Victor Navone has a great post on expressive eyebrows,

Jesse Harlin thinks song in games can do better than fake Latin

… and Dinosaur Comics is still hilarious.

Speaking of hilarity, I’ve recently started listening to the Idle Thumbs podcast. Interesting and often funny discussion on the ever varied subject of games…

Walter Murch – Transom Talk

Randy Thom – Designing A Movie For Sound

Gamasutra – Audio Features

Obviously I’m not going to come to a full understanding of sound design overnight, but at least I feel like I’m not totally stumbling around in the dark now. The end result certainly will be better for it.

The new microphone also helps.

CarlosBaena.com – great stuff on acting, composition and storytelling.

The Art of Braid – an interesting look into the process behind getting art and gameplay to work together.

Sounds of the Snow – an interesting article on capturing the sound of winter.

Nice crunchy-sounding snow has always been a pet peeve of mine… very few games get it right. When they do (Outcast, Little Big Adventure) it really adds to the atmosphere…