Sam Hughes recounts his personal experience of his first game jam, in this case the Global Game Jam. As this is a personal blog section all opinions are of Sam Hughes and Sam Hughes only, not of The Sound Architect. Prologue It's been a while since I wrote for this blog, so
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Interview with Layers of Fear Composer, Arkadiusz Reikowski
Sam Hughes speaks to horror title, Layers of Fear, composer, Arkadiusz Reikowski. Arkadiusz has worked for several companies related to games, TV and other media, dealing with a whole spectrum of genres. He is always trying to create unforgettable, emotional, dynamic scores with his music being strongly influenced by oriental music. He most
Interview with Until Dawn Voice Artist, Nichole Bloom
Interview with The Order: 1886 Voice Artist, Steve West
Sam Hughes chats to actor, Steve West about playing the lead role, Galahad/Greyson/Grey in Ready at Dawn's PS4 title The Order: 1886. A London native, Steve began his career by winning the Stage & Television Today acting scholarship at the age of 17 (after ironically believing that he had bombed the audition!).
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,
Call of Champions – Winifred Phillips: An OST Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Composer: Winifred Phillips Reviewed on: Original Sound Track I was on the phone one day to our Editor; Sam, discussing the usual; workloads, deadlines, ideas and the usual catching up. He mentions that he’s got a copy of some new music by Winifred Phillips that he wants to
Turtle Beach Ear Force PX24 Product Review!
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