(Video: Watch this video on the post page)

Theme and colour: I purposely picked up Black and White as the theme colour to make it simple and less ‘busy’. And, since it is a teaser clip, I added some ‘mysterious’ element by having special sound effect (my favourite, typical lightning sound).

Song: If you could hear it carefully, it is part of latest Transformer’s soundtrack (Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen). The title? NEST, by Steve Jablonsky. For those who went to watch it last year, the song was played in the early part of the movie. When I first listened to it, I immediately fall in love with this song as the rhythm is nice, same goes to the music arrangements. Double thumbs up!! However, since it is 2-minutes long, I did some sound editing (i.e. clipping and overlapping) to make it shorter, but yet full with impact and full with mystery (hahahaha, sound like poyo plak).

Softwares: My favourite video editor, as always, Sony Vegas! Highly recommended to others, be it beginner or intermediate level. You can browse through youtube for useful tutorials. I have used this particular software (coupled with Adobe After Effects) to come out with officiating montage of PE Forum. Excellent combo!

Style: My main idea was to reveal the wording, letter by letter in the first part of the trailer. Later, the wordings were scrambled so that people will rajin enough to calculate be able to know how many words are contained in the montage.

Feedbacks? Hahaha, this is quite tricky. Some likes it very much! And for some, they kinda hate it as it is rather confusing. Well, I can’t please everybody, but in my honest opinion, as long as majority of them are OK, then I am happy enough. Plus, it was a one-night-quality of work! >.<
Again, feel free to add your comment! And, teaser trailer #2 is coming out soon too! Stay tuned!

This is the moment that I have been waiting for. And I am very excited when such offer came out last weekend..

HAHAHA! Thanks Steam!

And the next thing I know, I am downloading it from them.. =)

Will update you with the review if time permits! Hehehe.

However, Micro Genius was not that ‘genius’ after all. Later, we started to notice that our TV’s screen slowly turned yellowish ;( Initially, the yellowish effect was temporary, but later it became permanent. Abah explained that the culprit was the console, and asked us to play sparingly (only during school holidays). Otherwise, we will make the kedai repair TV kaya plak need to keep on sending the TV for repair, which was troublesome, and expensive too. So, from almost every weekend, it went to just few times a year. Most of the times, it became dust collector. It was hard to swallow, but what to do kan?

Not long after that, Sony revolutionized the industry by introducing PlayStation, which uses disc rather that cartridge. Being a typical kid, I felt that it was the best thing to have. In fact, I used to keep a dream of having one in home. LOL! (though I know Abah confirm tak beli kan lah.. Haha!). In Soksek, things started to change; I accidentally indugle myself in PC Gaming, which turned out to be better! (cait, alasan jer, padahal sbb utama adalah karena tak mampu nak beli PS) Starcraft, Red Alert, Duke Nukem were among my all-time-favourites.

PS2 was introduced in 2000 and I kept the same wish too; to own one when Im in campus. However, in UTP, I found that reasons to stick to PC Gaming are stronger; UTP network FTW! UTP gamers rocks! Thanks to my sponsor, I manage to build decent gaming rig. It was powered by AMD Athlon 1800+ and GeForce Ti 4400 (Titanium series was the 2nd top VGA card laa masa tuh, to the extend that ada sorang neh sanggup jd kelawar kat PC aku to finish up Mafia The Game). So, the dream that I used to have, was slowly fading and hilang entah ke mana… Haha!

Somewhere in 2004 to 2005, industry gaming became interesting. Microsoft was to beef up the challenges with Sony’s PS3, by introducing XBOX 360. And that childish dream came again. LOL! I was attracted by some of the key functions; HD Movies (be it BD or HD DVD), online gaming, wireless controllers, built-in harddisk, downloadable content (DLC) and more console-exclusive games. Mmg jaw-dropping abis lah! In fact, I used to put aside some money, hoping that someday down the road, I could own PS3, but somehow, it never manage to reach the target.. Hahaha! (kesah neh macam lagu ‘Apa Nak Jadi by SM Salim jer..)

And now..

After years of waiting…

… wishing

… dreaming

The dream that I thought would never be true..

… is made possible!!

Thanks again sayang for the present!

Introducing ….. (drumroll)

My PS3 !! *yeayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy*

Unboxing the package .. *yeayyyyy*

XMB (Xross Media Bar in action) *yeayyy*

Number of games, as appetizer.. *yeahhhhh*

Anyone to accompany me?

Shout-out to Effi: Dude, seriously im still on PC ok, this thing is just for the exclusive game title jer lah..

Shout-out to Jeme and Butet: sila tunjuk ajar!!

So, does the title.. The Return of Console Gaming ! LOL!

p/s: I seriously need to do some exercise.. haha

2 nominations for Best Video Clip , one for Best Rock Album and one for Best Rock Song.

Best Video Clip – Director
1. Douglas Lim – Hanya Di Mercu – Ayu
2. Douglas Lim – Sampai Syurga – Faizal Tahir
3. Kerol – Mati Hidup Kembali – Butterfingers
4. Kerol – 1000 Tahun (Mahu Hidup) – Butterfingers
5. Reshmonu – Oh Anok Anok – Reshmonu

Best Rock Album – Artist/Producer
1. Bongkar – Kristal – Kristal & Bong
2. Hujan – Hujan – Noh Hujan
3. Keamanan – Nrocinu – Mus May
4. Kembali – Butterfingers – Butterfingers/Faizal Shahrin
5. Modern Minimals Glamour – The Times – Gizmo Records

Best Rock Song – Song writer/Lyricist
1. 1000 Tahun (Mahu Hidup) – Loque – Loque – Butterfingers
2. Aurora – Estranged – Estranged – Estranged
3. Bila Aku Sudah Tiada – Noh Hujan – Noh Hujan – Hujan
4. Dugaannya – Noh Hujan – Noh Hujan – Hujan
5. Yang Pernah – Estranged – Estranged – Estranged

I really hope that they could, at least, bag one award home. ‘Kembali’ album, for me is a total blast! I would recommend you guys to listen to: “1000 Tahun”, “Bebas”, “Maharani” and “Mati Hidup Kembali”. Whereas, the videoclips are simply amazing creation; outside-the-box concept, haha! As far I know, there is no group yet to use that concept. And, for those who haven’t watched the clip, please point your browser to here: http://www.youtube.com/butterfingerstheband

I am sure you guys will be amazed!