh has announced 11 different price levels to choose from for those wishing to buy his album. The greatest of these, coming it an at the low, low price of $75,000, includes among the most ludicrous ‘bonuses’ imaginable. I for one hope that each and every thing on this list is 100% legitimate. Without further ado, here’s the whole list of options (after the break):
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Erik Humour, Music