Two demo videos of the iOcarina are posted after the break. The first shows a man blowing his way through the Legend of Zelda theme song. The second, when played in reverse, reveals hidden Satanist propaganda.
Two demo videos of the iOcarina are posted after the break. The first shows a man blowing his way through the Legend of Zelda theme song. The second, when played in reverse, reveals hidden Satanist propaganda.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said
Thanks for taking the time out of your hobby curing cancer to let this internet blog about electronic entertainment know how you feel!
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 3:18PM (Unverified) said
@ J-Dog
Actually, I'm using BIONC to make some use of my computer when it's idle. Does that count?
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Actually, I'm using BIONC to make some use of my computer when it's idle. Does that count?
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 3:21PM (Unverified) said
To prevent numerous brains from exploding from an overload of irony, i'm just going to assume you included yourself in the category of "people"
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 6:58PM FakeJamaican said
seriously...you go pan flute it up like a queer on your iPhone...let me know how cool you get from doing so...
It's not trolling if it's fact. This idea is a waste of time, energy and probably money...
and I have no life because i comment? good one. I suppose the only way someone has a life is if they don't use a computer? Don't make comments? So who has a life? Sasquatches? that sounds about right. Fuck you and your diddly Ocarina playing iPhone app. I hope someone WITH a life punches you in the head while you play it
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It's not trolling if it's fact. This idea is a waste of time, energy and probably money...
and I have no life because i comment? good one. I suppose the only way someone has a life is if they don't use a computer? Don't make comments? So who has a life? Sasquatches? that sounds about right. Fuck you and your diddly Ocarina playing iPhone app. I hope someone WITH a life punches you in the head while you play it
Posted: Nov 9th 2008 12:12AM (Unverified) said
I thought the plural form of sasquatch was Travises...
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said
Bitch be not dissing my Stairway...
Seriously wtf thought it would be a good idea to use Stairway for such a shitty advert...
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Seriously wtf thought it would be a good idea to use Stairway for such a shitty advert...
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 3:50PM (Unverified) said
Hey... you never used the Ocarina of Time to travel seven years into the future! It was the pulling of the Master Sword that aged you seven years! Playing the Song of Time on the Ocarina of Time was only used to open the door to the Master Sword in the Temple of Time.
Get your facts straight Joystiq! I thought you were journalists! Do some journaling!
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Get your facts straight Joystiq! I thought you were journalists! Do some journaling!
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 3:54PM MacGyver10 said
ocarina-playing, frisbee-throwing hippies!
oh wait...thats me.
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oh wait...thats me.
Posted: Nov 9th 2008 1:08AM (Unverified) said
I got whited out for not liking a "smartphone" that can't send picture messages or transfer bluetooth files or use your own mp3s as ringtones.
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Posted: Nov 9th 2008 5:39AM (Unverified) said
Dude, it's called the Cult of Apple. Seriously, all this company does is put out crap and use its adopters as guinea pigs to generate slightly higher-quality crap. Apple just has the most amazing public image campaign the world has ever seen.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 4:13PM hey buddy said
I just downloaded it and tried it. I haven't felt so light-headed since I used to play flute in the 5th grade. When I started it, the phone asked if 'Ocarina' can use my location, something usually only asked by apps that find restaurants in your area or something, like the Yelp app. So that seemed strange that a musical app would want that permission.
But it turns out this app has a pretty cool feature where it you can view a globe, and it plays melodies from other people on the planet who are playing at the moment - I just listened to some intercontinental noodling from the UK and Japan, as well as a very well-played 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' from someone in California. And obviously you can opt to beam your own magical melodies out too.
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But it turns out this app has a pretty cool feature where it you can view a globe, and it plays melodies from other people on the planet who are playing at the moment - I just listened to some intercontinental noodling from the UK and Japan, as well as a very well-played 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' from someone in California. And obviously you can opt to beam your own magical melodies out too.
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 9:34PM (Unverified) said
That is really cool. I am going to get an iphone eventually and when I do I will dl this for sure just for fun. I am a musician and there are times I wish I could just play an instrument but there are none around me. At least I could fool around with this...
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 4:16PM (Unverified) said
I thought that was going to be really stupid, but it turned out looking pretty cool. I think it would be really cool to play the Zelda tune at a party if I took the time to become really good at it.
Can you imagine sending this video back in time? I imagine people from the early 1900s would gather that real instruments had been made obsolete in our fantastical sci-fi future world.
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Can you imagine sending this video back in time? I imagine people from the early 1900s would gather that real instruments had been made obsolete in our fantastical sci-fi future world.
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 4:22PM WiredKnight said
Yea, but it won't turn back time. Or make it rain. Or any of the things typically associated with ocarinas and the Legend of Zelda.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 4:38PM MowDownJoe said
99 cents.
I'd get it, but the closest thing I'll ever get to an iPhone is an iPod Touch, and this wouldn't work there due to the lack of a mic.
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I'd get it, but the closest thing I'll ever get to an iPhone is an iPod Touch, and this wouldn't work there due to the lack of a mic.
Posted: Nov 9th 2008 6:00PM (Unverified) said
So who is the loser, an individual who creates an app interesting enough to get it posted on a popular website, or the individual too lazy to read the entire post to find the answer he so eloquently asked?
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 5:21PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
if you have an iPhone you need the game called fieldrunners. It's my favorite iPhone game yet and is honestly better than most Ds & PSP games IMO.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 6:16PM (Unverified) said
Nice invention. A lot of MIDI simulation instruments have real trouble with tone, but these sound really good.
Stairway was nice.
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Stairway was nice.
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 8:08PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
I hate apple but I have to admit this is friggin amazing.
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 8:35PM (Unverified) said
This is good findings for the pointless topic on a forums. How about curing AIDS instead?
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 9:17PM (Unverified) said
Since most forms of entertainment don't really find cures for AIDs or cancer, I wouldn't be too harsh on such a product. Games are a huge waste of time and money when you think about how little they generally do to further AIDs and cancer research, yet people still buy them. Making games is almost abhorrent in the face of the fact that the developers are typically well educated, passionate people who could be put to better use studying medicine and curing disease.
Why are there games and other forms of entertainment then? Oh yeah, because people want them.
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Why are there games and other forms of entertainment then? Oh yeah, because people want them.
Posted: Nov 8th 2008 9:35PM (Unverified) said
I meant try spending your time to help do something practical instead of making pointless apps. But if he enjoys doing what he does well it's a different story.
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Posted: Nov 9th 2008 12:42AM (Unverified) said
Quit making entertainment in general to find a cure for aids? Blasphemous!
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