Recently I've been playing EFZ again, after watching some of the new videos that the Kaori player Nagisa put up on his mylist. I forgot how hype this game was. Sadly, playing the game is a pretty mixed bag for me, probably because 1)I hate the command interpreter and 2)My character Akane is really really hard. Especially since nobody plays this game in SoCal anymore, I pretty much have to netplay it, so it just makes the experience really not enjoyable. The EFZ netcode was considered pretty good way back when it was first made, but it's pretty dated nowadays with stuff like GGPO and Caster available. I wonder if the game would get a revival if there was an EFZCaster.
bell has recently been doing a lot of work on Mizuumi, nearly tripling the amount of wikis that were originally there, upgrading Wordpress and getting a really nice theme, and restructuring the forums. It kind of inspires me to go work on my own sites more, since I've been neglecting them recently.
And some nice covers that I've found since the last update
Calc.
Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku
Music and Lyrics by: ジミーサムＰ(JimmyThumb)
うさ(Usa) cover
Calc. is a really cool song, but I haven't really found any covers of it that really stand out significantly over the others. Usa's cover is really popular, though.
Sing my Love
Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku
Music and Lyrics by: 40mP
【蓮】(Ren) cover
Sing my Love is a somewhat obscure song, though I never really understood the reason why. There aren't many covers of it, and even though it's originally written for a female(Miku), Ren does a really nice job with the song.
SPiCa -HPT ReACT-
Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku
Music and Lyrics by: Headphone Tokyo
MARiA cover
MARiA is pretty amazing, and she's supposedly a professional singer under the name Mizuhashi Mai. I actually don't like the original SPiCa that much, but this rearrangement is great.
ローリンガール (Rollin' Girl)
Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku
Music and Lyrics by: wowaka
yonji cover, Guitar Rock arrange
I have no idea what this song is about, but it's very popular and there are a lot of good covers for it. This is probably my favorite one, and the rock arrangement is a really nice touch.
さよならメモリーズ (Sayonara Memories)
Original Artist: supercell
irony cover
irony is a pretty obscure nico singer. Her most popular cover is for the opening theme of the Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai anime, which shares the same name as her alias. Her voice has a really eerie resemblance to Gazelle/nagi's, and if it wasn't obvious in her other covers it's definitely obvious in this one. I couldn't even tell the difference from the original song from the first few seconds.
