Elevator to hell… Going down
Original sound design created by combining original elevator recordings with piano and pop up toaster sounds
Godzilla 2014 Review
Brian Cranston. Juliette binoche. Elizabeth Olsen. Aaron Taylor-Johnson Directed by Gareth Edwards. Synopsis: After being awoken by the radiation hungry M.U.T.O. Godzilla returns to combat in a battle for dominance of the Earth. Opening with a brilliantly conceived twist on redacted historic news reels of the 1950s pacific, Godzilla returns in this human-centric take on ..
Power of the author
To ‘authorise’ is to endorse, give approval or validate the worth of something. With the weight of that definition comes ‘authority’, so the role of the author is to be elevated by association. A successful, well-known literature author will sell books based upon name alone as their proximity to a text sends forth a perceived ..
The most terrifying journey I have ever experienced…
The most terrifying bus journey I have ever experienced took place over fourteen hours from Cusco to Ica. We continued to travel northwards to our eventual destination of Huaccachina to experience sand boarding and the notorious sand buggy rides in the idyllic but tiny oasis town. Despite booking the highest level of Peruvian luxury coaching ..
Remediation, symbiosis and the media industries
Since the inception of the video games genre, video games have played catch-up to the medium of film. Not only in terms of social credibility but also in terms of defining itself as a worthwhile art form. A significant proportion of society still considers the video games medium to be a substandard embodiment of inferior influence ..
8-bit must survive
Music and visuals. Devised as a music video love letter to the 8-bit games of my childhood and teens. Created in Flash and Reason
The road to Vegas. Part one.
Wagons roll. Eastwards we truck. Onwards and over there. Advancing forth, beginning the long inward peregrination towards the mighty Yosemite and the lighty Las Vegas. A particularly palpable excitement is present as we drive with giddy grins on our faces. It’s a very worked up childlike feeling, like a juiced up electric coil has been ..
Borderlands Handsome Collection Sound Rebuild
Music Composition and Sound effects. The Borderlands Handsome Collection trailer was the perfect vehicle to demonstrate technical ability in a combination of Reason 8 and Logic Pro X
Robo-Safari
Original sound design created by manipulating horse, panther and walrus sounds through spectral toolsets
Homework Stinks
Time for an altogether different bouquet? It has existed for decades, suffers from an image problem… and it stinks. Generally parents love it, but students and young people hate it. I believe it is fair to make a comparison between the issue of homework and the dated gentleman’s after shave Old Spice. Over the course ..
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, ..