There a two things that Canada continually continues to produce: Good Comedy and Good Music. Neither of which we're really known for...

and sadly the great Canadian artists out there often go unnoticed because of all the other sub par artists who crowd their genres or just simply lack of marketing. The saddest thing of all though is that probably the most well known Canadian artist at this time, is also the most undeserving Canadian artist that i can think of.

it may be true that Justin Beiber can sing well enough, but that's just it. Well enough. The real source of his fame is that he's been marketed as "cute" and every last detail of his image has been planed and prepared by a top notch marketing and producing team. His "talent" has little to do with the matter. Not to mention soon enough, puberty is gonna hit him like a freight train and his high range, if not his entire singing voice, will go right out the window along with his career.

meanwhile the truly talented artists like:
Jully Black
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The yet unsigned Chad Doucette
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Bedouin Soundclash
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among others, get left with minimal or no attention at all.

Cheers.

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Posted on 08 Jun 2010 by StarWallace

A few weeks ago i picked up FF12 (i know i'm late to that game but what ev) and i must say that game looks phenomenal for a last gen game. I have since bought a ps3 and a few games (i'll likely blog about them some other day) and as such have kinda stopped playing FF12 about 10 hours into it. But it did get me thinking... what would it be like to replay the greatest FF game ever made, FF7, if they were to revamp the game.

I'd really love to see the game brought back in some sort of collectors edition remake or something. It would be an absolute gem on the ps3.

Cheers.

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Posted on 03 May 2010 by StarWallace

Real Racing GTI is a fantastic iPhone/iPod Touch racer. Centered around the 2010 Volkswagen GTI as promotional material for both Firemint Real Racing and for the GTI, the game holds a ton of value for free.

The graphics are literally like no other on the iPhone and still have yet to be matched. The game seriously looks so good that you could put this on the PS1 and pass it off as Gran Turismo. Speaking of which, it's the only racer on the iPhone to use a real physics engine and not just faked physics which is a massive plus for this game.

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Posted on 29 Mar 2010 by StarWallace

Well i have finally gotten around to transferring my domain to the new server even though the site is still a little messy. I still have to create a proper about page and remove all the gibberish placeholder text and i might just remove the photography page altogether until i can get around to it later. For some odd reason there is a problem with my locally stored images not displaying post domain name change (other than the theme images). I know that the images should still work and nothing should have broken the links, so at this time I'm still a little baffled as to how i can fix that.

But in other news, this is my first blog post since the remodeling and there are a few random whims i want to muse over: Scrubs and Pie Day.

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Posted on 04 Mar 2010 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009
Yes in the past i have tried this and gotten lazy and quit... but this time i am actually going through with the remodeling. MicroStudios will be receiving a total over haul soon and i am very very happy with what i have finished so far. If you want to see what the new MicroStudios will look like you can go to the new server to see what i have done so far. Keep in mind that this is an under construction website so things will be changing still and this is the actual place where i am working on the new site so you will see things changing right there.

also i have decided that in the past i had been a really lame blogger and done nothing good with my blog... so this time i will be managing the pages for the games/examples/photos etc. manually and i will try to manage the blog properly the way it is intended. as a blog. i will try to do a weekly post on the blog at least.

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009
My dad found an iBook G4 at a garage sale last week and i have been playing with it for a little while now. I was playing with garage band and i made a little composition that i uploaded you youtube. Click the read more link to see the video.

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009
I just recently got myself a dsi on launch day and with the fun of the browser i have to say a few features would be nice to see in a future version.

1. tabbs! the is a staple of compter web browers and i think the dsi is the perfect mobile platform to have it as well. i figure it could be done by either scrolling through them with L and R or it could be using a dropdown/pop-up menu that displayed them to see. i realize that its not a big deal aand you wouldnt be able to open very many anyway but i tink it would be handy to open that one page and brows around the beable to CLOSE it rather than going through the history to where you last left off.

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Monday, March 2, 2009
MicroStudios will be going through a complete remodel over the coming weeks! I feel it is time for an update.

Keep reading back for future news!

Edit: if you haven’t notice i haven’t really gotten around to the remodel…….. i just don’t have the free time to do so. I may one day update my copy of flatpress and then work out a nice new theme fro flat press but i don’t think i will be taking the time to make a whole new site. Just too time consuming.

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008
Varia is quite simply THE greatest shoot-em-up i have ever seen or played made with game maker. I commend the maker of this game with the highest of respects. I highly recommend playing this game. I'm not one for being a rater of games, but if i was going to rate this lovely game it would be a 4.5/5. (0.5 off for occasional music loop problems, but that's minor)

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008
ok first of all if in the past anyone has attempted to post a comment but the comment wouldn't show up... well that's my bad... but i got the issue fixed now! and the rss feeds now work properly as well!

Now for the "and more"... a little while ago i found myself with a bit of a problem... i had an assignment in comp sci class to "demonstrate" some key concepts of some reading we had to do... then the teacher tells us we have 2 DAYS to get it done... now i could have used alice and been done easy no probs... but no i had to be me and show that i do know game maker and that game maker can do what i need to do...

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
After much work and a little procrastination, Grabnar Games has finally transformed into MicroStudios!! I have been planing to make this change for some time now, but I was having some troubles... like trying to pick a new name, problems with my domain name needed smoothed out, and well me just being lazy lol.

I had to spend much time on the new logo but i think that turned into a bit of a learning experience for me with photoshop. I hope everyone like my new logo and site layout!!

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Originally Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008
this game lets you create a path for the unnamed stick man known only to the world as Line Rider. you can decide his fate, will he survive to the end of your ingenious and complex track or is he distend only to crash and flail around with rag doll physics? you can use everything from a freehand tool to straight lines, both with different sub categories that include normal lines, acceleration lines, and background drawing. You can have floors or ceilings, determined by the direction you draw. If you draw left to right it's a floor, if you draw right to left its a ceiling. this may sound like a very simple and boring game but trust me if you want to create something actually worth watching it's a lot harder than you think. Everything from loops to jumps and back again can be done with the line rider. I would like to warn anyone who is looking at this at work over a coffee break, this game is not safe for work! It will drag in your full attention and not let go for hours on end!

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi

Project64 is an N64 emulator that is probably one of the most compatible with almost every ROM out there! ROMs are the game files needed to play each of the many N64 games floating around the net. I got all of my games from RomsCentral. This is a website that i searched for forever to find, and trust me they have almost EVERYTHING! The following file contains the Project64 1.6 program, 5 games (one of which is OOT), and a Hi-rez texture Pack for OOT along with all needed plug-ins to run it!

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Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Robbi