Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Some worthwhile links

Have been doing a lot of extra work at home lately, which hasn't left much time for this blog, so here's a quick couple of links worth a read:


http://kotaku.com/5808033/the-unsung-musical-secret-of-great-gamesand-how-some-games-get-it-so-wrong


An interesting piece not so much about music so much as about the rhythm of video games and how good controls feel very much like playing a musical instrument.

http://altdevblogaday.org/2011/06/13/putting-the-audio-back-in-audio-programmer/


This I found particularly interesting, as it highlights misunderstandings I've come across before - certainly there have been times when I've expected to deal with an engine programmer and got an implementation programmer, and vice versa.  I haven't had the opportunity to work with many dedicated audio programmers,  but they definitely need better treatment and understanding all around, and the truly great ones - the ones that truly know audio as well as they know their languages - are precious and rare.  I'm looking forward to more in the series.

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