Month: December 2018

The Trouble with Game Jam Culture

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Following a few discussions on social media in the wake of Ludum Dare 43 (enjoy my photo from LD19), I took an opportunity to gather my thoughts on this revered tradition of ours and ask a few important questions: Why do we do this? Why do we do it like this? Should we still be doing this? 

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Min-Maxing Your Audio Production with John Schiber

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At last, more than a year after adding him to the show, I sit down with John Schiber to ask him some questions relevant to his expertise: being a life-long musician and internationally-signed recording artist. John’s experience producing music with his band, A Dark Orbit, and his personal studies of theory, engineering, and instrumental techniques have left him with skills you’d normally need a room full of people to tell you about. The fact that I hadn’t properly grilled him for your benefit before now is a disappointment to us all. 

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