Our Frequently Asked Questions

We are artists living in a real world and things that help us help our fans, things which we find useful can be useful to our fans and internet visitors. Because some of these areas are so important to us (the regular use of herbs in our everyday lives is a good example) we have tried to make some of these areas feel seperate from the main site as to allow a larger audience to use these areas without being intimidated by the Vast and Mighty Abyss of mazes encompassing the visual-side of the site.

Why are you called Dark World (you're site is not that dark and you have so many helpful "nice" and "fun" things)?

Dark World artists are not all depressive gloomy creatures, that is true. The term "Dark World" was first used by J.A.Bohr in reference to his first underground video series. It is actually Chad Stefonich (drummer who has recorded with Nuclear Hedz, Brood, Wifebeater and a few others) who first spoke the phrase "Dark World" in a comment made to J.A.B. during filming footage for the series in 1992 saying something to the effect, "You really show a Dark World." Obviously J.A.B. was quite estatic with the phrase, using it as the title of his series. It then became the name of the company to create the "Ennui Entertainment Presents..." video series which aired on North American public access television in 1995-1996. It was produced by none other than J.A.Bohr. Then when the record label that the band Black Orchid was with began to go under it was Dark World that became the company which gained the rights to the Black Orchid tapes. Acquiring the band Infinisynth in 1995, Dark World then became a BMI music publisher (a label in its own right) in North America. 2005 brought the final move to Ireland, the writing/recording of Give the World a Hand, and the beginning of Dark World International, with 2006 bringing 'The 1st" from Deemed Psychotic, I personally do not think this music is DARK, but it is definately Dark World in musical tradition. Dark World is not necessarily dark all the time, but the world we all live in sure is, and it's getting darker by the day. We're just honest about it (no, we're not christians, either. I myself am of a Hindu faith).

How is the site done? Is it really done on an outdated Macintosh?

Yes it was. I am writing this on an iBook these days. We do not use Script or Java in the mazes and audio pages because it is not easily recognized by everyone who visits us (and the numbers keep growing). We use only straight HTML, GIFs for mazes, JPGs for Dark World cover art and appearence pics, MP3 files for audio samples, and MOVs for movies. Our Sample MP3 files are only meant to give the listener an idea of the style of music an Artist has done. If you wish to hear a whole song or album in it's original high quality sound, purchase it and support the Artists. It is true that many of the IMPs will never be released any other way than the free MP3 on the site.

PhotoMaker (MacSoft - for graphics), GraphicConverter (by Thorsten Lemke - for Mac), Sound Studio (v2.0.7 - for Mac), iTunes (v? - keeps changing... for Mac), GifBuilder (by Yves Piguet - for Mac - used to combine gifs into animations), HP PrecisionScan Pro (v4.2.3 - for artwork scans), Preview (v2.0.1 - for Mac, creating PDF files), Netscape 3.0 Gold and SimpleText (Mac only text program) were used in creating this site. The site was first constructed using html code in text files, then viewed and converted in Netscape (yes I am in 3.0 gold doing this editing- I like the program). Changes in text are done in Netscape, but setting up mazes is still easier in code. We now also have an iMac which has Explorer:mac 5.2 loaded in it (we know that too many of you are not using non-Microsoft products). We have been using this to beta-test the site before it hits the open world. We are also using the Preview function (loaded in the iMac) to create PDF files which are full of information dedicated to the Dark World mazes. This way we conserve space on the site for more mazes and artwork, yet allow visitors access to the players guide and asorted maps which accompany the site (also allowing them to print the maps on their own systems). As of 2006 an iBook G4 is doing the updates, still on Netscape 3.0 using OS9classic, and beta-tested on Safari (v2.0 - Mac) using OSX also.

We have always wished our site to be avaiable to the largest audience possible. As of 2006 with all the larger screens and newer computers being used (verified through our counters), we find the site ever quicker running and faster running than before making some of our older games even difficult to us who know the answers. Larger memories allow your browser to store so many of our graphics in the mazes that it works even if Broadband is not available. We're proud to tell you how it is done, because what you see is our art and ideas and we know that understanding how it is done is only half the information. Feel free to tell us what you think, positive or negative, we won't take it wrong.

And finally, Decapitation: fatal or non-fatal in your Reality??

Non-fatal, with notable exceptions.