Preparing For A Career In Game Audio
Electronic Musician has a fantastic article by Nick Peck detailing how he broke into the field of game audio. Here is the introduction: Before seeking work in any industry, you naturally will want a clear idea of what you’re getting into. You are likely to inquire about the hours, the balance between creative and technical tasks, [...]
Colleges Now Embracing Video Game Development
HotHardware.com recently wrote about how major colleges and universities are moving to retool their curricula in order to cater to a new generation of students that want to study the field of video games. These days, there is obviously big money in the video game industry and with a market opportuntity in the tens of billions [...]
Majoring in Video Games
From the Los Angeles Times comes a great article on how major universities are retooling their curricula to accommodate students aspiring to enter theprofessional field of video games. The Thukrals wanted their son, Dhruv, to go into nanotechnology. So when he told them he’d rather be a video game developer he might as well have [...]
24 August 2009
Two of the world’s favorite entertainment sources have teamed up to present one lucrative product. We’re talking ‘The Beatles: Rock Band.’ 45 of the famous band’s songs have been revealed and will include the famous hits “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” MTV has revealed all of the tracks but one, [...]
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10 July 2009
The future of the game audio industry is rapidly changing. With new technology, the revolutionizing of game audio mixing is inevitable — kicking it up to the same caliber as motion picture mixing. In the article below, Rob Bridgett shares mixing case studies by giving an in-depth look at what goes on in game audio mixing. [...]
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30 June 2009
Highly regarded as the video game industry’s two most sought after composers, Sascha Dikiciyan and Chris Velasco are the creative geniuses behind the music score of PROTOTYPE, an action thriller video game. PROTOTYPE is has three main elements: Alex Mercer, a shape shifter with limitless power hiding in human form; a virus that citizens of New [...]
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24 June 2009
This past April I stood outside of Radio City Music Hall helping my friend’s dad purchase a ticket from scalpers for a soldout charity concert headlined by Paul McCartney, with a special appearance by Ringo Starr. As he stood in line waiting to get in, he looked like a kid in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate [...]
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17 June 2009
Impact Soundworks released Groove Bias: Vintage Drum Sounds, a sample library filled with acoustic drum kits inspired by the 50s, 60s, and 70s. While many producers have tried imitating the sounds of the past with equipment of modern times, Impact Soundworks made sure to use old-school gear to keep the sound as close as possible [...]
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11 June 2009
The Develop Conference, which is taking place this year in Brighton, England from July 14 through 16, is the ultimate place for the European developer community to come together to share their ideas and experiences, as well as learn from their fellow peers, and get inspired. Top experts from around the world congregate to [...]
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