Fightback Review

Fightback Review


Fightback Review

Sounding like the tagline to an 80s action sequel, Fightback is the latest Beat em up from Ninja theory and Chillingo. The facially tattoo-ed Drago has kidnapped your sister. It is up to you, Jack the musclebound hero and the might of your punching prowess to save her. Straight out of the eighties, your character Jack ..

Star Champion

Star Champion


Star Champion

Music Composition. Working inside the dubstep/electro genre, this piece was commissioned initially as a thirty second piece which grew to become the extended soundtrack for a boss battle for the sci-fi inspired video game Star Champion

Highway one

Highway one


Highway one

From Joshua tree national park we take a hot windy drive over to the Californian west coast, towards Highway One. From vantage points we overlook Palm Springs through a hazy cloud of pollution that really shouldn’t be there. The brume has drifted southwards from Central California and obscures the distant landscapes that should be visible ..

Robo-Safari

Robo-Safari


Robo-Safari

Original sound design created by manipulating horse, panther and walrus sounds through spectral toolsets

Smoothing the troughs of academic downtime in secondary education with creative learning approaches.

Smoothing the troughs of academic downtime in secondary education with creative learning approaches.


Smoothing the troughs of academic downtime in secondary education with creative learning approaches.

It’s the last week of school and fatigue is beginning to set in. The weariness of my students has begun to manifest in a heady blend of restlessness and cynicism. Students have completed their coursework and the next teaching module isn’t due to start until after summer break. I have a challenging period five lesson ..

Createrria Review

Createrria Review


Createrria Review

“Become famous game designer!” proclaims the app store description, and with design tools like these, you just might be able to. Createrria is a game design app by new Polish startup, Incuvo. Already achieving finalist in the European Game connection 2012, second place at Pitchforce, and being selected at the indie prize showcase in San Francisco, ..

The Wolf Among Us Review

The Wolf Among Us Review


The Wolf Among Us Review

An extreme heat hangs over the residents of Fabletown. As the humidity stifles the inner city woodlands area, an oversized walking toad is pushing your buttons and your arch nemesis is knocking lumps out of somebody upstairs. It’s going to be a long night. As Sheriff Bigby Wolf, it is up to you to keep ..

The favelas of Rocinha

The favelas of Rocinha


The favelas of Rocinha

A day like today is the kind of day you hope for whilst travelling. Mind blown and expectations crushed I now know I have seen truly affecting poverty but also the pervasive ingenuity of humankind to build to survive in the harshest of places. We travel to the Rocinha favelas in rio and are escorted ..

Why people hate my sound design

Why people hate my sound design


Why people hate my sound design

(Stick with me, there’s some actual science behind this)   Monday Morning… 10.13 am. I receive a direct message from my work colleague.   “Ryan, that sound you made last Friday…” “Erm, which one …?” “The sound of the character eating the Chocolate bar” “Oh yeh… is it not working in game?” “No, it’s definitely ..