Coming up this Friday, we will be doing our hang-out for Chapter 5: It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll), and we got quite a bit in store! First up, we will be giving away a collection set of every singe chapter cover released thus far via Skype! That’s chapter’s 1,2,3,4,5 and the iconic cover of the prologue chapter! Second up, summer is right around the corner, so that means TR’s now annual phase change is upon us. While the 2011-2012 year was all about Fixer, 2012-2013 will be about pushing Fixer to the next level, and returning the J-Rock to Tainted Reality, and we will have a few guests on to introduce themselves that will be helping to make this happen! Along with this, we will be blasting J-Rock and metal from our new location in Ocean City, NJ, and having an open discussion about the chapter! Be sure to check out our Facebook Event Page for further details!
May 10 2012
Roger’s Blog: The Avengers
Roger takes some time out to talk about what is becoming one of the biggest movies of all time, The Avengers! Find out what he felt about the movie in this spoiler free review!
May 09 2012
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Looking For Websites and Other Publications To Review Fixer
In an effort to expand awareness of Fixer, we have reached out to several websites to see if they would be interested in reviewing the comic. However, we could use your help to contact more! Know of any sites or publications that review webcomics? Have a friend with a website willing to write an article? Please let us know! E-mail Roger at roger@taintedreality.net and let him know if you have any leads!
Thanks everyone!
May 08 2012
Danny’s Picks – One Piece Behind The Scenes
Danny’s posted a new video pick on his site, check it out by clicking the image below!
May 07 2012
Roger’s First Music Video: Dual Evil by Rose Noire
In March of 2011, Roger had the opportunity to direct his first music video for the Japanese visual goth band Rose Noire. He reached out to the creators of The Megaman Fan Film and upcoming The Sonic The Hedgehog Fan Film, Blue Core Studios to produce the video. Together with co-director Eddie Lebron, they made a music video for Rose Noire’s instrumental track, “Dual Evil”. The finished product far exceeded everyone’s expectations, capturing a sense on visual melancholy not seen in Japanese VK in some time. Here is the final product. Please let us know what you think in the comments section.
May 05 2012
Fixer Trivia: Mitsumi’s Email
The chapter 2 supplementary material features an email between Mamoru and his girlfriend, Mitsumi Kego. Mitsumi is a huge fan of anime and has a hidden meaning to her email address, MimiNeko@hellokitty.com. The hello kitty email is an actual domain that fans are able to sign up for. But in addition to that, Mimi is the recurring name of several cats (neko) in the works of Makoto Shinkai, an animation director, who has been one of Danny’s biggest professional influences and inspired him greatly as an artist and animator. Mimi was Chobi’s girlfriend in “She and Her Cat” (1999), was mentioned in “5 Centimenters per Second” (2007) by Akari when petting a cat on the street named Chobi, and is the name of Asuna’s pet in “Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below” (2011).
You can read the original Chapter 2 Supplementary Material here.
May 03 2012
Chapter 5 – It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock’n'Roll)
Chapter 5 is now out!
Read it by clicking the above image, by clicking the chapter 5 link on the top menu or by simply clicking here. After reading, you can discuss the chapter with fellow fans at the official chapter 5 thread in the Tainted Reality forums!
May 01 2012
New Fixer Chapter Tomorrow Night at Midnight!
The first Thursday of the month is coming and that means a new chapter of Fixer is right around the corner! Keeping with tradition, we will be launching Chapter 5: It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) at midnight tomorrow night! In this chapter, you get to see the first days of the band… but they don’t really go as Dakota and Damien plan. Please don’t forget also to let us know your thoughts either in the comments section of tomorrow night’s post, or at the Tainted Reality Forums!
Apr 30 2012
Fixer Trivia: Come With Me
On page 13 of Chapter 4: Genesis, Dakota and Melody are seen discussing Conner. However, the conversation breaks briefly in reference to a past conversation where Damien and Dakota chastised a track by Puff Daddy (Known now a days as “P. Diddy” or “Diddy”) that samples Led Zeppelin’s song “Kashmir”. The track in question is called “Come With Me” and was released as a single and featured on the motion picture soundtrack for the 1998 American remake of Godzilla. Many classic rock fans at the time were unhappy with the sampling, despite the blessings and contribution of Kashmir’s co-writter, rock legend Jimmy Page. Dakota also mentions that Puff Daddy should have “learned how to sing” before performing the song, even going as far as to call him a “son of a bitch”. This is in reference to the infamous middle portion of the song where Puff Daddy, in a rare moment, sings rather than raps. The portion is performed in a flat, slightly off key delivery leaving many at the time of the song’s release to criticize Puff Daddy’s singing abilities.
On an embarrassing note, at the time of the song’s release, Roger bought the Godzilla soundtrack specifically for this song. It has since become a guilty pleasure of his.
Apr 29 2012
Roger’s Top 10 Favorite TV Shows
In a personal blog, Roger counts down his favorite TV shows, and touches on how they have helped inspire Fixer!