"It's Black History Month, y'all!" Audio Basics; Representation in Games [Nice Replay]
Summary: #118 <a href="/episode/118" hreflang="en">"It's Black History Month, y'all!"</a> <a href="/episodes/roundtable" hreflang="en">Roundtable</a> 2019.02.26 <p>In this episode, your nice hosts make sure you know that Treasure Stack, the game Stephen "is paid to work on," is coming out Friday, March 1st!</p> <p>Mark then gives a primer on some audio basics that will help you understand how sound works, and works in your game. Even if you're bored by that, be sure to stick around for a discussion Stephen leads about representation in games.</p> <a href="https://www.hgunified.com/gaming/treasure-stack-reveals-launch-date-with-a-trailer-powered.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Treasure Stack Reveals Launch Date With a Trailer Powered By Artisanal, Locall…</a> - <a href="/publication/hardcore-gamers" hreflang="en">Hardcore Gamers</a> Audio Basics 0:05:32 <a href="/person/mark-lacroix" hreflang="en">Mark LaCroix</a> <a href="/topics/audio" hreflang="en">Audio</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/16/mp3_dies_nobody_noticed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"MP3 'died' and nobody noticed: Key patents expire on golden oldie tech"</a> - <a href="/author/andrew-orlowski" hreflang="en">Andrew Orlowski</a>, <a href="/publication/the-register" hreflang="en">The Register</a> <a href="https://www.presonus.com/learn/technical-articles/Sample-Rate-and-Bit-Depth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Audio Basics: Sample Rate and Bit Depth</a> <a href="https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-1-in-surround-sound-1846777#the-2-exception" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turns out, there is a ".2" in certain surround sound setups.</a> <a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get free sounds on freesound.org!</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The reduction in audio dynamics in pop music is a result of the so-called Loudn…</a> Representation in Games 0:41:57 <a href="/person/stephen-mcgregor" hreflang="en">Stephen McGregor</a> <a href="/topics/irl" hreflang="en">IRL</a> <a href="/topics/production" hreflang="en">Production</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2tLyqfJd54" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Key & Peele - Black Republicans</a> <a href="https://news.avclub.com/heres-a-good-argument-for-a-black-batman-1832267154" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Here's a good argument for a black Batman"</a> - <a href="/author/dan-neilan" hreflang="en">Dan Neilan</a>, <a href="/publication/av-club-0" hreflang="en">AV Club</a> <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/04/hopi-less-how-kachina-became-donut-county/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Hopi-less: How Kachina Became Donut County"</a> - <a href="/author/john-walker" hreflang="en">John Walker</a>, <a href="/publication/rock-paper-shotgun" hreflang="en">Rock Paper Shotgun</a> <a href="https://kotaku.com/what-its-like-to-write-about-race-and-video-games-1832886047" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"What It's Like To Write About Race And Video Games"</a> - <a href="/author/gita-jackson" hreflang="en">Gita Jackson</a>, <a href="/publication/kotaku-1" hreflang="en">Kotaku</a>
