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Written by: Willy McCarter Edited By: Jake Basten Event: Dublin Games Festival Date: 24/11/18 The Event This weekend I had the immense pleasure of attending the inaugural debut launch of the Dublin Games Festival (DGF) which welcomed a mass gathering of 2000+ guests for one whole day. Having attended previous past events the UK, I...

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Alyx Jones Developer/Publisher: Insomniac Games Composer: John Paesano Audio Director: Paul Mudra Audio Lead: Jamie McMenamy Senior Audio Designers: Herschell Bailey, David Yingling Audio Designers: Jeff Dombkowski, Blake Johnson, Alex Previty Senior Dialogue Specialist: Jeremy Hall VO Cast: Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt, Nancy Linari, William Salyers & Laura Bailey...

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Tom Garner Developer/Publisher: Frontier Developments Composer: Jeremiah Pena Sound Design: Frontier Developments Audio Team Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Introduction Before getting stuck into the review, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The Sound Architect staff for letting me back on the reviewing bench after a long...

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  Reviewed by Willy McCarter. Edited by Sam Dudley Music & Sound Design: Andrew Rohrmann (aka scntfc) Developer: Broken Rules Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch   Introduction Released in May 2017 on Steam, Old Man’s Journey developed by Broken Rules finally made its way to the Nintendo Switch recently. I had the pleasure of playing this...

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Reviewed by Willy McCarter. Edited by Sam Dudley Developer & Sound Designer: Thomas Rex Beverly Publisher: Thomas Rex Beverly Reviewed on: Macbook Pro   Introduction Earlier on this year, I was lucky enough to pick a copy of the sound library Ringing Rocks produced by Thomas Rex Beverly who is a sound library creator and...

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Course: A Bit-by-Bit History of Video Game Music Course Publisher: Abertay University / Future Learn Course Lead: Dr. Kenny McAlpine Reviewed on: Future Learn Online Introduction Back in late September, I was informed by a friend that the prestigious online school of Future Learn had teamed up...

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer: Ubisoft Paris & Milan Studios Publisher: Ubisoft Composer: Grant Kirkhope Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch Introduction Nostalgic sounds, crazy level design, an over-the-top battle system, comedic humour, lovable characters, beautiful visuals, silly weapons, an exhilarating soundtrack and non-stop use of the “BWAAHHH’ catchphrase. Yep, you’ve guessed it....

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer: Magix Reviewed on: MacBook Pro Introduction In the ever growing and expanding world of audio production, no other software giant stands out more than Magix. in my opinion. For many years, they have gifted audio producers from the past, the present and hopefully the future with...

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer/Publisher: Nintendo Composers: Koji Kondo, Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi and Yasuaki Iwata Performers: The Mario Kart Band Sound Director: Kenta Nagata Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch Introduction As I finally sit down to review the next addition in the classic 20 year old Mario Kart series, I am...

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Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer/Publisher: Nintendo Composers: Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata Sound Director: Hajime Wakai Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch Introduction Well, the time has finally come! The dawn of a new generation of gaming consoles is upon us and of course Nintendo naturally like to break into every new launch with...

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