It seems that companies love to announce games far before they are ready (little big planet, Sony’s Home, etc) You see these games/products and get super pumped, but after years of delays and seeing more about it…little excitement is left. So when is the right time to announce a game? That my friends is the [...]
I realize that I haven’t written a Going Green! post in a while and while I’d like to admit I’m lazy, I think I’ll blame it on the cold weather. A problem with cold weather can occur when hibernation gets the best of us and our daily routines. Especially any decent outdoor activity.
Now I understand [...]
Enjoy this new episode from our buddies over at Darkspire Films.
Love is a strong word…I know…but it is the truth. I truly love REAL sound design.
Ya…I know what you are saying under your breath right now, “Love can’t even describe the passion I have for TheDuoGroup’s videos” “what does he mean REAL sound design?” Let me give you a couple of scenarios:
1) I do the [...]
I am a little ashamed to write this post and I’ve been struggling with it for some time now. The names and places mentioned in this story have been changed to protect those involved…
When you live with five dudes in a huge MANsion (big house of MEN), naturally the holidays bring out the feelings to [...]
Ahhhh another lazy Sunday. While I lay here watching Vegas Vacation recovering from the weekend I have one nagging thought: I still need to film one scene. Shouldn’t be too hard, but I just gotta do it. Then it is off to Hybrid Two Sound Studios where they will lay some sound gold over the [...]
1,000 of you have subscribed to us on youtube?…what are you thinking?! You really want to see what will come next from TheDuoGroup’s psyche? I warn you, it is a dark and creepy place.
I kid I kid! We are thrilled that you want to see more of our work. We aren’t doing this for the [...]
What happens when you mix the following:
1. Sweet techno beats with massive bass
2. Long side-parted male hair
3. IRC chatting and online video gaming (i.e. DotA)
4. Talking to people over Ventrilo with these Icemat headphones
5. Hot Swedish girls
6. Partying/Clubbing
One word: Basshunter
I recently was in Stockholm, Sweden and after a week of partying, working, and watching YouTube [...]
You might not recognize the name realtime:uk, but I can guarantee that you can recognize some of the work they have done. Remember seeing the Motorstorm 2 video for the first time and having to pull your jaw off the ground when it was done? Ya that was them. Quick Fact: They also did the [...]
Happy New Years!
Well 2008 has come and gone and we over at TheDuoGroup are sad to see it go. It was a good year for us. It has been a pleasure creating videos and shorts for everyone and we got to meet some great people over at our forums to boot….yet I have a feeling [...]
I was watching ‘I Am Legend’ the other day and realized that the first 7 minutes of the film could easily have been a short film all by itself. And not only just some random short film, but an amazing short film. Haven’t seen the movie? Don’t have a clue what I am talking about? [...]
The nominees for the 2008 ‘Best of’ Halo Awards, hosted over at Hawty McBloggy, have been announced! Our short “Without Providence” has been nominated for ‘Best Video’ (thanks to all those who nominated us!), along with some other great videos done by our friends over at Smooth Few Films and Darkspire Films. There are 10 [...]
Well vacation is over and I have been thrust back in the real world with a greeting of -30° windchill in Chicago. Happy to be back? Just look at the picture above and you tell me. Alright Alright I’ll stop bitching… it isn’t that bad to back. While I was gone Eric has been creating [...]
We’ve been good this year so it’s time to start thinking of the things we want jolly ole St. Nick to drop down our chimmeny.
Personally, I don’t want much, but here is my attempt at a gamer’s gift list for all you nerds out there (ok ok, myself included).
- MC Costume: I kinda want to [...]
Why do I always randomly come up with ideas that make me do tons more work that I want to? That’s life huh? Well take a glance at this picture here. This is just have of the layers that I had to deal with to get 2 shots. I think the shots came out pretty [...]
One of our friends sent us this amazing picture and I thought I would share it with you all. (Thanks Besto) It was taken from the Mt. Wilson Observatory on November 30th, over the smoggy beautiful Los Angeles area. You can see Jupiter at the very top and Venus, which is visibly brighter, to its [...]
You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?
Actually you should feel lucky because Darkspire Films has released its new season of Matchmaking! Check out the first episode of season two below…WHAT?!? You still haven’t seen season one?! We need to have a serious talk soon…ah ah ahhh…don’t say [...]
So as you all know, I used to be responsible for a weekly post Called “DuoGroupie of the Week”. Well a few things came up recently.
1) I started a new RL (Real Life) Job that consumes my waking hours
2) There really aren’t that many hot gamer girls. I thought by now, this would catch on [...]
Termi stopped by our forums today and showed off his one of his latest works. He just finished creating a trailer for the well known game Crysis. He started working on this way back in the beginning of the year and it shows. Take a look at the trailer below. (I would advise clicking the [...]
So the other day, Colin, Graham, Justin and a bunch of other people were getting read to go out. We started talking about movies that were absolutly out there. The kinds that you are just think to yourself “What drugs was someone on when the wrote this….and are they still alive or did they OD?”
Halfway [...]
With the recent release of World of Warcraft’s “Wrath of the Lich King” (aka further proof of world nerd domination and supporting actual I-play-game-for-you-for-money industries in foreign countries) we as consumers must step back and assess the situation.
Video games can be an escape from the every day grind to a virtual grind of killing trolls [...]
To tell you the truth, I wouldn’t want to see my face when fully immersed in a game. I can only imagine the kinds of ways I am contorting my face….I would probably look like sloth from the Goonies but only worse. Ok maybe not that bad. But take a look at the video [...]
So I am all for the new Xbox Live update. It is sweet! And for the new avatars? I like them. A good amount of people bashed them prior to the release of the NXE (New Xbox Experience), but now it seems that most everyone likes them. It is pretty funny to see all your [...]
So remember when you were a kid and nerf guns were the best thing since G.I. Joes.
So, I bought a massive amount of games recently which I have had no time to play. If you couldn’t tell, I’ve been a lil MIA on the blog due to me starting a new job. (Spencer Note: You didn’t think I made money with TheDuoGroup did you?!) That being said, I’ve just now started to [...]
Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you’re not feelin’ real well, does anyone ever say to you, ‘Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays’?
Lawrence: No. No, man. Sh*t, no, man. I believe you’d get your ass kicked sayin’ something like that, man.
Always loved that line [...]
With the election of Obama and the anticipation of “change” across our badass country, I’ve decided to speak for (most of) the DuoGroup and talk about some things we either like or don’t like in the world today. Things that either make this great nation what it is or things that make all/most countries [...]
The main reason I do the “Studio Spotlight” post is because I feel that the creative studios behind the great trailers and videos we all know and love don’t get the credit they deserve. I bet most of us couldn’t rattle off more than 1 studio that has done a cool video game trailer. [...]
What goes great with video games? TV and its many programs!
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And if there is one program TheDuoGroup loves (or at least I do) – it’s The Office.
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I had a chance to see BJ Novak, a writer for the show who plays the role of “Ryan”, perform his stand up live in Indianapolis. It [...]
Rich Douglas is scoring an original piece for our upcoming Gears of War short and it sounds awesome! This is our first short with original music and it is a mini-milestone for TheDuoGroup. For as long as I can remember I have been editing to music that has already been made. Editing and creating a [...]
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