Zine #13 Headlines Intro Released!

Author: Aasemoon

18 Feb

Last night I was notified that the Zine #13 headlines has been released! This intro which has been created by ASD, Brainstorm and Bitfellas gives you a general idea as to what you can expect to read in the upcoming Zine issue, but that sure is not all that it offers! The modeling of this intro has been done by Navis, and the music has been created by aMUSiC, which mean that YES, there is an ASD mini demo here that you really don’t want to miss. =) The intro looks quite similar to the “Beyond The Walls Of Eryx” that was created for last year’s Intel demo competition. And well you see, it has mini robots. And I guess I’ve already made it clear how I feel about mini robots. =D Wee! I have to mention that aMUSiC has definitely done it again with the superb music. As for the headlines, honestly I couldn’t read every single word of it. But from what I was able to get out of it, seems like Zine #13 is going to be quite a ride, as was the case with #12. Hey, I know that you know what I’m talking about because almost everyone reading this blog had checked out the “Life Force Development Journal”. 😉 So, I’m very much looking forward to reading the upcoming issue. Meanwhile, don’t forget to check out the intro!

Update:
I know some of you guys have problems running the intro or reading the text. I’m still looking for a video version or the pure text for the headlines, but so far no luck. I tried capturing it myself, didn’t work out too well. I will definitely let you know as soon as I find something.
On the other hand, some guys seem to have problems seeing the pouet.net page for the intro. Well, not surprisingly I also have the same problem. I have not been able to see any pages on pouet.net for half a year now! I think it’s a problem with our beloved provider the bloody Rogers with their perfect DNS system. [Did I mention I bloody hate Rogers?] Instead I use pouet.scene.org and that works just fine. So the working link would be this one. Or you can download it directly from the ASD website with this link.
And yes, something weird had happened to some of the comments while re-publishing this article and they were showing up in the wrong place. I’ve fixed that and moved the comments back here.

UPDATE:
Well well, ladies and gentlemen who couldn’t run the demo or read the text, worry no more! =D We’ve been saved by Genox^Vantage^Calodox a.k.a my Other Half, as he has just captured a video of the intro. You can download it from here: http://genox.ch/pub/asd_-_zine_13_headlines.m4v

Filed under: ASD, Demoscene

47 Responses for "Zine #13 Headlines Intro Released!"

Soren February 18th, 2008 at 18:55 1
Really? Great! Going to check it out now. =)
Lee February 18th, 2008 at 21:09 2
So the headlines is a demo on it’s own? That’s neat!
J.J. February 18th, 2008 at 22:08 3
I couldn’t make out much of the text either, but the demo is awesome.
lee February 18th, 2008 at 22:50 4
Oh man, aMUSIC really did do it again! That track.. that track!
Anders February 18th, 2008 at 22:57 5
I loved that other demo from last year, so I guess I’m going to love this one too.
Derek February 18th, 2008 at 23:04 6
Umm..ha? I think I might be a little too out of the loop. Great demo but what exactly is Zine?
Anders February 18th, 2008 at 23:20 7
Derek, it’s a digital magazine. Here’s the previous issue:
http://pouet.scene.org/prod.php?which=31740
Raj February 18th, 2008 at 23:26 8
Yeah little robots rule. I guess they’re calling it “Robots for your Soul” eh?
A+ music too.
Dan February 19th, 2008 at 01:37 9
The intro was an ace. When’s the magazine going to be out?
Eddie February 19th, 2008 at 02:41 10
Once again ASD rocks my socks!
Jason February 19th, 2008 at 03:53 11
wow I found this even better than Beyond the Wall of Eryx! Everything perfect.
Ricky February 19th, 2008 at 07:21 12
2 thumbs up!
Mr. Sand February 19th, 2008 at 18:48 13
Hey guys, I get an error when I try to run this. Something about not being able to set the pixe format? Anybody else with this problem?
Doser February 19th, 2008 at 18:55 14
I watched the demo right now and I worked just fine. It’s very nice, as expected from ASD. 🙂
Doser February 19th, 2008 at 18:57 15
I mean IT worked just fine!
Dk February 19th, 2008 at 19:15 16
Beautiful, great soundtrack!
Dino February 19th, 2008 at 19:30 17
The visuals and musics were damn good. But is there an online version of the text some place? Because I really couldn’t read anything.
Kyan February 19th, 2008 at 21:14 18
Yeah I would like to request for the same thing, is that a video available? Or an online text? Because I can’t run it either.
Roy February 19th, 2008 at 21:16 19
Super cool demo. There goes “THE ASD” again.
Barry February 20th, 2008 at 17:16 20
Very nice, and headlines seem pretty interesting read.
Raymond February 20th, 2008 at 17:17 21
Ok it seems that you have all been able to download the demo alright so I guess I’m the one with the problem. I’ve been trying to get into that page for 1.5 days now and it simply doesn’t work! I constatntly get a “page can’t be displayed” error!! Any ideas?
Len February 20th, 2008 at 17:17 22
Totally rocks!
Chris February 20th, 2008 at 17:18 23
Hey Aasemoon, I have the exact same problem as Raymond. Is there any mirrors we can use?
zac February 20th, 2008 at 17:19 24
Guys I had the same problem with not being able to load the page but it’s weird, somehow I was able to see the page from the university lab! I don’t know how that works. I downloaded the demo just now and it was a hell of a ride.
Ryan February 20th, 2008 at 17:19 25
I tried it again form my friend’s place and it still doesn’t work! Can’t get to the page.
sean February 20th, 2008 at 17:20 26
Downloaded fine and ran fine. OMG it’s super! Beautiful demo and Amusic style music.
wis February 20th, 2008 at 17:21 27
This definitely is better than Beyond The Walls of Eryx. I even like the music more. Super demo.
Aasemoon February 20th, 2008 at 17:21 28
Ok for the guys who have problem running the demo or reading the text, so far I haven’t been able to find a video version or the text. I tried capturing it myself and somehow it doesn’t work. I’ll post an update as soon as I find something.

As for the guys who can’t see the page. You can always directy download the demo from here:
http://www.asd.gr/~navis/asd-bitfellas-brainstorm-zine13headlines.zip
But tell me, [cause actually I have that problem too!] do you all happen to be Rogers users?
Ryan February 20th, 2008 at 17:25 29
Aasemoon thanks for the tip. I tried the direct download and it worked and the demo is the way it’s expected from ASD, it rules. 🙂 And yes, I’m a Rogers user and so is my friend. Do you think that’s the problem?
Juno February 20th, 2008 at 17:51 30
Well if a digital magazine’s headlines looks like this, I’m quite sure it’s totally worth reading. 🙂
Dian February 20th, 2008 at 17:57 31
My bro finally managed to download and run it for me. 🙂 The music is so great and has such a cool beat to it and the visuals are very futuristic. I liked it a lot.
Connor February 20th, 2008 at 18:01 32
Oy oy oy.. video pleasssse! I also have the pixelformat problem.
Seth February 20th, 2008 at 18:14 33
Very nice intro, and the headlines managed to make me curious. =)
Rob February 20th, 2008 at 19:26 34
I couldn’t get to the page to start with. Then I finally got the intro through the direct download link, and then it didn’t work on my PC. So I had to take it to a friends place and now I finally watched it. It was totally worth all the trouble. 😀
Kevin February 20th, 2008 at 20:38 35
What the heck? Rogers doesn’t let through pouet.net? That’s the freakiest thing. Anyway, the intro is very very ASD. That means fantastic and awesome and great and everything.
Duncan February 20th, 2008 at 23:56 36
It’s all about the pixel robots. 😉
Dame February 20th, 2008 at 23:57 37
Rogers sucks. ASD however, RULES!
Paolo February 21st, 2008 at 03:38 38
I really want to know how aMUSiC comes up with his music. Always a wonder. 🙂
D.K. February 21st, 2008 at 03:39 39
Yaaaaaaaahooooooooooo! Way to go little robotis.
Davy February 21st, 2008 at 04:26 40
YES. Another big YES on the ASD list. 🙂
Loyd February 21st, 2008 at 05:51 41
I second Davy!
genox February 21st, 2008 at 23:21 42
yo! here’s a captured version (mpeg4, 19mb) http://genox.ch/pub/asd_-_zine_13_headlines.m4v
Connor February 22nd, 2008 at 03:06 43
Genox, you’re the man! =)
Dale February 22nd, 2008 at 17:51 44
Great demo, I was finally able to see it with Genox’s video, so thanks for that.
Paolo February 22nd, 2008 at 18:48 45
Well now I can read the text by constantly pausing/resuming the video. 😉
Jake February 23rd, 2008 at 18:35 46
Awesome. I was able to run the demo just fine. It’s as expected from ASD, coooooooooooooool. I’m still going to download the video though.
aMUSiC/ASD March 4th, 2008 at 19:36 47
for the people who have trouble with Rogers maybe you could try using an alternate dns.

http://www.opendns.org is a fast and reliable dns, open for everyone. I use it every day and life is good =)

As for how I write the music.. I just sit and fiddle with reason and then it comes out of the blue.

The zine #13 headlines track (Electrosneeze) took me about 4 hours to make. Reason 4 is such a huge improvement over Reason 3…

SOOOO anyone coming to Breakpoint?