Independent game design from beyond the grave

Music & Lyrics

Sep
07
Posted by Jared Sorensen at 11:04 am

NYC rockers Cosmonaut have a song about my game, Lacuna Part I. You can listen to it here.

(pic from a t-shirt design you can check out here)
Mar
31
Posted by Jared Sorensen at 3:45 pm

As you guys know, FreeMarket has been “done” for awhile now. True, we’ve been tinkering with the layout and fixing bugs, but it’s been pretty quiet. In the meantime, I pitched a new game concept to a company representing a very well-known media property (although the company is probably not as well known?). It was kind of risky to work on the design of the game before I even had the license, but I really wanted to impress them with my ideas rather than just a vague “it’ll be cool.” Anyway, I’m waiting on them for the final contract (they’re on PST) but before the ink dries I’ll try and post an update.

we don’t want to hear of your relationship status
it’s bad enough she’s in the club to see all our shows gratis
some bands can pull off female vox but few can do it well
and when yours tries to hit those notes my nerves get shot to hell

why’s it so hard to realize she shouldn’t join the band?
you have no sense of history and do not understand.
she’s like a psychic parasite, another Yoko Ono
your romance is a skiing trip, and you are Sonny Bono

your girlfriend cannot join the band
why’s it so hard to understand
your girlfriend cannot join the band
this whole thing’s getting out of hand

don’t let her sing a song for us you know that spells disaster
you’ll hear her vocals in the mix and want to burn the master
when you break up you’ll take it hard but then you’ll find another
it’s awkward when your merch has your ex-girlfriend on the cover

your girlfriend cannot join the band
why’s it so hard to understand
your girlfriend cannot join the band
this whole thing’s getting out of hand

your girlfriend cannot join the band
your girlfriend’s voice is kinda bland
another member wasn’t planned
we have no room inside the van

(dedicated to all those industrial/EBM bands with weak female back-up singers)