Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Mike Bithell Composer: David Housden Voice Actors: Charlie McDonnell, Danny Wallace, Andy Serkis Reviewed On: Steam (Mac) Volume is a stealth based indie game developed by Mike Bithell (Thomas Was Alone). The game approaches the classic Robin Hood story from a futuristic approach. It takes a minimalist
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Jurassic World: This Walrus is a Tiny T-Rex
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Director: Colin Trevorrow Composer: Michael Giacchino Sound Designers: Pete Horner, Al Nelson & Team Reviewed on: Film Now let's forget that there has ever been previous Jurassic films for a moment ok? ... Nope, I can't either. When first seeing this film I wanted to keep an open mind, and ear,
Epanalepsis Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Cameron Kunzelman Composer: John Fio Reviewed on: Steam/Mac Epanalepsis is a strange, yet beautifully crafted, point and click game about three separate characters who live twenty years apart, but whose lives are somehow intertwined and shaped by the decisions made through their predecessor. Cameron Kunzelman, who takes
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Sym Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Atrax Games Composer: Giorgio Lanciai Reviewed on: Steam/Mac Sym is a complex puzzle-platformer developed by the small indie studio Atrax Games, based in Verona, Italy. It follows the themes of social anxiety in the form the characters Ammiel and Caleb, the light and the dark side of each other. Giorgio Lanciai
Heroes of the Storm Game Audio Review
Review by Douglas Waters Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Composers: Glenn Stafford & Jason Hayes Senior Audio Designer: Russel Brower Lead Sound Designer: Pedro Seminario Senior Sound Designer: Shawn Minoux Reviewed on: Apple iMac A big warm welcome to composer, Doug Waters who has written his first contribution for The Sound Architect! Doug
Download Festival 2015 Review!
Alyx Jones reviews Download Festival 2015. Download Festival is one of the UK’s longest standing rock/metal festivals that takes place every summer. Thousand descend on Donnington to enjoy 3 days of music, come rain, storms or sunshine! The bands she checked out: Friday Fightstar, Thunder, Lacuna Coil, Clutch, Five Finger Death Punch and Slipknot Saturday Dub War,
Rain Game Audio Review
Alyx Jones reviews the PS3 title Rain from Acquire. "The music immediately reminds me of Paris, mainly because the composer Yugo Kanno’s soundtrack takes me to the setting of one of my favourite films: Amelie." Read the full review here: Rain Game Audio Review Enjoy! The Sound Architect Like what we do? So do we! To keep going
Monument Valley Game Audio Review by Alyx Jones
We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Alyx Jones to The Sound Architect™ family as Game Audio Reviewer. Alyx is a composer/sound designer based around Guildford. Her favourite games include the Assassins Creed series, Fez, Thomas Was Alone, American McGee’s Alice, Proteus and any thatgamecompany titles! In 2013 Alyx worked on the iOS game Astro
Sontronics STC-3X Pack Review!
We've not covered microphones yet, so welcome to our first ever microphone review, covering the STC-3X Pack from Sontronics! The STC-3X (like all of Sontronics microphones) was designed and developed in the UK by Trevor Coley. Sontronics beta-test all their new mics with top producers including Flood, Paul Epworth and the engineers