I wrote a while back about a friend who plays musiters: musical arrangements of 140 notes or less. I had the chance to visit with Lauren and break bread…er…hot dogs with her at Po Dogs, a wonderful little hot dog[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This post is from my an assignment in my recent Pedagogy of Sound class. Since one of the sounds that we had to identify is the sound of a lightsaber, I thought a picture of Shaak Ti would be fitting. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since I have been on the topic of music lately, I decided to dust off an old review that I wrote (but never recorded) a musical game that I have come to adore: The Bard’s Tale for the PS2. Let[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of you may recall that last year I applied for the great designer search. Despite my reservations about one of the answers (which I will describe in a future post), I was fascinated by how much the situation mirrored[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Much like color, music sets the tone for the game. For example, the theme to Super Mario Brothers 3 is going to have a different emotional reaction than the theme for the Three Easy Pieces world in Braid. When I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few years ago, Kenny Chesney wrote a song a song called I Go Back. Even if you don’t listen to (or care for the machinations of) country music, give it a listen. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. That song so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…