The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness

by George Sanger

The guidance provided in this book is badly needed by the industry and can only come from someone who really knows and understands the intricacies, history, and challenges of game audio. George "Fatman" Sanger reveals both his soul and talent in this documented journey of what it takes and means to be successful with game audio. Much like big screen movies, audio can leave an audience with either a sense of intense emotion or it can destroy their overall experience. The same is true of games. Audio is a key component of game design but there are a select few who have truly mastered the art and technique of enhancing a game players overall game experience. Read this book and learn from the master. This book will reveal what it takes to be a highly sucessful audio developer. It reveals the unique problems facing the audio developer and then teaches them the most useful, efficient, and direct ways to overcome these problems. This book is unlike any other in that it not only gives readers the know-how on but it also teaches the reader how to add soul and life into their game audio by examining their personal lessons in music, science, politics, philosophy, and other life experiences. This book is an inspiration to all audio developers.

Genres: Music

507 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2003

Reviews

[Pekka Ollikainen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like Sanger's approach to write on game audio from both technical and non-techical perspective, e.g. there are looots of good old photos of audio hardware and(experimental) studio set ups while on text use cases of selected gear are opened to the novice game audio readers such as undersigned. I also like way to see audio design from perspective Greater Good!

[Flip · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars because its funny, informative and Texas.
It assumes you are a member of the boy's club, so it is perhaps not the most ideal model for the future of game audio, but it does give a humorous perspective into the "early days"

[Fraser Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was what I wanted to be when I grew up.... And while I was on that journey, this book filled me with hope and dreams! And many laughs. An absolute must for anyone interested in the subject.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nonlinear musings on the business aspects of game music composing in the 90s, laid out in the ridiculous font size/placement wordart style of early Wired magazines.