Talks/Interviews

From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio. Presented with Ryan Ike and Jacob Pernell. 

From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio PAX Prime 2014 Panel [LIVE PRESENTATION]

From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio. Presented with Ryan Ike and Jacob Pernell. We had our first heckler/troll at this talk!

PAX South 2015 Panel [LIVE PRESENTATION]

Demystifying Game Audio presented at PAX Dev 2015 featuring Akash Thakkar, Marty O'Donnell, and Lance Hayes.

PAX Dev 2015 Panel - Demystifying Game Audio [LIVE PRESENTATION]

Make Games | Be Happy presented at PAX Prime 2015 featuring Akash Thakkar, Jacob Pernell, and Ryan Ike.

PAX Prime 2015 Panel - Make Games | Be Happy [LIVE PRESENTATION]

This is an interview featuring voice actress Dawn Michelle Bennett and I. We discuss voice acting, our work on the game Freedom Planet, and general game audio goodness.  

Dawn's section: 0:11 - 8:15, Akash's Section: 10:04 - End. 

Interview conducted by David Lin from the Berklee Internet Radio Network. Visit www.thebirn.com for more info.

Dawn Bennett & Akash Thakkar [INTERVIEW]

This is a talk I gave at the PAX East conference in March 2013. The title of the talk is "Game Audio: From Hobbyist to Professional." The panel focuses around how to break into the game audio industry. 

The first half of the file is the talk itself, with the second half being the Q&A section. This file is available for download.