Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes For those of you who aren't yet aware of Video Games Live, you are missing out! Video Game music concerts are growing in popularity with many different concerts covering popular game franchises, the most popular including: Zelda, Final Fantasy and Pokemon. Video Games Live
Author: Alyx Jones
As Head Writer for The Sound Architect, Alyx is responsible for game audio reviews and event coverage. She is also founder of Silver Script Games, as well as having an extensive background in game audio, having worked on titles such as Elden Ring, Final Fantasy VII and Borderlands 3. You can always spot her flash of pink hair!
Unravel Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Coldwood Interactive Composers: Frida Johansson, Henrik Oja Sound Design: Håkan Dalsfelt Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Unravel is an absolutely stunning, puzzle platformer by Coldwood Interactive, that features the little knitted character Yarny, as we travel through incredibly beautiful environments and memories from the family that made us. It explores subjects around families and issues around the
SUPERHOT Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: SUPERHOT Team Sound Design: Artur Walaszczyk Reviewed on: Playstation 4 SUPERHOT holds its modest beginnings as a game jam project, developed by a group of friends in August 2013. After releasing their initial project, they then managed to get Steam Greenlit in just 2 days and then took Kickstarter by storm,
AES: Audio for Games 61st Conference
Article by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Alyx Jones recounts her experience of this year's AES Audio for Games Conference back in February. The 61st Audio for Games conference held at The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, took place Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th February 2016. This renowned event draws many game audio professionals
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Vicious Cycle Software Composers: Pendleton Ward, Rod Abernethy Lead Sound Design/Music Editing: Mark Reis Voice Actors: Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Pendleton Ward, Jessica DiCicco, Olivia Olson, Justin Roiland, Emo Philips, Keith Ferguson, Eric Bauza Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is a new game by Vicious Cycle
Interview with Leonard J Paul (School of Video Game Audio)
Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions @ Eventim Apollo, London
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Even: Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions Location: London Apollo Date: 20/12/16 Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions, is an incredible event taking the much loved music from the video games, right through from the original 1996 games Pokémon Red and Blue versions to the newer 3DS games Pokémon X and Y. Conductor,
Knee Deep Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Prologue Games Composers: Chris Wilson and Steve Pardo (Skewsound) Sound Designers: Nick Kallman and Dan Crislip (Skewsound) Voice Actors: Arielle DeLisle, Dan Osborne, George Washington III Reviewed on: Mac (Steam) Knee Deep is a very interesting swamp noir adventure, released in three acts. The game is focused around storytelling, giving the player choices
MISSING Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Zandel Media Composer: Benoit Groulx Musicians: Sheila Hannigan, Maxime St-Pierre Audio Team: Pierre, Bouchard, Mathieu Dulong, Christian Rivest, Jo Caron, Guy Francoeur, Nicolas Lemieux Actors: Roy Dupius, Patrick Hivon, Serge Houde, Ziad Ghanem Reviewed on: Mac (Steam) MISSING: An Interactive Thriller is an FMV (Full Motion Video) game, that is essentially an interactive movie. A
Wurm Unlimited Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Code Club AB Composer: Tom E. Morrison Sound Designer: Joss Sanglier (Dancing Bear) Reviewed on: PC (Steam) Wurm Unlimited is the new release from Code Club AB that works as a standalone of the older Wurm Online. This mass multiplayer sandbox adventure is essentially a medieval fantasy adventure not dissimilar