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EPIC UPDATE...SORT OF
January 17, 2010
Holy crap it's 2010?! Where has the time gone? Well, lots of new stuff going on around here. Second semester of school has started for me and one thing in particular is that our database management class got a subscription to MSDNAA, which means tons of FREE SOFTWARE. The trick is, this software is from Microsoft, which implies the use of Windows... So I dual-booted my laptop with Windows 7 and boy is it sexy (and this is coming from a pretty strong Apple supporter). Now I have full access to both ends of the computer spectrum in one machine! Only thing that sucks now is accessing files on one side from another requires an external storage device. But I've found some good inexpensive hard drives so all will be well soon. Gonna have to update the About page with new software. Oh yeah there was also this little thing called MAGFest that I went to which is easily the best video game convention ever. Seriously. Hung out with tons of OCR buddies, sat in on the OCAD MAGCast and rocked out to the best music the community has to offer. It's my one vacation and I love going every year. Definitely need to bring more money next time tho. All my souvenir money ended up covering various foodstuffs and poison consumables. :P While we're on the subject of game music, I have entered the OCR Grand Robot Master Remix Battle! I have currently won round 1 and round 2 has just begun! Much to do!

HIDDEN IN SHADOW....COMPLEX
November 12, 2009
As you may or may not know, I stumbled upon a beautiful little game a while ago called Shadow Complex. It's basically the company who made Gears of War using their flair for cinematic gameplay and super power armor and fusing it with Super Metroid. The combination is unmistakably awe inspiring and I decided to make a trailer to get people interested and express my own love for the game. As a bonus, there is also a song in the trailer by yours truly! The song (aptly named "Hidden In Shadow") was written specifically for this trailer and its been quite awhile since I actually sat down and wrote what came into my head. Very exciting indeed. Enjoy!

SCHOOL, MUSIC, AND FREE FOOD
September 17, 2009
Fate is a strange and horribly ironic creature. Well I'm in school and I'm actually enjoying it. Taking a few classes at CCAC and then going to work keeps me busy and I like it. It sucks that I can't hang out all night like I used to, but I guess moving forward and actually accomplishing something is even better. I think I might actually be evolving into a responsible person. Weird. Anyway, I signed up for MAGFest 8! I signed up as a Super Supporter, which means free swag and FREE FOOD. Nothin' like some fresh nerdlife to start the new year. Interestingly enough, while I haven't put out any music for a while (save for some dabbling here and there), I just signed up for this Creative Music Society at CCAC. They seemed really excited to have a digital music person in their midst. So we'll see how that goes. I'm hoping my elevated attitude and some encouragement within this group will spur my muse again. I also signed up for the Video Game club but they meet on Fridays, which usually clashes with my schedule. I think I know enough nerds already though :P Speaking of video games, The Protomen just released Act II of their disgustingly awesome Mega Man rock opera. CD is in the mail as we speak, as well as both of Armcannon's CD's. Awesome band that I unfortunately missed at MAGFest. Not this year...

WASTED YOUTH
July 4, 2009
Happy 4th of July. Well if you are fortunate enough (or for some people unfortunate enough) to know the song "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" from Meatloaf, then you are getting a good glimpse into my state of mind. It's summer goddammit so why am I not enjoying myself more? Well next weekend is going to be excellent since me and friends are traveling to Cleveland.....(wait for it)........to see VNV Nation (you can wipe the confused look off your face now). Hopefully awesome music and plenty of alcohol will make up for a lackluster beginning to the summer. Speaking of music, I finally wrote a new song. Check it out on the music page or just click here :P I know the compression is pretty thick, especially at the very end, but in my excitement I refused to spend an hour or so engineering the damn song just so people can hear it. Have I ever mentioned how freakin' lazy I am? Other than that, not up to much. Since Duquesne doesn't like me, I'm preparing for CCAC for an Associate's Degree in IT. Then I plan on taking that over to RIT to enter their Game Development Degree. We'll see, my plans have a tendency to go awry if I plan too far ahead. The Art of War seems more appropriate to my life every day. Damn you Sun Tzu.

NO FATE BUT WHAT WE MAKE
May 9, 2009
Shadows of the future among us now Consciousness hidden until the final hour A crimson glare from behind those eyes Silent screams in the flames as the atom divides "We're not going to make it. People, I mean." "It is in your nature to destroy yourselves." "I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do."

ON A ROLL
March 24, 2009
OH SNAP! Two updates in one week?! That's right kiddies, finally got the ball rolling. And on that note.... Spiffy new Myspace page. Check out the new songs "Shattered Fantasy" and "Reentry" while you're there. Hells ya. Also debating whether or not to redo the website. This version is fairly young so I'm thinking I'll hold off on it. In other news Bethesda released The Pitt on Fallout 3. Of course because its set in my hometown of Pittsburgh I downloaded almost immediately after it became available. Unfortunately, the XBox Live servers corrupted the file, so everyone with the XBox version of the game is pretty much screwed until Bethesda and Microsoft figured this all out. I just hope they don't charge me another 800 points for something I already downloaded. Tis quite a shame. More news soon hopefully.

WOOT A REAL UPDATE
March 23, 2009
I finally got some real work done this week! Two new songs finished and a few removed from the music page. Currently preparing my Myspace page for a massive update/overhaul and the site may face a change as well. Either way I finally managed to heave this nasty depressing boulder off my shoulders. Lots to do and right now I have to go to work. Hopefully the momentum will stay this time.

OMG HALO RUINS MY SOCIAL LIFE
March 14, 2009
Yeah no matter what I do to get away from it, I keep grabbing for the old tourniquet and slapping my arm for another shot of sweet FPS. This time the wasteful times have spawned this little nugget of joy. Its a pretty damn big file but the epicness (both in spectacle and fail) is worth the wait. Other than that, not much to report. Working on some new music here and there, but nothing really news worthy yet. By the way, There Will Be Brawl is excellent. A must watch for any Nintendo kids who want to be scarred for a while :P Anyway, will blog when there is more to report. As always, enjoy!

LISTS ARE FUN
March 2, 2009
1. I know it's been a long time since an update. As if anyone reads these anyway :P 2. It seems I was so bad at the Duquesne Music School auditions that they do not want me to try again. 3. It won't matter anyway because if I can stop being so damn lazy I'd have a goddamn demo done by now. 4. That demo would then be part of a wonderful press kit for my music. 5. Which would most likely mean I could stop worrying about the videos that I haven't exported/uploaded. 6. Because the site would have to be revamped for the press kit. 7. I just started working again on a video game that I abandoned months ago. 8. Any day now I will forget about it yet again and move on. 9. Why did I write this in a list? 10. Have a nice day.

SSSSLLLOOOOWWW
January 27, 2009
Well not really. I've actually been very busy, just not on Teh Internets. Besides my car constantly deciding to stop working, I've also been working to get into Duquesne University's Music School, which is no small task. Besides normal college admissions, there's also two tests and an audition that I must pass. Plus I think I have to submit an essay and some examples of my compositions. Needless to say, it's been a lot of preparation. This means that my presence online has diminished somewhat. But big plans are slowly coming to. Videos will all be hosted from Cerrax.com instead of YouTube. The trick is getting all of my videos exported into a small enough format that they can stream as smoothly as YouTube. And when you have a 4 year old computer with an obsolete processor and only 512 megs of RAM, that takes quite a while. Speaking of videos, this Fallout 3 trailer was an idea I had for a long time and I finally had plenty of hours to waste playing, recording, and editing footage of the game. Probably not worth the effort it took to make it, but I love it nonetheless. Unfortunately I'm still using YouTube, but I don't think they'll catch onto this one quickly because I made a special edit of two different songs plus there's lines of dialogue overtop. Worst that can happen is I have to move it onto here anyway. Also in OCR news, the Pokemon Remix Project may finally be picking up steam now that few artists have stepped forward to help with the website design. It may even come out this year! [/sarcasm] Seriously, keep your fingers crossed. Also me and a few others from OCR are planning to do a live version of "We Are Starfox", but I need to get off my ass and send the parts to them so they can begin working on it. Also I need to practice my vocals. :P 2009 is shaping up to be great so I hope I don't trip at the finish line.

YOUTUBE IS A BUNCH OF DICKS
January 6, 2009
Happy New Year and all that jazz. Well there was a lot of awesome that occurred recently and a few not-so-awesome moments. Lets start on a good note shall we? FALLOUT 3. I'm, pretty sure there's not much more to be said here. Easily the best game of 2008 in sheer gameplay value. There's just so freakin much to do in that game. On that note, anyone familiar with Fallout 3 also knows about the Pip-Boy 3000. In a strange and impulsive move, I bought a Pip-Boy 3000 clock from the special Survival edition of the game and then completely gutted and modded it for my Christmas present, an iPod Touch. I think I've found my first item to post in the "Other" section of the site. :D Another momentous occasion was MAGFest 7. A four day music and gaming extravaganza that made the transition into 2009 purely excellent. Met tons of great people including a lot of remixers and members of OCR. Performances from a number of artists ranging from insanely epic VG metal, to a celtic acoustic group, wicked chiptunes, and some hardcore DJ sets. Also if you haven't seen the nugget of genius that is Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, you're really missing out. Well so much for the good bits. on two sadder notes, my Xbox 360 finally kicked the bucket but a new one is already on its way. Oh and YouTube thought it would be funny to block my two most popular videos. Somehow they never noticed that I had "third party content" in my videos until I reached almost 20,000 hits. Anyway, this means that I'll have to host the videos on here. The space isn't the problem, I have plenty of that. Uploading is what sucks but that's why FTP is great. A few new things coming to Cerrax.com! Finally have an article (possibly with embedded video) in the "Other" section and all my videos will be moved to the site so I won't have to worry about YouTube cock-slapping me whenever I begin to actually attract attention.

HALO'S EDGE
November 12, 2008
After fifteen minutes of gameplay, I'm sold. Mirror's Edge is fantastic (at least the very short demo I played was). I don't think I've ever played a demo as much in such a short time as this one. Something about it is very animalistic and awakens some kind of primal instinct. Its what Assassin's Creed wanted to be, but even better. In any case, I will be buying at release (November 13) so I can get more than 15 minutes to run like a lunatic on rooftops. Anyway Halo 3 continues to find new ways to waste my time. Actually its the same old ways but I never get tired of shooting people and claiming their mothers are dirty prostitutes. More to the point, my time with Halo 3 is not entirely wasted, since I made this nifty video. About 3 hours of video capture and 5 hours of editing have resulted in one massive waste of time that is a recording of countless other hours of wasted time. Oh yeah, I'm really constructive... Well enjoy the video.

MEH AND BLAH
November 7, 2008
Well time has crawled along at a pace that makes snails honk their horns and start spouting obscenities. It's been a mix of meh and blah; the former is a syllable of apathy, the latter is a signal of slackerness. Nothing to report. I have done literally nothing. A few interesting experiments, but no real fruits of labor. Why? Four words. Guitar Hero: World Tour. Well there's more to it than that, but that's the basic gist. Between two major music game releases (Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour) within a month of each other, I have pretty much forgone all sentient life to smack buttons on tiny plastic instruments in front of massive crowds of digital ego-less bodies. And to top it off I've come full circle and brought my digital avatar of my real world self back to the real world via a 6-inch figurine. Simultaneously awesome and pathetic. Much like my Halloween costume. Oh yeah. I've been busy in the most non-constructive ways possible. Oh by the way, the White House will soon turn black. Well, the ever-present meh continues to suck every ounce of enthusiasm from me, but rest assured the fire is still there and hopefully soon I can stop sucking and have a worthwhile update. Tootles.

SPEAKING OF DRAGONFORCE...
September 1, 2008
Here's a video for all the Dragonforce fans and all the Smash Bros fans. This video was actually made a few months ago, but YouTube had problems uploading it. Now it is uploaded, but the quality is still shotty. Don't know what it is with this video that it looks so bad, but at least its working now. Enjoy!

DRAGONFORCE, GHOSTBUSTERS, AND A VIOLA
August 31, 2008
So a few different things going on. I'm currently working with my friend Alexis (yodaisbetter) to start an electro-metal viola rock band. It all got started after our massive success of this song. We are currently writing and practicing a few songs and a few covers as well. Expect some exciting news in that region soon! In other news Dragonforce has just released their new album, Ultra Beatdown along with some sick tracks for Guitar Hero III. Much headbanging and air guitar has ensued since :P Also got a call from Gamestop regarding a game that I pre-ordered that got cancelled. D: According to Sony they still want to release it and are hoping to have it published with a different company for the film's 25th anniversary in June of next year. Anyway, probably won't post again until something important happens (like a release from the new band or a fun video or something).

NEW PAGES
August 13, 2008
Hey look at that! Got the Art, Music, and Video pages up!. Yes there is a link to the Other section, but there's nothing there...yet. A full day coding these pages and I still feel like I've completed nothing :P Oh well. Now the website can offically be considered up and running.

CERRAX IS BACK!
August 9, 2008
Well after a long period of inactivity followed by a brief shut-down and domain/hosting transfer, Cerrax.com is back and this time I will hold to my promises! Updates will be much more frequent and I will actually finish building the site this time :P It feels great to be back and with my new host, I have a massive (100GB) webspace with which to infect all my longings and endeavors. There isn't too much to the site now, just the main page and an "about" section, but much more will be coming... In other news SoulCalibur IV has become an unhealthy addiction, an awkward love/hate relationship that eats up my social life hours at a time. Also, if you love Mega Man and sweet delicious rock n roll, you must own The Protomen album RIGHT NOW. Between these two things and a massive creative block squishing my muse to death, it has taken a ridiculous amount of time to get this site up, but hopefully now that the wheels are in motion, I can get the rest done pretty quickly.

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