Oh no I've been caught and out-ed! Does that mean I can come try an early build sometime?!

Fucking love the why the smoke and explosions are looking! Reminds me of Wind Waker a bit. That's a good thing. Keep on keeping on guys!

Duke Nukem 3D?

I think my problem is over-blowing (teehee) with wind instruments. Over compensating the breath I need to actually make the darn thing work proper, then my air supply falls short before it should. Haven't had access to a decent wind instrument in years though, who wants to hook a brother up!? Eh eh??

I've always been a singer though, just haven't connected those dots between vocals and wind instruments. Even though you're voice box is the most basic of wind instruments I suppose.

YUUSSSSSS!!!!

/proud! 

You wake up in a bathroom stall with no memory of who you are.

Silent Hill 2?

NO!

It's much, much older. Probably one of the first games to wake you up in a bathroom stall with no memory of who you are.

OH! OH! Deju Vu??

Edit - Deja... not deju

You wake up in a bathroom stall with no memory of who you are.

Indigo Prophecy?

I wish I could play flute. Wind instruments have never been my strong suit, poor lung capacity I guess. Back in the day, I got through my grade 9 music exam by faking my flute notes with my voice!

Astrofag is my new word of the day. Thank you.

Also, well put Paul.

I like SkyFortress best. But from the list I'd go with Welkinhold, I'm a sucker for old english. 

Ntero for president 2011!

Having given this game a couple go's I can personally attest to it's awesomeness. Looking forward to seeing the final build and sitting down with it. Also: that GIANT dark grey castle looking ship thing is the bee's knees. Straight up.

SkyFortress Forever.

Here's a few tracks that I've been working on lately...

This was done for the tigAblum a while back and hasn't quite found a home yet, so here you go.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11720982/sugarbeard%20-%20space%20eater%20come%20home.mp3

More dance-y electronic stuff just for kicks.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11720982/Derek%20Ledoux%20-%20Purchase%20Fee%20A%20Dollar%20Ninety%20Five.mp3

And finally the main track that I wrote for a game made by myself and the other Dirty Rectangles the other week. The game was designed at a get well card sort of thing for Heather Kelley of Kokoromi fame.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11720982/sugarbeard%20-%20a%20hawk%20bit%20him.mp3

enjoy.

I work at a virtual reality research lab.

ME TOO!!

I use the Korg Legacy VSTs for my virtual synths. The sounds are extremely accurate! Comes with a Polysix, a Wavestation, Legacy Cell, and my personal favorite all time synth the MS-20.

The copy I bought also came with a 3/4 size replica of the MS-20 synth as a midi controller, complete with a working patch bay. Mmm....

Carlo!!! Beautiful work on that Amelie theme!! WOW! I love where the drums and synth kick in. Shit... My heart totally sank a bit.

EDIT: Football bass drum!!! Badass!

It's a job. But it's not what most people think it is. Most people who work for companies as a Game Designer also dabble in other areas like coding or level design. The person that just comes up with random game ideas and systems all day doesn't really exist, minus a very select few.

Go into College with a focus on a concrete area of game dev, code, art, sound, business, then work your way into a "Game Designer" position from there.

I currently have a Roland SH-201

A dude in my band had one of those, so I got to play with it lots. Super fun synth!

Guitar, bass, drums, piano, analog synths, glockenspiel, harmonica, violin, banjo, trumpet, err I sing so my voice I guess.

I can pretty much play whatever I can get my hands on. After an hour or two with a new instrument I can usually figure things out.

I'm glad this record exists.

Yeah. I was just listening to that album again the other night walking home. Definitely a headphones album.