Dan

GDC was amazing. Very lucky to meet so many amazing people.

Diablo audio team won some awards tonight woo!

Tonight man…what a dream come true. Not often I fanboy anymore but holy moly lol.

Thanks man 🙏🏽

In the end, I wouldn’t trade any of it for the world tho, things work out the way they’re supposed to imho.

I think if you keep showing up, improving your craft, asking questions and being friendly - eventually a door does open up.

I spent almost 2 years living with my parents feeling like such a loser after grad school lol , so much rejection during that time. Also the fear of seeing folks way younger get their break and wondering “did I miss my chance?”

4 years at Blizzard today. What a dream it’s all been.

TBH I felt like giving up on this dream right before I got the job. Luckily I’m really bad at quitting, I kept procrastinating on it and kept working on my sound design. Times r tough rn but no matter the speed, follow ur dreams

Getting that Dragoon one ASAP

This is why you set voice limits folks

30 years of Pokemon, I will never forget spending dozens and dozens of hours chasing Latios down in middle school, or the first time I got through the Elite Four in Yellow (Pidgeot the GOAT).

Hidenori Arai retired?! My guy is one of the most legendary sound designers. Made the Kamehameha sound, the super saiyan aura sound, instant transmission sound, countless gems. So much of my work is based on his work at Toei, what a legend

I hate that I went hiking today and thought “wow this is just like Death Stranding”. I need help. An intervention.

I just got to the first monorail in Australia, lol my BB turned into an….octopus when I took too much damage???

Ok so the tranq sniper in Death Stranding 2 is insane

Paper Mario 64 lol on OG hardware, CRT, just so peak.

It’s crazy to play a childhood N64 game and it’s aged incredibly 🥲

Heard today that if you remove too much of the friction behind the creative process, you start to lose some of the unique fun and random shit that makes artistry so great. Struggling and grinding is where the good shit lives.

Going to GDC this year, pls say hey if you see me, I brought breath mints this year so I should be much more tolerable

Tariffs getting revoked means maybe I can actually get a PS5 Pro….

😞

I fucking love video games so much. What an incredible art form.

The SM64 castle theme is a great example - that song is perfect bc it doesn’t say “gogogo” or have a driving beat. It’s also not too slow and chill. Perfect energy level for curiosity and exploration for the lobby level.

Also it blows my mind how ahead of his time Koji Kondo was, writing music that was at the perfect energy and tempo levels for whatever gameplay was happening. Truly empathizing w the player in every step of design.

(Obviously not to say I dislike games of today blah blah)

There was real magic in the games of the 80s-2000s. Non photo realistic graphics forced us to fill in the gaps with our imagination, games felt so personal as a result imho

Finally finally get to no-life Death Stranding 2. So stoked.

KONAMI MAKES VIDEO GAMES?!

Want to be more stoked about stuff but industry news really just is so depressing. I hope everyone can find work again soon. Man…💔

We making a Warlock class!!!

Depression got hands today