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MindCandy 3?takes these poetic programs of the computer world to the next level: Each of the demos has been optimized scene by scene or even rewritten just for MindCandy (thanks to ryg, Haujobb, Satori, Cubic Team) in order to achieve perfectly smooth 60 frames per second in a mind-blowing “better-than-realtime” visual quality on HD video. It will push the limits of your Blu-ray player and HD(TV) with its spectacular audio-visual effects.?MindCandy 3?is a best-of-the-best look at what imaginative amateur programmers, musicians and graphic artists can do with an off-the-shelf personal computer. The demos produced are often shown at parties throughout Europe, and are created to push the PC to its limits while impressing the audience.

The included 3.5 hours playback of demos include…

The Popular Demo [Farbrausch],?? Stargazer [Orb & Andromeda],?? 1995 [Kewlers & mfx],?? Wir Sind Einstein [United Force & Digital Dynamite],?? Iconoclast [ASD],?? Masagin [Farbrausch & Neuro],?? Ix [Moppi Productions],?? Track One [Fairlight],?? Lifeforce [ASD],?? Final Audition [Plastic],?? Size Antimatters [ASD],?? Electric Kool-Aid [Synesthetics],?? Theta [Farbrausch],?? Deities [mfx],?? Passing [Still],?? Only One Wish [Fairlight & The Black Lotus],?? Bombman [Matt Current],?? Nazca [Cocoon],?? You Should [Haujobb],?? We Cell [Kewlers],?? Faded Memories [Farbrausch],?? Instant Zen [Synesthetics],?? Onwards [Traction],?? Metamorphosis [ASD],?? Midnight Run [ASD],?? Route 1066 [UKScene Allstars],?? Agenda Circling Forth [CNCD & Fairlight],?? Aether [mfx],?? Ferner [Still],?? The Beauty [Einklang.net & Extrawelt],?? Inflorescence [mfx],?? Vokawardoai [Satori],?? Chromosphere [SQNY],?? Debris [Farbrausch],?? Rupture [ASD],?? Frameranger [CNCD, Fairlight, & Orange],?? Shad 3 [Cocoon],?? Into The Pink [Plastic],?? Happiness Is Around The Bend [ASD],?? Rove [Farbrausch]

In addition?the Blu-Ray disc exclusively contains 6.5 hours of extras including these demos …

Frameskool [Equinox],?? Heaven Seven (in HD) [Exceed],?? Chaos Theory [Conspiracy],?? Panic Room [Fairlight],?? Elevated [RGBA & TBC]

Both region-free Blu-Ray and DVD discs are sold together in a single package for the introductory price of ?16 or around $22 USD. They can be bought from the 16?year-old?German online retailer, MAZ Sound Tools. I imagine USA based sellers will be announced soon.

http://www.maz-sound.com/index.php?show=product&id=49

I am happy to announce that the final piece of the revamped Defacto2.net website is complete; the ‘People’ pages are now enabled. This new section contains the names of the people behind many of the files hosted and curated on the site. Not only are the credits now interactive but every person listed receives a dedicated site page listing all the files they have been accredited with.

These credits have been broken down into four sections, writers, coders, musicians and artists. The writer credits are not only given out to authors but also to interviewers and interviewees. While the artists category includes image creators, 3D programmers and font designers.

So far we have over 1,200 different people listed but the list is quite incomplete and likely to contain some typographical errors and duplications. Another potential problem is that many artists have used multiple aliases and even 2 letter initials rather than complete aliases when signing their works, which makes it too time consuming for us to accurately correlate the correct authorship for many files.

Persons are now also baked into our search engine, so if you do not feel like trawling through huge lists of aliases you can instead type an alias into the search dialogue.

Here are a couple of people pages to get started with.

The artist H20 who is known for his distinctive logos.
http://www.defacto2.net/person/h20

The programmer Hitchikr who has been the key figure behind some of the best scene crack-intros ever created on Windows.
http://www.defacto2.net/person/hitchhikr

The musician Maktone whose late 1990s tunes conjures up a slight nostalgia to a more naive scene.
http://www.defacto2.net/person/maktone

The personality The Renegade Chemist, whose longwinded ramblings often instigated both distain and laughter in equal dosage.
http://www.defacto2.net/person/the-renegade-chemist

The search results for the prolific programmer Hetero who has been going strong since the early 1990s.
http://www.defacto2.net/search/result?searchterm=hetero