Indlulamthi Enamandla: I-Folk-Vaudevillian-Comic-Rock Opera yamava osapho lonke

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(Yonke imifanekiso ngeNdlulamthi egunyazisiweyo eStram iwebhusayithi .)

Ndingumlandeli omhle webhendi Indlulamthi Enamandla , endiyifumene ngengozi xa umhlobo wam endithumelele ikhonkco levidiyo kwingoma yabo UCaptain Albert Alexande r. Ukudityaniswa komlinganiswa, umculo, italente, kunye nokubalisa amabali kundixhalabisa, kwaye bendi fan okhawulezileyo. Ibhendi yaqala ngokubhabha kufutshane neBalboa Park eSan Diego, emva koko batyikitywa ukuba benze ngokusemthethweni eSo Diego Zoo. Ukusuka apho, ibhendi yaba yinto eyaziwayo kwi-intanethi njengoko iividiyo zentsebenzo yabo zisasazeka kwi-Intanethi. Inkqubo ye- Ubusi lentliziyo ividiyo, enye yeevidiyo zabo zokuqala zomculo, inesabelo esimalunga nezigidi ezi-5 kwiYouTube kwaye yasebenza njengesingeniso kwiqela labalandeli abaninzi. Zombini i-Honeybee kunye ne-Captain Albert Alexander zibonisa uhlobo lwangaphambi kotshintsho lweRobbit Rabbit, kwimeko apho oku kunokubangela ukudideka kubalandeli abatsha abamaziyo kuphela njengowasetyhini.

Iqela ngokwalo iwebhusayithi ineenkcazo ebhetele, ethe ngqo yokuba ngoobani kunye nezinto abazenzayo kunokuba ndinokudibana kunye:

Ngaphezulu kwebhendi. Ngaphezulu komboniso. Ngena kwilizwe leNdlulamthi ePhathwayo.

I-Steam Powered Giraffe yiprojekthi yomculo evela eSan Diego, eCalifornia. Yenziwa ngo-2008 ngamawele abantakwabo uDavid Michael Bennett kunye no-Isabella Bunny Bennett. Ngokudibeneyo, kunye nomdlali weqonga / umculi uSamuel Luke kunye nabalingisi kunye neqela labadlali eligcwele imvelaphi yeqonga, iqela lithatha isimbo sokucula ii-automatons ze-antique kunye nenkampani yeerobhothi eyintsomi ebenzileyo.

Isenzo se-quirky sidibanisa imizobo ye-comedic, i-banter ephuculweyo ye-android, kunye nomculo woqobo odityaniswe neziboniso zemultimedia, iziphumo zomphunga kunye ne-robot pantomime.

Ukususela kwiingoma zabo ezifudumalayo ezinomdla kwi-rocky yabo ye-cabaret, iingoma ze-Steam Powered Giraffe zikhunjulwe, zithintela kwaye zihlukile njengeerobhothi ngokwazo.

Ngaphezulu nje kwebhendi, i-Steam Powered Giraffe ngamava ekufuneka ibonwe kwaye ivezwe lusapho lonke.

Kwaye kuyinyani. Ndibonile imiboniso emithathu eyahlukeneyo kwaye ndichukumisekile ixesha ngalinye ngokungaguquguquki, umgangatho wokusebenza, kunye nokwahluka kukhetho lweengoma. Ndivile umxube omkhulu wezintandokazi ezindala, iingoma ezintsha, kunye nokutsha kuthatha izinto ezindala ixesha ngalinye. Imiboniso inomdla-wosapho kodwa ayikhathazi okanye icocwe. Kukho ukonwaba kuyo yonke iminyaka yobudala kwikonsathi yeSteam Powered Giraffe. Ndikhankanye ngokufutshane i-Steam Powered Giraffe kwisiqwengana malunga steampunk , kwicandelo malunga namabhendi, kodwa ndiza kwazisa amalungu ayo apha, kananjalo.

Okokuqala u-The Spine, odlalwa nguDavid Michael Bennett. I-Spine isitayile sexesha elizayo, isilivere kunye nerobhothi emnyama edlala isiginkci, ibass, mandolin, kunye nezitshixo zebhendi. Unebaritone enzulu kwaye uhlala edlala indima yendoda ethe tye kwi-band-banter nezinye iirobhothi, nto leyo eyonwabisayo njengesiqhulo esingqalileyo.

Unomqolo we-titanium alloy. Oko

Unomqolo we-titanium alloy. Leyo yinxalenye yakhe… ebuyela emva.

Emva koko, sinoMvundla, iirobhothi ezinesitayile esine-steampunk, ubukhulu becala ezenziwe ngobhedu. Umvundla udlalwa ngu-Isabella Bunny Bennett kwaye udlala i-melodica kunye ne-accordion. Ngenxa yokuba wayengowokuqala kwiirobhothi eziza kwenziwa kwaye zisaqulathe uninzi lweendawo zakhe zokuqala ze-Victorian, uMvundla uthambekele ekusebenzeni gwenxa kunezinye i-bots.

Umvundla uyayithanda ipun, kwaye ndiyamthanda ngayo!

Umvundla uyayithanda ipun, kwaye ndiyamthanda ngayo!

IHatchworth idlalwe nguSamuel Luke kwaye idlala amagubu, ibhasi kunye nekatala. IHatchworth yirobhothi yesitayile seArt-Deco, kwaye inxalenye yoyilo lwayo iqulethe isitovu sensimbi! IHatchworth iyakonwabela ukwenziwa kweesandwich ezingaqondakaliyo kwaye icula malunga neengxaki ezinokuvela ekunxibeni Izihlangu ezintle .

Hatchworth - Ndikubuza umbuzo ...

Hatchworth - Ndikubuza umbuzo…

Okubandakanyekileyo kwimidlalo yinjineli yesandi uSteve Negrete kunye neWalter Workers. USteve Negrete uqinisekisa ukuba intsebenzo iyahamba ngaphandle kokubetha (kodwa uhlala eneHatch!) Kwaye idityanisiwe kwimidlalo ngokusebenzisana kwakhe neerobhothi njenge-Beebop neQwerty. Abasebenzi baseWalter, abadlalwe yiChelsea kunye noCamille Penyak, babonakala ngolusu lwabo olukhanyayo kunye neenwele eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga zokusebenza nesayensi yeBlue Matter eWalter Robotics.

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I-Spine ayikhange ivele kwiimpendulo zakhe kudliwanondlebe lwam lwe-imeyile, kwaye ndiyakumema nonke ukuba nihlangane noDavid Michael Bennett kwaye nifunde ukuba uthini ngeqela kunye neeprojekthi zabo ezintsha!

USara Goodwin (TMS): Ividiyo yeHoneybee yayithandwa kakhulu kwiYouTube- ngaba iseyindawo yokungena ekufundeni ngebhanti eyamkelwa ngawo onke amalungu, okanye ngaba ikhona ingoma entsha okanye ividiyo oyithatha njengeyona intshayelelo ibhendi?

UDavid Michael Bennett: Inyosi ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyenye yeevidiyo ezazihamba kwi-intanethi ngaphezulu kwezinye iividiyo esizenzileyo. Kudala indala okwangoku, ibonisa amalungu ebhendi ahlukeneyo angasekho kwiqela, kodwa sicinga ukuba isabonisa ukuba siyintoni na.

Sisafumana iitoni zabalandeli abatsha ukuza kuthi ga kulo mhla abathi i-Honeybee yayiyintshayelelo yabo kwiqela, kwaye yingoma kunye nevidiyo yomculo ezibenze babambeka. Kumnandi ukwazi ukuba ingoma kunye nevidiyo zinobomi obude, kodwa zikhona ezinye iividiyo esiva abantu ukuba bangabalandeli. Senze ingoma yengoma kaRihanna Iidayimani kwaye yenye yevidiyo yomculo ethandwayo, kwaye sifumana abalandeli abaninzi befumanisa ngathi nangalowo. Kukho nevidiyo yengoma yethu Ukuzenzekelayo iiHarmonics zeKhompyuter , eyaphuma kwakamsinya emva kweminyaka yobusi eyadlulayo, kwaye kunye nokubala kwayo kubabukeli nje emva kweHoneybee, ikwayingoma esiva ngayo abantu abangamagwegwe.

Asiqinisekanga ukuba yeyiphi eyona intshayelelo ibhendi ngokwethu. Abanye abantu babona enye yeekhonsathi zethu, kwaye lixesha lokuqala ukusibona nokusiva, ngamanye amaxesha babona imifanekiso kunye neefoto zethu zijikeleza i-intanethi kwaye zibanyanzela ukuba bajonge kuthi ngakumbi, kodwa amaxesha amaninzi ziividiyo zomculo kwiiYoutubes . I-YouTube yinto enkulu kuyo nayiphi na impumelelo esinayo nebhanti, njengoko ibonisa ukubonwa kwethu kunye nezandi ezilungileyo ngeevidiyo.

NJL: Ukuba umntu akaze eve ngebhendi yakho ngaphambili, kwaye engenalo nofifi lokuba uSteampunk okanye uCyberpunk uthetha ntoni, ungayichaza njani iNdlulamthi eneSteam kwiNerv-scene noob? (Lo mbuzo uya kuba luncedo nakum, njengoko ndisebenza ephepheni malunga nokuba yintoni kanye kanye ethi 'steampunk'.

UBennett: Ukusuka kulwazi lwethu oluhlangeneyo kwiqela, iSteampunk yinto yobuhle. Isitayile sobuhle esopha kwiintlobo ezininzi zobugcisa, kufana nobugcisa be-deco, ikamva, intshona, ipunk, kunye nezitayile ezilolo hlobo. Inokubandakanya nantoni na ukusuka kuncwadi ukuya kumculo, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo isitayile esibonakalayo kuqala nokuphambili. Uhlobo oluthile yi-Victorian Science Fiction. Cinga uJules Verne okanye uHG Wells. Imalunga nexesha ebelingekabikho, kufana nobuchwephesha bexesha elizayo lobuchwephesha obuziswe ngoo-1930 ukuya kuma-1950. Lixesha lama-Victorian, apho abantu babenxiba iminqwazi ephezulu, bephethe i-canes, kunye namadevu, kodwa ixesha lama-Victorian ngokungathi itekhnoloji eqhutywa ngumphunga yexesha yaba yinto eqhelekileyo kubuchwephesha bazo zonke iintlobo. Sinemiboniso bhanyabhanya yesayensi namhlanje ebonisa umbono omnandi wexesha elizayo olusekwe kubuchwephesha bethu, kulungile ukuba injalo, kodwa isethwe kumaxesha eVictorian kwaye isekwe kubuchwephesha obuqhutywa ngumphunga weVictorian.

Ngaphezu kwako konke oko, kungoku nje luluntu lwabantu abathanda nje ukwenza, ukwakha, okanye ukunxiba izinxibo ezimnandi kunye nezixhobo, kwaye beza nee-backstori zabalinganiswa babo be-steampunk ngokwabo.

Khange sizibeke ngabom kudidi lwe-Steampunk xa siqala ukwenza ibhendi. Besiziirobhothi ngokulula ezikhoyo kweli xesha langoku.

Nangona kunjalo i-backstory yethu ineerobhothi ezakhiwa kuqala kwi-1896, ekuqaleni njengendlela yabalinganiswa bethu yokubandakanya iintlobo ezininzi zomculo. Siyithandile ibhendi enemvelaphi eqingqiweyo kwaye ikwazile ukukhuthaza umculo ukusuka kumashumi eminyaka apho iirobhothi ebezakube zisenza kule minyaka ingama-100 okanye yileyo njongo yethu. Sicinga ukuba ungaziva ngokuqinisekileyo ezinye zezi mpembelelo kwezinye zeengoma zethu ze-acoustic okanye ezingacacanga, uninzi lwazo esicinga ukuba alunakuvakala ngaphandle kwendawo efanelekileyo ye-1930s okanye into. I-Steampunk yaba yinto kuthi ikakhulu ngenxa yetekhnoloji eqhutywa ngumphunga esayibeka ngasemva, sinomnye wabalinganiswa beerobhothi abanxiba iigoggles, kwaye isihlwele sikaSteampunk sasamkela. Ngokuqinisekileyo sasisazi ukuba yintoni i-steampunk xa sisenza iqela, bekungekho njengoko bekuthethiwe kakhulu ngelo xesha, kodwa sivele sityibilike kuyo ngokwemvelo ngenxa yokuba izinto zethu zangasemva kunye neebhegi zethu ndicinga. Siyamkele ngezandla ezishushu, kwaye sikwenze iindibano ezininzi kunye neekonsathi zakwaSteampunk kule minyaka idlulileyo. Uluntu olonwabisayo lokuzonwabisa kunye nobugcisa obugcwele abantu bayo yonke iminyaka, kwaye ayifani tu nokuya kwindibano yesayensi okanye kwindibano yamahlaya kwezinye izinto (ezikwindawo entle yolonwabo), iSteampunk ininzi kakhulu classy ndingathi. Hayi.

Ngethamsanqa kwisininzi sabaphulaphuli bethu, akukho nanye kwezi ndawo zokugcina iirobhothi okanye ulwazi lwe-steampunk kubalulekile ekubukeni iikonsathi zethu, ukumamela iialbham zethu, okanye ukubukela iividiyo zethu zomculo.

Intsomi ikhona kubantu abafuna ukumba nzulu kwaye bazikhathaze ngayo, kuba iyonwabisa, kodwa ayisiyiyo into yesihlwele. Sifuna wonke umntu akwazi ukwetyisa isenzo sethu.

Ngokuqinisekileyo kuyothusa, kodwa akunzima ukuyiqonda wakuba ufumene esisiseko: Sizenza ngathi siziirobhothi eziqhutywa ngumphunga njengepaki ezenza umculo ebantwini. ;)

NJL: Ndiyazi ukuba ilungu ngalinye leqela lineengoma ezizithandayo kunye nezincinci abazithandayo. Yeyiphi ingoma evela kwi-repertoire ye-SPG ethandwa lilungu ngalinye lebhendi, kwaye ngoba? (Kutheni le nto ungayikhetha ukuba awunaxesha okanye awuzazi ezinye izizathu zelungu lebhendi.) Akukho xinzelelo. (I-Steam pun ijolise ngokupheleleyo.)

UBennett: Lo mbuzo uhlala unzima, kodwa siyacelwa ukuba ubuzwe kakhulu. Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lweemvumi kunye nababhali beengoma benza.

Sonke kwiqela sisoloko siphendula ngokufanayo nangona, Kunzima kakhulu ukukhetha umntwana wakho omthandayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho iingoma umntu ngamnye kuthi anelunda ngazo mhlawumbi kunezinye iingoma, kodwa ubukhulu becala siyayithanda yonke into esiyenzayo njengoko ingoma nganye esiyenzayo iyisebenzisela injongo yobugcisa xa siyibhalayo.

Ngale nto ithethwayo, mna ngokwam ndiya kuhlala ndinendawo ethambileyo yengoma yethu URex Marksley , njengoko ndithanda isitayile sasentshona gunlinger, imiboniso bhanyabhanya yakudala yasentshona, kunye nombono wecookie-cutter-ogqibeleleyo owenza-good gunlinger enxibe ezimhlophe ejikeleza entshona yasendle. Yenziwe ngetoni yamaxesha ngaphambili, kodwa ukudlala kuloo ndawo iphela kunye nokwenza ingoma emthanjeni womxholo wakudala wasentshona kumabonwakude kwakumnandi ngokwenene.

NJL: UMary Sue yindawo ebandakanya abantu ababhinqileyo / iwebhusayithi ye-LGTBQ, kwaye abantu abatsha kwi-fandom banokufuna ukwazi ukuba eli liqela elamkela uluntu lwentengiso kwaye lukhuthaza abalandeli babo ukuba benze okufanayo. Yintoni ongathanda ukuyithetha kubalandeli abatsha malunga namava e-SPG axhasa u-Isabella Bunny Bennett ukusuka kwindoda ukuya ebufazini?

UBennett: Umbuzo ogqwesileyo. Iwele lam elifanayo uBunny, endathi ndasungula eli qela kunye naye, waguquka ukusuka kwindoda ukuya kubafazi kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. Usenokubona iividiyo ezindala ngaphambi kokutshintshwa kwenguqu eyindoda yomvundla weerobhothi. Yayilutshintsho olukhulu kwiqela, kodwa akukho nanye eyachaswa nangubani na kuthi. Sonke besisazi ngoBunny ekubeni e-transgender kwaye simxhasa. Sonke besifuna ukuba onwabe, kwaye sonke kwiqela sixhasa uluntu lwe-LGTBQ. Nje ukuba siyiqonde into yokuba singayenza nini kwaye iyakwenziwa njani (ngenxa nje yobungcali) ibingengombandela wokwenza utshintsho kwimiboniso, ngokubhekisele kwiqela. Khange sizame ukuyifihla, kwaye abalandeli bethu banike iitoni zeBunny kunye neetoni zenkxaso. Utshintsho luye lwanceda uBunny, kwaye luye lwanceda abalandeli bajongana nento enye. Ndicinga ukuba yenye yezo zinto kula maxesha apho ukuba unoluhlobo oluthile lokubonwa luluntu, ayisiyonto yakuzibeka apho. Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho umntu ngamaxesha athile ongazukuxhasa iqela lenkolo okanye iinkolelo zakho, kodwa siyazama kwaye sabelane kwaye sisasaze uthando, sibonise ukuba izinto ezinje ziyaphila kwaye zilungile emhlabeni, kwaye kulungile ukuba ube nguwe. Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kubalandeli bethu abancinci, endicinga ukuba kufuneka babone oontanga babo kunye nabantu abanokujonga kubo ukubaquka kwaye babenze bazive ngathi abodwa.

Andikwazi ukuthetha ngoBunny kuhambo lwakhe lobuqu ngenguqu yakhe, kodwa ndingatsho ukuba kuye kwaba yintsikelelo kuye ukukwazi ukufumana inkxaso yabalandeli kuyo yonke loo nto. Sifumana ii-imeyile ezininzi, imiyalezo, kunye neposi yomntu ophuma kuye osixelela ukuba kuthetha lukhulu kubo ukuba uBunny wenze inguqu esidlangalaleni kwaye yahlengahlengiswa kumdlalo.

Mna ngokobuqu ngekhe ndilinde usuku xa izinto ezinje ziqhelekile kwaye ingezizo izinto ezenziwayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayiyiyo i-taboo yeetoni zabantu.

Nangona kunjalo ndibabonile abantu aboyikayo, abanokuthi bangabinanto inxulumene ne-LGTBQ ebomini babo, ndicinga ukuba inokothusa kwaye ingaqhelekanga kwabo bantu, kodwa uthando kwindalo iphela ndingathi, kwaye ubukhulu becala, Isizukulwane ngasinye esitsha sizisa abantu abaninzi abamkela ngakumbi abantu. Sonke singabantu nje emva kwayo yonke into, kwaye wonke umntu kufanele ukuba abe nakho ukuzenza, ngaphandle kokuziva ngathi ulahliwe ngenxa yesini sabo, isini, iimpahla abazinxibayo, indlela abanxiba ngayo iinwele zabo, okanye uphawu lwentambo yamazinyo abayisebenzisayo.

NJL: Ke, bendiyifeni iminyaka embalwa ngoku. Ndikubonile udlala kuYoumacon 2012, ikonsathi yokuqala eqala ngeHatchworth. Yayingumboniso omkhulu kwaye saqhushumba. Uve njani ukuba umboniso kuwe njengabadlali? Ngaba kwahluke kakhulu kuwe, okanye ngaba into yokuba uSam Luke ebeyinxalenye yebhanti ixesha elide yenza ukuba utshintsho lube lula? Ukusuka kumbono wabaphulaphuli, yayiyindawo yokungena egudileyo yeHatchworth!

UBennett: Enkosi ngokuba ngumlandeli kwaye enkosi ngokuncoma kwalo mboniso! Lo mboniso wawungowokuqala kwizinto ezimbalwa. Kuqala sasinoSamuel Luke esonyuka esiya kuthatha indawo yomdlali weerobhothi owayengasekho kwiqela, emva koko saba nomtshisi omtsha uMike Buxbaum, owayegcwalisela omnye wethu obetha ngelo xesha uMatthew Smith. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayingumboniso owoyikisayo kuthi, kodwa ndicinga ukuba lonke uqeqesho lwalubhatalelwa loo nto kwaye sayigqiba. Andicingi ukuba sikhe sanomboniso onzima njengalowo, ngenxa nje yokuba uSam esiba yirobhothi yakhe iHatchworth okokuqala.

Ekuqaleni uye wasijoyina kwihlobo zethu ezimbini ezenza eSan Diego Zoo njengegubu lethu. Xa sasikhangela irobhothi etshintshayo, wenyuka wathi ndicinga ukuba ndinayo into eyenzekayo.

Wayesazi uninzi lweengoma esasizenzile ukusukela xa wayeligubu lethu, kwaye wayeyimvumi eyaziwayo. Ngapha koko, wafunda ngokusisiseko ukudlala imigqomo kwimiboniso yethu kumyezo wezilwanyana, kwaye wayehlala edlala ikatala, ibass kunye nepiyano.

Ngoku uSam ebesikunye nathi ixesha elide kunayo nayiphi na enye irobhothi kweli qela ngaphandle kukaBunny okanye mna, ke ngoku sizii-chums ezindala, kwaye besisolo sihlonipha isenzo kunye iminyaka embalwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo uzibonakalisile kwaye okokuqala wabonisa ukuba ukuqinisekisile oko.

Uyi-asethi enkulu ukuzinikela kwakhe kunye nokuzibophelela kumdlalo omkhulu kunye noBunny kunye nam.

NJL: Ibhendi ihlala ibizwa ngokuba yi-steampunk band, kodwa enyanisweni, i-steampunk yenye yeempembelelo ezininzi. Olona qikelelo lwam lubalaseleyo kukuba i-SPG ngamava e-opera-yeqonga yeqonga elinokukwenza uhleke kwaye emva koko wophule intliziyo yakho emphefumlweni olandelayo. Ungawachaza njani kakuhle amava e-SPG? Ngaba ndandisondele? Kinda?

UBennett: Oh wow. Ubetha isikhonkwane entloko! Masihambe kunye naloo nto! Haha.

Kodwa ewe, kunzima ukuchaza isenzo sethu. Inxalenye yabalinganiswa bekhathuni, inxalenye yempucuko, inxenye yomculo weqonga, inxalenye yeqela lomculo, kunye nenxalenye yezinto ezindala zevaudeville. Ngokusisiseko sithathe yonke into esiyithandayo ngokuzonwabisa kwaye sifuna ukuyenza sayifaka kwiqela elinye. Ibhendi yindawo emnandi kuyo nayiphi na iprojekthi yobugcisa esinokucinga ngayo. Inobuzaza, iyahlekisa, ipholile, iyahlekisa, isisidenge, konke kufanelekile kuba siyayinyanzela. : P

NJL: Xa wena nebhanti ningatyeleli kwaye nirekhodayo (okanye nilele!), Ndixelelwa ukuba uyonwabele ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo kwaye usenokuba unemvelaphi kwitheyibhile ye-D & D. Yeyiphi eminye yemidlalo oyithandayo, kwaye ngaba ucinga ukuba umdlalo wokudlala ubakhuthaza ngeendlela ezithile?

UBennett: Sonke singabadlali bebhendi kwezinye iindlela. Itafile ye-RPGs, imidlalo yebhodi, imidlalo yevidiyo, siyayithanda yonke kwaye imidla yethu iyadibana nalapho sidlale khona kunye ngaphezulu kwesihlandlo esinye.

Imidlalo yevidiyo yenye yeendlela zokuzonwabisa. Akukho bhetele okanye kubi kuneencwadi, iimovie, imidlalo yeqonga, okanye umabonwakude (okanye iNetflix / Hulu kuba andazi mntu ophethe ibhokisi yekhebula).

Eminye imidlalo ikulungele ukubalisa amabali kwaye ngamava ahlala ixesha elide kunencwadi okanye imovie ngamanye amaxesha. Ufumana ukunxibelelana nebali, ngamanye amaxesha ngeendlela ezincinci, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngeendlela ezinkulu, kwaye loo nto yahlukile kwimidlalo yevidiyo (kwaye ukhethe ezakho iincwadi ze-adventure). Iintsapho zityala imali kwezi mpawu zichitha iiyure ezingama-50 + zinxibelelana nazo.

Ayisiyo yonke imidlalo ebalisa amabali amnandi, eminye yimidlalo emnandi, imidlalo onokuyidlala nabahlobo bakho esofeni, okanye kwi-Intanethi. Kodwa ukuzonwabisa kukuzonwabisa.

Kum ngokwam, ndizama ukudlala zonke izihloko eziphambili kathathu zika-A, kunye nemidlalo ye-indie ebalulekileyo. Ndiyathanda ukubona ukuba yintoni ephandle kwaye ndingcamle iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zemidlalo. Ndiyayixabisa imidlalo emininzi.

Ngokubhekisele kwiintandokazi, ndiyintshatsheli kuyo yonke imidlalo ye-Bioware (i-Mass Effect, i-Dragon Age), imidlalo ye-Bethesda (i-Elder Scrolls, i-Fallout), imidlalo ye-Rockstar (i-Red Dead Redemption, i-LA Noire), i-Assasin's Creed Games. Ndiyayithanda imidlalo yehlabathi evulekileyo, kwaye ndiyathanda ukulahleka kuyo, ngakumbi xa benamabali e-cinematic amnandi ngokunjalo. Kodwa ndiyayixabisa imidlalo emininzi nayo.

Ndicinga ukuba imidlalo ibonelela ngokhuthazo, ngendlela efanayo nayiphi na indlela yolonwabo. Ukuyila kukhuthaza ukuyila.

NJL: Ngaphandle kwekhenketho lekhonsathi eliqhelekileyo kunye nokwenza i-albhamu entsha, i-SPG kutshanje yenze umculo weSteamWorld Heist, umdlalo wevidiyo. Kwakunjani oko? Umdlalo ubonakala upholile ngokwenene, kwaye oko ndikuvileyo ngomculo kuvakala kamnandi!

UBennett: Kwakuyiphupha elizalisekileyo kuthi lokuba sikwazi ukwenza umculo kumdlalo wevidiyo. Sonwabe ngokupheleleyo ukubona imveliso egqityiweyo, kwaye iza kuphuma nge-10 kaDisemba ngeNintendo 3Ds. Sikwakhupha icwecwe lethu elitsha kumdlalo kwangolo suku lunye.

Ngokwenene yayiyimidlalo eyenziwe ezulwini. Imifanekiso kunye neFom yenze umdlalo we-SteamWorld Dig, malunga neerobhothi ezixhotyiswe ngomphunga, kwaye ngoku ukulandelelana kwazo SteamWorld Heist, ineerobhothi ze-Steam Powered Giraffe eziqhutywa ngumphunga kuyo!

Ngokuqinisekileyo yayingamava okufunda kuthi, kuba sasingazange sisebenze nenye inkampani ngaphambili kwaye kungekho mntu ungaphandle kweqela nomculo wethu. Kuthathe ngaphezulu kancinci konyaka ukwenza yonke into isiphelo sethu, malunga nokuphindaphinda okungama-20 kwengoma yomxholo ophambili, kodwa sagqiba ngomculo uMfanekiso kunye neFom bonwabile kwaye sonwabile, kwaye ngethemba leengoma Yenziwe kwi-albhamu kwaye kumdlalo uya kusazisa kubalandeli abatsha ekusenokwenzeka ukuba zange beve ngathi ngenye indlela.

Andikwazi kulinda ukufumana izandla zam kumdlalo! Ndiyilungiselele i-Nintendo 3DS yam!

Kuya kuba yinto engaqhelekanga ukubona uphononongo kwiiwebhusayithi zokudlala zevidiyo endihlala ndizenza, kwaye ukuba bayayikhankanya ibhendi yethu kwaphela kumdlalo, nokuba mhle okanye mbi, iya kuba ngamava e-surreal.

Ukuzonwabisa kwethu kwemidlalo yevidiyo kunye nebhendi yethu kuyangqubana, kwaye kumnandi.

Siyathemba ukuba lo mdlalo ukhokelela kwamanye amathuba ebhendi kwixa elizayo, njengoko uninzi olunamandla sinokufumana izandla zethu ngcono!

NJL: I-fam ye-Giraffe fandom ye-Steam ayisiyomculo kuphela. Kukho i webcomic kananjalo, oko kuya kuninzi lwembali (uxolo, I-Spine! Joke yangemva) yabalinganiswa nonke enibonisa eqongeni. Ukongeza kwi-comic, zeziphi ezinye iinzame ezenziwa ngamalungu ebhendi abandakanyeka kulowo ubophelelayo kwi-fandom? Ndikhumbula ukuba bekukho indawo apho abalandeli babenokubukela uBunny azobe kwaye bafunde ngakumbi ngebhanti, umculo kunye nabalinganiswa. Ngaba iseyinto eyenziwa yi-SPG?

UBennett : Sithanda ukuzisasaza sicekeceke kangangoko ngayo yonke into esiyenzayo. Haha.

Kodwa kubo bonke ubunzulu, sithanda nje ukufaka izandla zethu kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo zobugcisa, kwaye uninzi lwayo lubangelwa bubuchule, iitalente, kunye nomdla wabantu kwiNdlulamthi eyenzelwe uSteam.

Ayiloqela eliqhutywa ngobuchule ngumntu omnye. Nokuba injineli yethu yesandi yemiboniso bhanyabhanya ejoyina igalelo lore, ulonwabo, abalinganiswa, kunye nayo yonke loo nto. Ngumzamo weqela. Ininzi ilawulwa nguBunny kunye nam, njengoko kuhlala kukho umntu ophezulu ndicinga ukuba, ukuqinisekisa ukuba izinto zihambelana kunye, kodwa ubukhulu becala lusapho oluneminyango evulekileyo ukuya kubugcisa esivelisayo. Sifuna ukuba yindawo apho singazama khona kwaye senze nabuphi na ubugcisa obuvela kumalungu ethu ukuba buthengise, ukuba kunokwenzeka kwaye kuyasebenza.

Sisasebenza kwi-webcomic yethu, ngokuqinisekileyo, kwaye ihlala iyiprojekthi eqhubekayo eyonwabisayo. Iialbham zethu kunye nokuhlekisa kunye nantoni na esinokuyenza kwixa elizayo zonke zibopha kwi-backstory yebhanti ngandlela thile. Ngokuqinisekileyo sinezicwangciso ezikhulu zeqela kwaye sihlala siphupha kakhulu. Kodwa ubukhulu becala okwangoku, ziikonsathi, iividiyo zomculo, iialbham kunye nokuhlekisa.

Ukunxibelelana noluntu lwethu lwabalandeli yinto enkulu kuthi. Kwanangaphambi kokuba sibenoluntu oluthandayo abantu babenxiba njengabalinganiswa babo beerobhothi kwaye beze kwimidlalo yethu.
Siyakubona oko kude kube namhla, kwaye kumnandi kakhulu, kubalandeli nakuthi! Ndicinga ukuba sikwazi ukubandakanya i-fandom yethu nangayiphi na indlela esinokuthi siyenze ngayo, kwaye sinezithuba zobugcisa beeveki ngeeveki kwimilambo yoluntu kunye nezithuba zebot fan.

Ngapha koko, sinayo iwebhusayithi ebizwa ngokuba yiCavalcadium. Le yeyona webhusayithi isemthethweni yoluntu eneeforamu, ekwanayo nenkonzo esekwe kumnikelo ebizwa ngokuba yiNkqubo yeenjineli-eteer evumela abalandeli ukuba baxhase i-Giraffe eneSteam, kwaye ibanike ukufikelela kwi-discography yethu yedijithali, ngasemva kwe-iividiyo iibhlog zevidiyo, urekhodo olunqabileyo, sneak iincopho kwii-albhamu ezizayo, kunye nemiboniso bhanyabhanya ebukhoma evela kuSam noBunny xa bezobe.

Yinkonzo esayiqala kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, yamkelwe kakuhle kwaye iyaqhubeka nokusetyenziswa ngabalandeli abafuna ukuxhasa ibhendi ngaphezulu kokuthenga izinto zethu. Senza yonke into ngokwethu kwaye sikhule ekhaya, kwaye kunzima ukwenza ubomi ngokwenza ubugcisa ngaphandle kwenkampani enkulu yokurekhoda ekuxhasayo. Kodwa amaxesha ayatshintsha kwaye enkosi kwi-intanethi kwaneerobhothi ezincinci ezinje ngathi zinokubukhuphela ubugcisa bethu ebantwini kwaye zivumele abalandeli basixhase ngokuthe ngqo, kungekho mntu uphakathi. Bekulungile!

Heck, ungathatha eyakho indlulamthi eshushu ngamandla, yondle kwaye udlale nayo, kwaye uyinxibe kwiminqwazi engavulekiyo, nokuba unayo iakhawunti yasimahla. Ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukutyelela isayithi ukuba akukho nto enye. : P

NJL: Iingoma zam endizithandayo ziya kuba zezi: I-Brass Goggles, Umbane ukuMoya wam, uKaputeni Albert Alexander, iAirheart, iSuspender Man, iiFancy Shoes, kunye noMlilo woMlilo. Iingoma zelungu ngalinye lebhendi zibandakanyiwe apho, kwaye ndifumanisa ukuba andithandi omnye wenu njengomqambi. Ngaba ucinga ukuba kungenxa yokuba nazana ixesha elide kwaye nisebenza kunye kule projekthi kunye ixesha elide kangangokuba ngamnye uyazi nje ukuba ingoma ye-SPG kufuneka ibe njani? Iingoma zahluke kakhulu kwaye zahlukile kodwa kukho isitayile esincinci esidibanisa yonke into.

UBennett: Ndicinga ukuba sinokubamba kakuhle kwento eyenza ingoma yeSteam Powered Giraffe, ukuba nje kungenxa yokuba sihlala kulo mhlaba iminyaka emininzi. USam ngowona mtsha ekwenzeni iingoma zebhendi, kodwa naye uneminyaka yokufakwa kweli qela ngaphambi kokuba enze ingoma.

Uninzi lwayo lunento yokwenza nokuhambelana. Sifaka iingoma kwingoma nganye, amaxesha amaninzi iziqendu ezintathu, ngamanye amaxesha zintlanu, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha zimbini kuphela, kodwa zikwingoma nganye, kwaye amaxesha amaninzi abalulekileyo. Siqale ukusebenza esitratweni, kwaye umculo weacoustic uboleka ngokufanelekileyo. Siyazithanda izinto ezihambelanayo, izandi zivakala kakhulu, zinokukubuyisela emva kwixesha elithile ngamanye amaxesha, kwaye kuyonwabisa. Sonke singabathandi bomculo ngokwethu, kwaye kwiqela sonke sithanda iintlobo zethu ezahlukeneyo zomculo. Ndicinga ukuba iyanceda ukongeza kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo, kuba inkuthazo yethu iclectic kwaye ibanzi.

Sithanda ukusasaza ukufikelela kwethu kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zeengoma ngalo lonke ixesha, kwaye asifuni ukwenza iingoma ezifanayo amaxesha ngamaxesha. Ungayibona le albhamu kwialbham. Elinye icwecwe linokuba lijolise ngakumbi kwingoma, ngelixa elinye lisenokuba lijolise ngakumbi ematyeni. Sizama ukutshatisa iialbham neengoma ngokusemandleni ethu, ke ialbham zonke zivakala ngokungathi zisebenza kunye, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha zikhululekile. Sithanda ukwenza iingoma ezininzi zeentlobo ezahlukeneyo, kodwa sihlala sikwazi ukubopha isenzo kunye nokwenza isandi ngathi sisekhona.

Ndicinga ukuba uSam wongeze kuphela kudidi, kwaye siyathanda ukusebenzisa sobathathu kwi-albhamu nganye.

Ndicinga ukuba umbono kukuba umphulaphuli akayithandi le nto, mhlawumbi baya kuyithanda le nto. Ukutshintsha kwemvumi ephambili ngalo lonke ixesha kusivulela kubaphulaphuli ababanzi.

Abanye abantu bayasithanda sonke kunye nazo zonke iingoma zethu, ngelixa abanye abantu bathanda kuphela umntu othile oculayo kwaye abakwazi ukuma abanye.

Konke kulungile kuthi, njengoko kunjalo injongo. Wonke umntu unokhetho olwahlukileyo, kwaye siyathemba ukuba icwecwe ngalinye esilikhuphileyo linengoma enye eya kunanditshwa nguye nakubani na emhlabeni.

Ngokuqinisekileyo sizama ukuphinda siqwalasele iintlobo ezithile zeengoma ngaxeshanye, kuba izitayile ezithile zomculo zilingana nje kakuhle nebhendi.

Kodwa ungothusi xa usiva ingoma enye kwi-albhamu yexesha elizayo enesinyithi esinzima ngakumbi okanye ingoma yengoma yomfana. Sithanda idosi elungileyo yokwahluka.

NJL: Ngaba ikhona into endiyiphosileyo ongathanda ukuba abalandeli bangoku okanye abatsha bazi malunga nebhendi, imidlalo ezayo, iiCD kunye nezinto ezithengiswayo, njl.

UBennett: Kwakumnandi ukubuzwa nguwe!

Abafundi banokujonga iwebhusayithi yethu www.SteamPoweredGiraffe.com kwaye ufumane ulwazi oluthe kratya kwibhendi, ukwenza okuzayo, ii-albhamu ezintsha, kunye nazo zonke izinto ezimnandi!

Enkosi ngokuba nam!

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Enkosi kakhulu kuDavid Michael Bennett ngokuthatha ixesha ngaphandle kwenkqubo yakhe exakekileyo ukuze aphendule imibuzo yam! Kwakhona, ukuphinda ujonge loo nkcazo ye-steampunk wayirhuqa-mhlawumbi yenye yezona zilungileyo ndizivileyo okwangoku! Ukuba ungathanda ukuva isampulu yomkhondo kwi-albhamu yabo yeSteamWorld Heist, jonga iinkwenkwezi ezingezantsi:

Kwakhona jonga kuNdibambe, ukusuka kwi-Vice Quadrant yabo entsha: I-Opera yendawo:

Umculo weSteamWorld Heist, kunye nealbham entsha yeqela I-Vice Quadrant: I-Space Opera iyafumaneka ukuze ithengwe kwiwebhusayithi yabo esemthethweni: https://steampoweredgiraffe.com/index.php/music/ .

USara Goodwin une-BA. Kwimpucuko Yodidi kunye neMA kwiNzululwazi yeThala leencwadi kwiDyunivesithi yaseIndiana. Ngenye imini waya kumbiwa kwezinto zakudala kwaye wafumana izinto zakudala ezimangalisayo. USara unandipha i-smorgasbord yolonwabo lwe-pan-nerd enje ngefire Renaissance, iindibano ze-anime, i-steampunk, kunye nesayensi kunye neengqungquthela zamaphupha. Ngexesha lakhe lokuphumla, ubhala izinto ezinje ngeentsomi zehaiku, iinoveli ezimnandi, kunye nemibongo eyoyikisayo malunga nokuhlaselwa zii-opossum ezinamehlo. Kwelinye ixesha lakhe lokuthengisa, uthengisa i-nerdware njenge Ngeenkozo zoYilo lweTyuwa , Iifayile , kunye Tumbls .

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