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Darth SidioAPPLE to Ban iPhone Concert Filming!?
1 year ago
Yup. Apple is at it again with their fist full of fury trying to conquer the galaxy. Eighteen months ago Apple filed a patent software that would essentially recognize an iPhone or any Apple product capable of recording, and disable its camera at a live concert event. The software was patented in More >
Nuke the Fridge presents Jedi Elvis’ Red Cross Benefit Concert
2 years ago
A couple of weeks ago we here at Nerd Reactor were lucky enough to cover Nuke the Fridge presents Jedi Elvis’ Red Cross Benefit Concert. Guests included Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space 9), director and producer James Kerwin (Yesterday Was a Lie), Joshua Fardon (voice of Luke Skywalker in More >
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel Review
2 years ago
Available now from NISA
Price: $59.99 for the Premium Box Set
System: PlayStation 3
When music meets an RPG you can get some pretty weird stuff, I don’t speak of the music in sense of the soundtrack but instead music becomes one of the mains focuses in Ar Tonelico Qoga. What you get are singing More >
Yūya Matsushita to Perform at Fanime
2 years ago
San Jose, California’s Fanime convention has announced that it will host the first overseas performance of Japanese hip hop and R&B singer Yūya Matsushita on May 27-30. Matsushita has starred as the title character, Sebastian Michaelis in the live action stage play of popular manga ‘Black More >
A San Diego Evening of Steampunk Delights: Voyages Extraordinaires
2 years ago
Last weekend in San Diego steampunk fans were certainly in for a treat, Queen Bee’s Art & Cultural Center hosted an amazing night of music and performances entitled ‘Voyages Extraordinaires’. The venue for the night was designed and decorated by local artist Andrew Connolly with an array of bladed More >
Guitar Hero Getting Axed
2 years ago
Possibly one of the largest franchise back in 2005, the game created such a huge buzz among fans for being the first game using a guitar licensed in America. The game would be followed with five more main Guitar Hero titles and a dozen of side tracks that included Van Halen, Green Day, and More >
Giveaway: Win an Auditorium PSP Game
2 years ago
by Chris Del Castillo
in Contests
Zoo games bring us the latest contest for all the nerds out there with Cipher Primes’ Auditorium for the PSP.
We have 3 download codes for the PSP download of the game.
In keeping with the theme of music, promote your favorite music video with a link on the Nerd Reactor Facebook Page and then More >
Music Videos, You, and Technology
2 years ago
by Steve Ahmad
in Music
Music videos have gone a long way since the launch of MTV in Ausust 1st, 1981. We’ve seen the videos musicians release transform generations from hair flogging crews, choreographed professionals, ska-rock&rollers, pop fanatics, hip-hop lyricists, and electric indie-rock-aholics.
Since the More >
Deadmau5 Trolls the Servers of Minecraft
2 years ago
It’s one thing to be trolled by your average gamer, it another to be trolled by a world famous Dj. One man that has become nitrous on the servers of Minecraft is non-other than Deadmau5. Deadmau5 is not only a avid player, he also has his own server. Where he has been known to throw raves that end More >
Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy Soundtrack Tops #10 on the Billboard
2 years ago
From December 7 to December 12, the TRON: Legacy soundtrack reached #10 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 70,794 units in the United States and Canada. To get a comparison, Inceptions soundtrack has sold 62,000, and that’s to date. The last time a score soundtrack reached the top ten was Star Wars More >
Get Your Own Pint Size Daft Punk Tron: Legacy Figures
2 years ago
Straight off the Grid, Medicom announced this week that they will release figurine sets of the French electro-duo Daft Punk. The Japanese toy company will release 3 sets including 12″ figures also a Be@arbrick and Kubrick set. All 3 sets will feature the group’s new look from the film Tron: Legacy. More >
Composer Jesper Kyd on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and Curing Insomnia (Interview)
2 years ago
The Assassin’s Creed franchise is a very unique property with many different stories throughout history, but yet the story is very cohesive as a whole. The main character, Desmond Miles, is living in the distant future, reliving his ancestors’ past from The Crusade era to the Renaissance era. When More >
The Shadowsphere – DJ Shadow’s New Visual Performance
2 years ago
by Steve Ahmad
in Music
DJ Shadow has been in the turntabilist scene for nearly seventeen years now. He’s been doing this for a long time, and only now has he finally taken that giant leap to push himself, and his audience to that visual cutting edge. The DJ, producer, and recent r&d specialist, born Josh Davis, is
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Internet Star Vocaloid Hatsune Miku to Receive English Voice?
2 years ago
What is a Vocaloid some of you may ask? Vocaloids are made from a synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered More >
Our Boy Alan Menken, Disney Composing Genius, Gets a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
2 years ago
Yes, we like his music a lot, so we’ll count him as our boy. The man is a legend in the composing world and has brought musical appreciation to the masses thanks to 2d animated movies like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and a lot more. His next project, he will be More >
Daft Punk Pre-Order Bundle’s Online and Dazed Digital Short
2 years ago
by Steve Ahmad
in Music
*UPDATE*
Annie Mac, acclaimed BBC Radio 1 host, put up the track titled “TRON Legacy” expected in the album soon to be released. You can check it out at BBC iRadio! It is around 1:26:00. Enjoy.
You can now pre-order the Daft Punk, TRON: Legacy, album on iTunes. The pre-order will come packed
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Dir en grey Plays in Background as Jigsaw’s Victims are Ripped to Shreds in New SAW 3D Music Video
2 years ago
Always good to hear some new news from my favorite Jrock band Dir en grey. The band currently has their most recent single, Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami, featured in the new soundtrack for SAW 3D.
A new Dir en grey music video has surfaced for the film, it is More >
*UPDATE – Video’s Emerge* Daft Punk Played with Phoenix October 20th, 2010!
2 years ago
UPDATE!
It has been only a few hours since the east coast got its blessing with Phoenix and Daft Punk together. Now it is time to check out some video footage of that epic moment!
The band Phoenix played tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Nothing unusual about that. They
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Sayaka Akimoto Steps Down as Leader of AKB48′s Team K
2 years ago
When you’re an idol in Japan, your life is no longer yours but instead controlled by the media and company you are signed with, especially if you are on a pop team. The main rule is that you can not have a boyfriend, smoke or pretty much anything that can ruin your image if you are on a female More >
X Japan Concert Promo with Yoshiki
2 years ago
by Chris Del Castillo
in Music
Starting September 25th, 2010 X Japan will be touring The US from Los Angeles to New York. Yoshiki has filmed a promotional video that talks about all the upcoming shows and includes all the bloopers and bleeps. Other cities include San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and Boston.
Their next More >
Linkin Park Gets Their Own Gundam
2 years ago
I remember one of the first things that really sparked my interest in Linkin Park was their inclusion of Gundam figures in their hit music video Somewhere I Belong. At the time I was in high school, Gundam Wing was airing on Cartoon Network’s Toonami and you could even find Gundam models at any More >
Zelda’s Death Metal ‘Song of Storms’
2 years ago
Nothing like a good Death Metal song to accompany you in saving the princess and all of Hyrule. Youtuber Mat Graham thought it would be awesome if he combined his two favorite things; his love for the video game Zelda and Metal music. He was right. So throw up your devil horns and raise those More >
Ninja Tune Celebrates 20 Years. Please Pleasure Our Ears for 20 More!
2 years ago
For 20 years NinjaTune.Net has blessed soul, body, and mind with eclectic music from around the world. The Cinematic Orchestra, Roots Manuva, Kid Koala, The Qemists The Orb, Joe Goddard (Hot Chip), Cut Chemist, Modeselektor and Diplo are to name a few lucky enough to have been part of Ninja Tune. More >
Rock Band 3 Set List Revealed with over 80 Starter Songs
2 years ago
Harmonix has just released the set list for their upcoming Rock Band 3 title and I must say that it is quite impressive as a starter pack. The set list boasts 83 songs ranging from Bob Marley to Filter to Anthrax. What’s interesting is that with the new inclusion of a keyboard, Harmonix was able More >
Remix: Street Fighter 2 Beatbox
2 years ago
Music in video games have existed for as long as we can remember and has really taken off since the 8 bit days, when it was all in midi form.
Remixes and fan-made videos have been made for some of the most popular games and songs using rock, rap, and instrumentals. These are nothing compared to a More >
