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Xbox 360 Lightsynth

Posted by Zonk on from the trippy dept.

Ophion writes "Renowned digital artist Jeff Minter of Llamasoft has created a new lightsynth that will be built into the Xbox 360. More information on the console's music player is available from Microsoft." From the post: "I believe it finally begins to achieve the potential that I saw all those years ago when I first made Psychedelia... and I am happier with it than I have ever been with anything I've created in my entire career. And we got it into the firmware again... Microsoft firmware. Of the Xbox360 for goat's sake. At last... after more than 20 years' work, one of my lightsynths is going to reach a decent sized audience. Millions and millions..."

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  1. Let me be the first to say something POSITIVE by sirenbrian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Jeez, four comments already, all whining. C'mon, this is a good guy who writes great games, LOVES his work and loves to make other people happy. You'll know I'm right when you actually try this thing and see, and feel, what a cool thing it is. And if you'd waited 20 years for a project to reach a wide audience, you'd write a fair bit too. Nicely done, Jeff, Giles and crew.

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  2. Quicktime? by John+Harrison · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is anybody else impressed that Minter has posted movie files of his xbox 360 lightsynth in quicktime format? I'm sure someone at MS is having a fit about this right now.

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  3. You guys should listen... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    to yourselves. Nearly all of you sound like whining brats. The guy's proud of his achievement for god's sake. You geeks simply do not want anything... ANYTHING... associated with MS to do well. You're all stuck in this rigid and inflexible, adolescent mindset.