Felicia Day: Dragon Age Redemption *updated -w- teaser!*
The internet exploded this morning with information so amazing, it can simply be described as “epic”. One of our favorite nerds, Felicia Day has been hinting at a #secretproject for weeks now, but details have been scant at best. Well this morning, bright and early, the bomb was dropped. Felicia Day was approached by Bioware to create a web-series based on their Dragon Age franchise! This was something I wasn’t aware that I really wanted until it actually existed, sort of like sweet and spicy Doritos (soooo good)
If G4 commercials are loud, and no Direct TV customers are around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
We get complaints about this all the time…the thing is at least from what I’ve seen…commercials aren’t necessarily louder than the programming. Commercial audio is super compressed making it seem louder while its really just at the peak all the time. So it technically falls in to compliance.
I’m not sure what this bill is supposed to limit…the amount of compression on the audio or the actual volume. I guess it could be an average volume through out the commercial compared to the programming, that could work…I predict new ways for advertisers to piss you off (what’s new?)
The means by which this act will be enforced do not seem too clear either. I had no idea this was something to get angry about on a regulation level, considering that one could fast forward on a DVR or use the volume normalization features of a receiver to address these things. Its all cat and mouse.
Ive noticed the volume issue on streaming video as well. I tend to: ignore/FF/or open another window whenever a commercial appears.
And BTW Pilx’s post confirms he is totally NA.
This is magical. I only have two life modes: grandpa and teenager. When in grandpa mode I need whisper quite TV so I can nap in “Elena’s snuggie”… in teenager mode I watch TV so loud that the slightest unexpected volume increase violently sheers my delicate organ of corti into meat bits. So this is a wonderful piece of legislation.