An artificial Intelligence singing about how it is still alive is absolutely normal in Portal.
Category: Sounds
SOUNDS can increase the immersion of games, underline stories or just stand alone as great compositions.
That’s because we don not only experience unique moments – but also special melodies and unmistakable tones. In this section, the authors of WALL JUMP explore the sounds of games.
Level 4-3. A cave, a bridge, a penguin. Ambient sounds and then – a leap into the water. When you plunge into the sea on a hot day, the world stands still for a moment. So it does when David Wise plays the piano.
Half-Life is more than a shooter. It is a rich and terrifying universe and revolutionized the way in which the story of a game can be told. A simple radio message from the game haunts me to this day.
The first Bit.Trip games, all of them initially exclusive to WiiWare, been a good start. They were wonderful little music experiences that required a lot…
Nothing of this is real, I always tell myself. It is a game, a tale. Or is it not? How a Norwegian pop song brings The Last of Us 2 scarily close to reality.
It was way past my self-imposed bed time when this song began, at the exact place where the game had started an hour ago. I…
When I talk to others about how games can captivate me, it’s often about plot devices, gameplay innovations or photo-realistic visuals. Even for me, what…
