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File Name: I Waste 'Em With My Crossbow
File Submitter: Hal
File Submitted: 28 Dec 2012
File Category: Songs and Filk
A lovely song about friendship by the band Serious Black
https://www.rpgmp3.com/files/music_and_filk/Serious_Black/i_waste_em_with_my_crossbow.mp3
Oh look, here’s an interview with Steve Mecca from Serious Black, where he gushes fan-boyishly about Knights of the Dinner Table:
Sonya: Now, with the bonus track, “Waste ‘Em With My Crossbow!”, you give credits to “Hackmaster”, “KODT” and “Kenzer & Co.” Please tell us what these names mean to Serious Black, and how they provide the inspiration for this track.
Steve: The song’s title refers to a catch-phrase used by a character in the comic magazine, “Knights of the Dinner Table. The comic is a spoof on gamers, particularly a group of table-top roleplayers who play a game called Hackmaster. When the comic first began it was a strip written by a fellow named Jolly Blackburn that appeared in gaming magazines and Hackmaster was a fictitious game bases on Dungeons & Dragons.
As the popularity of the comic increased, a new game manufacturer, Kenzer & Company decided to pick up KODT and turn Hackmaster into a real roleplaying game. The game is totally based on Dungeons & Dragons but with a LOT of additional details. The Hackmaster game manuals make for a humorous, convoluted read. As they state somewhere in the introduction- “this game is not for wusses”. The player called Bob in KODT comic has a favorite phrase when confronted with anything circumspect. He says, “I waste ’em with my crossbow!”, typifying ‘hack & slash’ mentality of the mediocre gamer.
I know this song really doesn’t belong on a goth-industrial CD, so that’s why I made it a bonus track. It was a guilty pleasure I couldn’t resist. I even did it in a mock-rock & roll format as to make it completely different from the genre I’m working in. Jolly Blackburn loves the song. We’re in the process of working out a deal with Kenzerco for some promotion for Serious Black in exchange for an exclusive link from the Kenzerco website for people who want to hear the song.
It’s a great song. We need more legit folks doing gaming songs that I can host and stuff.
Perhaps it’s time for another filk push? 🙂
Hal :hal:
It’s a great song. We need more legit folks doing gaming songs that I can host and stuff.
Perhaps it’s time for another filk push? 🙂
Hal :hal:“Legit” people? You mean people who FILK for a living?
Martimus and Isis were the main contributors of FILK recordings, IIRC. There’s a huge pile of written FILK lyrics stockpiled in the Archives, though. You could try to look for starving musicians on FB, maybe. Offer them a free meal if they record a FILK. 😉
Perhaps we could find some peon to do it on Fiverr – either sing them or write them on their boobies 🙂
Hal :hal:
Indeed, there are several people who will lend you their mouth and tongue for $5. Some of them will even sing you a song with ’em. 🙂
Not sure if it’s a sensible way to fritter away the site donations, but it might be useful for special occasions – maybe get someone to record a FILK intro for your Shattered Star game, or something.
I don’t think any of these people need hosting space, but there are a few gaming songs out there…
This Fantasy World by The Doubleclicks,
and the cover of it by Kirby Krackle.Also, Tonight by Allie Goetz (who has quite a few other gaming songs), and a whole youtube playlist of gaming songs. Now, to go finish trying to be productive with my evening like before I got distracted watching geek music.
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