Score: 9

"Thoroughly enjoyed this"

submission: Not Of This World!

date: December 16, 2009

Art: nothing drawn, but the costume counts. And you did a good job - looked very 1950's.
Cinematography: generally shots were well-placed, although a few of the angles seemed a bit shallow for the amount of drama involved.
Style: an excellent mock-up of classic science fiction films. As for the video format, no worries; what matters is that it's creative content (which YouTube is not known for). Also, loved the unseen faces at the end.
Story: a little incomplete, as it's not entirely clear what the alien visitor was doing there, but as far as drama and suspense you did well.
Sound: excellent work; accompanied the piece perfectly.

Overall: loved it; would like to see more video content of this caliber on Newgrounds. 5/5, 9/10.

Score: 10

"This is the future...of good cartoons"

submission: CW: Down to earth Pt1

date: November 13, 2009

Art: top-notch quality. Not only is everything clean and neat, but everything fits together - none of it looks out of place.
Animation: Equally above standard. All that frame-by-frame work must have been a pain...come to think of it, I'm almost jealous.
Style: are you kidding? This stuff screams style, visually and mentally alike. No one else has anything quite like this, which in a day and age of the most unoriginal stuff ever seen on TV is very refreshing.
Story: killer, and complete with well-established background. Everything flowed, the characters were believable, and even the nonsensical parts somehow made their own kind of sense.
Sound: definitely an improvement over TC 2 and 3 - but really that never bothered me before. Cookies to Tom for upping your filesize limit, though. Music also fit perfectly with the scenes; I find that impressive.

Overall: long story short...Shrike and company need their own show. A budget, a full studio crew, the whole shebang. It would be one of the best animated series in years.

Final score: 10/10, 5/5, and a new favorite artist. Props.

Score: 2

"Too convoluted; didn't finish"

submission: Thanksgiving Room Escape

date: November 13, 2009

Graphics were good, but playability was awful. I had no idea what I was doing - I saw there a puzzle and that the clocks might have something to do with it, but beyond that I was completely lost. 2 for effort.

Score: 10

"Wow"

submission: HW - The Celts (non-album)

date: September 26, 2009

...I didn't think good hip hop music existed anymore. A splendid crossover of Celtic classic style and modern urban feel. Fived, faved, and downloaded.

Score: 9

"An excellent piece"

submission: Abyss - F-777

date: July 2, 2009

This song had a very nice feel to it - a good bassline, dark ambience, and a melody to match. It's reminiscent of a synth-pop, industrialish style, while still remaining true to its roots in dance.

The one thing that drove me absolutely nuts, was that damned "cymbal loop" you threw in around 1:08. Just an opinion, but to me using that soundclip is the ultimate conformity in tech-based music, something you can hear just about anywhere in the genre.

Other than that, I loved this, and it's another favorite in my list.

Score: 9

"I enjoyed it"

submission: Anxiety Cure - Club (A->N)

date: June 25, 2009

I agree with those before me that the vocals need some fine-tuning; I think leaving out some of the vocal "blips" would leave you guys better off. (Of course, those blips annoy me in any song.) Even so, the rhythm is exquisite, the bass and melody mix perfectly, and it's an excellent song overall.