You Had Me at “Hello,” but Lost Me at “Out of Stock.”

Posted by Kyle Stallock on Friday, September 26th, 2008

Debit card in hand, I refreshed the page with every passing minute. Price gouging be damned, the limited edition gunmetal grey PlayStation 3 would be mine. As my friends and family predicted, it wasn’t. Over the course of three early-morning hours, server-side difficulties crippled months of anticipation throttled by Sony’s nonchalant “oh, hai” method of marketing, and it never returned.

Porn for the “true” Metal Gear Solid fan.

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Five Enlightening Videogame* Sound Design Videos

Posted by Kyle Stallock on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Creating audio for videogames is dirty, backbreaking work, at least when happening upon some greasy mass of scrap metal with extraordinary sonics leaves a sound designer no choice but to lug the thing from wherever to the studio. Ah, but the rewards…well, they’re not particularly monetary: pay runs fair to middlin’.

How a sound designers’ union meeting might look if publishers allowed such things.

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Godin, Bylin, Throbbing Gristle and Marketing from the Heart

Posted by Rod Smith on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

It’s easy to tell Seth Godin isn’t running for office: the marketing sage, author, blogger, and de facto anthropologist started championing change more than a decade before the current election cycle and won’t stop until long after November’s winners plop us into the status quo’s next round.

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Why Adding the “Gayest Game Ever” to the Wii is a Great Idea.

Posted by Kyle Stallock on Friday, September 19th, 2008

“Protein beats steroids any day,” claim utterly ripped henchmen for the forces of good., “in-head horticulture, too.”

The image above is just one little glob of frosting from the Cho Aniki series’s sprawling cake. Literally translating to “Super Big Brothers,” the games chronicle the exploits of Samson and Adon, two very muscular brothers who shoot lethal white beams of light out of the holes in their heads while battling equally absurd enemies including a giant in Alice in Wonderland drag and an evil interstellar bodybuilder named Bo Emperor Bill. Note a hint of homoeroticism? (Trepanning subtheme, too!) You’re not alone: Gay Gamer ID’d the venerable, platform-hopper as gamedom’s gayest.

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IPR STUDENT NEEDS KIDNEY DONOR

Posted by brianjacoby on Friday, September 19th, 2008

One of our talented young students, Derek Doyle is looking for help. We are trying to use our voice to spread the word and assist Derek and his family in finding a kidney donor. Following is a letter from Derek’s mother:

Derek Doyle (aka New York) is a second year [Music & Entertainment Business] student at IPR. For those of you who know Derek know that he is a fun loving, verbally gifted (New Yorker and Irish), and creative young man.

What you probably don’t know about Derek is that he has also survived 4 kidney transplants. Derek was born with cystic kidneys and has been under constant doctor’s care since he was 6 months old. At the ripe old age of 5 he received his very first kidney transplant (from his dad). When he was 6 years old he was forced to make the move from New York to Minnesota to better facilitate his care.

So why are we boring you with these details about Derek…..he needs your help! Once again he is in end stage renal disease (his kidneys are failing) and needs another LIVING kidney donor! Over the years they have been able to simplify the process for the donor to 4 steps: A reminder that ALL expenses are paid by Derek’s insurance:

a. blood work to see if you are a negative (which is good) cross match to Derek
b. if you pass the first blood test one more blood test to see if Derek is building antibodies against your blood (which we don’t want)
c. pass the second blood test then there is a physical at Mayo Clinic in Rochester
d. final step (and most important) – 3 day hospital for the surgery

Here are a couple websites that you can refer to that might start to answer some questions about kidney disease in general and the kidney organ donor process:

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/chronic-kidney-disease-topic-overview
http://www.mayoclinic.org/transplant/organ-donation.html
http://www.organtransplants.org/faces/story.php?id=3

“IF” after digesting all this data you think you might be interested in taking the first step and/or have more questions you need answered please call one of us at the following numbers:

Kathi Doyle (mom): 612-636-8029
Donnie Doyle (dad): 612-226-7000 (Donnie was Derek’s first donor so a great person to call if you have questions about “what it’s like” being a donor)

THANK YOU for taking the time to read this and considering giving Derek the “gift of life”!

Doyles

Kathi – Donnie – Derek

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Title IV Federal Student Aid Opportunities at IPR

Posted by admin on Friday, September 19th, 2008

The Institute of Production and Recording (IPR) is proud to announce that as a nationally accredited college, we have now received the final approval from the U.S. Department of Education to offer Title IV Federal Student Aid.
Title IV consists of Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS), to name a few. Students may also qualify for other forms of funding including scholarships, private loans and student loan consolidation programs.

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RIAA at RNC? Had We Known, We’d Have Downloaded a Cake

Posted by Rod Smith on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Even given rampant accusations of police misconduct and the inevitable lawsuits, Minnesota almost surely made money on the RNC, thanks to an unprecedented deal struck by Saint Paul officials. But as with any celebration, participation of any kind brought a panoply of rewards, simple presence, others, and observation—even from a distance—others…and others still.

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IPR Entertains 18,000 Exhausted People

Posted by admin on Thursday, September 11th, 2008

On your marks, get set, go! IPR will be providing entertainment at the Finish Line “party tent” for over 18,000 exhausted runners at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, “The Most Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America.”

The Marathon spans Minneapolis and St. Paul, and we’ll be there at the finish line to cheer the runners on. Our own Norbert Kreuzer (Director of Career Services) has arranged this special event for IPR and will be a runner in the event. Show your support!

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Battle of the Bandulators

Posted by Kyle Stallock on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

(Left: “After breakfast, the world,” Bobby Kotick may or may not be thinking as he conquers both fire and flame without even breaking a sweat.)

“We’re calling it Guitar Hero: World Tour” Activision Blizzard chairman and CEO Bobby Kotick announced at this year’s D6 convention, after describing the rhythm game’s latest iteration as “the first time you’ll have multiple instruments.” But wait! Didn’t original Guitar Hero developers Harmonix beat Activision to the punch with Rock Band?

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