The Fat Man
Since 1983, the Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger, has loomed larger than life in the mythology of Audio for Games. (See Fatman.com and his book The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness if that interests you.) Perhaps as a result of the game industry’s fascination with technology and profiteering, George has grown weary of all the attention given to the pursuit of those things. And recently, he has come to understand that, while pure philosophy and the study of quality-of-life issues can be beautiful, at their core they are quite simple and even uninteresting. So for purposes of this blog, the Fat Man will be exploring the intersection of the two, which has never ceased to amaze and fascinate him. The theme will be “Where the Metal hits the Meat,” and in the spirit of this website it will be about the relationship between Humans and Machines, exploring how they might together successfully produce the kind of Art that makes living way cool and not such a big fat pain in the ass.
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- Sounds of Crashing Hard Drives, November 22 2008
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- Alternate Reality Games Puzzlement, November 13 2008
- Nice "Appliance," Boys! Xbox 360 statistical twitter..., November 13 2008
- Micing a Yoga Session, October 29 2008
- Edging over from Nuendo to Reaper--So Far NO BUGS., August 12 2008
- Circuit Bending, August 02 2008
- The Worlds First Comic Book Rock Opera, March 19 2008
- Now You Can Fix (or intentionally screw with) Individual Notes Within a Recorded Chord, March 11 2008
- Ribbon Microphone-HUGE bang for you buck, March 07 2008
- Here's some stuff I have to say about game audio, March 06 2008
- IASIG UNVEILS WORLD’S FIRST OPEN GAME AUDIO SPECIFICATION, March 06 2008
- Vocalist Live 4: A Gift from the Gods, October 12 2007
- Nerdy Guitar Rig, Part 1, August 18 2007
- Do You Sing and Play Guitar? YOU MUST BUY THIS., March 01 2007
- Analog Modular Fever, February 01 2007
- "Air Guitar Shirt" allows you to create "Real Music", November 13 2006
- The Definition of Insanity is, perhaps, using that quote., October 16 2006
- Tired of seeing your old ideas in new products? Get Even!!!, September 27 2006
- Miraculous Paper Digital Clocks on Easy-Bake Ovens: They Work!!, September 12 2006
- Mellotron demonstrated for home use., August 21 2006
- Origin of the iPod--Shall we have a Geekly Argument?, August 19 2006
- Origin of the iPod--Shall we have a Geekly Argument?, August 19 2006
- Game Design Think Tank: Project Horseshoe Attendee Suggestions?, August 09 2006
- To High-Tech Industry: I'm Not your Friggin' Test Department, July 11 2006
- Buzzword Compliance: A Useless Feature Does Not Count as a Bullet Point, July 11 2006
- Get your rock tune featured in the next version of the Guitar Hero game!, April 28 2006
- Where do I plug in my Wireless(R)?, April 26 2006
- Code Monkey: The Song, April 24 2006
- Power Supply Packaging Contest, April 23 2006
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