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“I Expect You To Die”, our Oculus Rift spy-with-telekinesis game from Schell Games, has made it into the Official Selections: VR Selects at Indiecade. If you will be in Culver City, California on October 23rd-25th, check it out!

If you’re in town for AES New York 2015 / 139th AES Convention in New York, or will be in the area, I recommend checking out the “Game Audio Intensive Workshop” I’m assisting with on Sunday, Nov 1st run by Steve Horowitz and Scott Looney. A great way to get the lowdown on what middlewares can help enhance your auditory experience in Unity 5! Early bird registration ends October 20th.

My voice is in a new game trailer! I play “Dr. Winters” in this chilling preview of the latest upcoming Schell Games adventure, “The Nullpoint”. Kickstarter‬ launching Tuesday, October 13!  Trailer Video – Nullpoint Website

Update: Our Kickstarter is LIVE!  Fabulous sound design and music by Tim Rosko and if you like the voice over work in the trailer, recording additional VO from my character, “Dr. Winters”, and other members of the crew, is one of our stretch goals! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/schellgames/the-nullpoint

I am excited to announce that I will be at GameSoundCon this November as one of the ‘game audio professionals’ taking part in the “Speed Mentoring” sessions. Need any insight on what its like to work on audio at an independent game company like Schell Games? Sign up for a session with yours truly:) “Meet 1:1 with some of our speakers or other game audio professionals for Q/A, or a demo critique (demo maximum 60 seconds)”
Don’t forget, early bird pricing ends TODAY! http://www.gamesoundcon.com

After much cat-herding, I am excited to announce that we are expanding the Super Smash Opera creative team to support our plans to add an orchestra (and chorus) for our return to MAGFest in 2016 (application pending!) Welcome to Conductor Ben Wallace, Orchestra Director/Arranger Sebastian Wolff and extra thanks to Jesse Buddington for his willingness to add Chorus Director to his existing singing involvement. More details on the Super Smash Opera blog update.

So… we were nominated for three awards at the Virtual Reality “Proto Awards” in Hollywood…and last night we won all three of them!!!!

• Best Interactive Design
• Best Gameplay
• Best Overall VR Experience

Very proud of our “I Expect You To Die” Schell Games team especially Jared Mason, is always a pleasure to record his voice, Tim Rosko for helping make the audio experience extra awesome and aiding in some rather amusing foley sessions, and many many many thanks to those of you who called in to be on the ‘voicemail for our villain’ that we featured in the car level. Overall the audio on this project was insanely fun to work on and I can’t wait to see whats next for IEYTD;) GO TEAM!!!!
“Virtual Reality Spy Game ‘I Expect You To Die’ Tops Second Annual Proto Awards”
“George Clooney Was Definitely Not at the ‘Oscars’ of Virtual Reality” – NBC News

Looking forward to being a panelist at the Audio Engineering Society Convention as part of the ‪Game Audio‬ track! Our panel topic is “Game Audio Careers – Blazing a Path to Your Future” with Stephen Harwood Jr, Tom Salta, Jacques Deveau, Jason Kanter, and Brian Walker and will be on Saturday, Ocotber 31st at 2pm. Yes, I will be missing Halloween in Pittsburgh for the first time in ages, but I’ll be in good company:) Beep, beep, boop!!!! Panel Description – My Panelist Bio

Five years ago, before the days of Super Smash Opera, Liz Rishel and I created something wacky, and true to our Pittsburgh roots. We wrote an multimedia opera about zombies called Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera. Five years later we invite you to join us October 3rd at Mr. Smalls Theater to celebrate when days were a bit… weirder… when fake blood flowed like wine, zombie film extras roamed the streets, the choir was trapped in a television broadcast while opera singers fought the zombie hordes of Pittsburgh with lab coats, axes, and sheer gusto – Zombie Opera Five Year Party Details

Another nomination!?!?! Wowza:) “I Expect You To Die”, an Oculus Rift VR game I worked on at Schell Games, has been nominated for a Unity Award in these categories: BEST VR EXPERIENCE and COMMUNITY CHOICE. Vote for our game if you liked it! 

Oh man… one of my operas is five years old, how time flies:) For those who miss Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera or want to experience it for the first time, join us for a special anniversary event on October 3rd to catch up with the creators, cast, crew, and some special performances! – more info in this article on ZombieOpera.com