Game Audio Hour – Details, episodes & analysis

It's been more than a month since the last episode, but contrary to popular belief, Mike, Alex, and Vince are very much alive and ready to chat about games, audio, and (of course) game audio!

Other notable mentions include:

AATranslator (DAW project file translation software, Suite Spot Studios)
Translator 7 Pro (Sample Library format converter, Chicken Systems)
1883 (TV series, music by Brian Tyler)
MJ the Musical (Musical, book by Lynn Nottage)
AIgolemeth (Video Game, Medium-Rare Games)

Featuring: Michael Gordon Shapiro, Alex May, and Vincent Diamante

Recorded March 14, 2025

The trio returns in 2025! Mike, Alex, and Vince opine about various topics, some of which are even tangentially related to games, audio, or game audio!

Other notable mentions include:

Zebra 3 (U-He soft synthesizer)
New Blue Sun (Andre 3000 album)
ShaperBox (Cableguys plugin)
Get Back (Documentary series)

Featuring: Michael Gordon Shapiro, Alex May, and Vincent Diamante

Recorded January 30, 2025

Vince has the mic all to himself and he's reminded of his struggle with audio latency, so of course he has to inflict you with it as well!

Other notable mentions include:

Sony BRAVIA Theater Quad sound system
Tokyo Revengers soundtrack

Featuring: Vincent Diamante

Recorded August 2, 2024

The duo of Mike and Vince find themselves confronted with the eternally burning question of: FMOD or WWISE?

Other notable mentions include:

Nothing But Thieves
Godot

Featuring: Vincent Diamante and Alex May

Recorded July 5, 2024

The GAH trio are joined by a special guest: Almut Schwacke! They chat about audio and touch on things like: discovering foley, being a tonmeister, and getting into video games after starting in the film sound editing world.

Other notable mentions include:

You Suck At Parking / Happy Volcano - https://www.yousuckatparking.cc/
Nuts / Joon, Pol, Muutsch, Char & Torfi - https://nuts.game
Citizen Sleeper / Jump Over The Age - https://www.fellowtraveller.games/citizen-sleeper
Psychonauts / Double Fine - https://www.doublefine.com/games/psychonauts
Gimmick! Special Edition / CITY CONNECTION - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2131800/Gimmick_Special_Edition/
Bare EP - https://muuutsch.bandcamp.com/album/bare

Featuring: Vincent Diamante, Alex May, Michael Gordon Shapiro, and Almut Schwake

Recorded June 21, 2024

Work habits, FMOD, and brown noise figure prominently in this episode of the GAH, with Alex in particular berating Vince for his poor attempts at work-life balance while Mike maintains order with some helpful tips.

Other notable mentions include:

Elden Ring (Video Game / FromSoftware)
Pacific Drive (Video Game / Ironwood Studios)
Solas (Irish-American Musical Band)

Featuring: Alex May and Vincent Diamante

Recorded April 26, 2024

The pair of Alex and Vince go back and forth, chatting about audio tools, monitoring environments, and... food poisoning?!

Other notable mentions include:

Designer Notes (Podcast / Soren Johnson)
Horizon: Forbidden West (Video Game / Guerilla Games)
Velocity 2X (Video Game / FuturLab)
Joris de Man (Music Composer)

Featuring: Alex May and Vincent Diamante

Recorded April 26, 2024

It's a duo for this episode, and both Mike and Vince are chatting about things that they might do while in the lulls between major projects.

Other notable mentions include:

SSL (Audio Manufacturer)
White Sea Studios (Youtuber)
Dan Worrall (Youtuber)
Jerry Goldsmith's rejected film score for Timeline

Featuring: Michael Gordon Shapiro and Vincent Diamante

Recorded April 26, 2024

After chatting a bit with him during conferences the past year, we had to invite composer and performer John Robert Matz onto the show to chat about what he's been up to lately! He talks about the score for Tchia but also about things back in the day (indie game dev!) and that GAH staple: conspicuous consumption!

Other notable mentions include:

Udio
Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator
alt.ctrl.GDC
Tchia
For The King II
Horizon: Forbidden West
Community
Alicia De Laroccha
Helldivers 2
Mother 3

Featuring: John Robert Matz, Michael Gordon Shapiro, Alex May, and Vincent Diamante

Recorded April 12, 2024

Another GDC has come and went, and two of the GAH trio were around to partake... but that's not nearly the only game event worth going to early in the calendar year! But the real question for this episode is: Can ANY game event stand up to the inaugural edition of the Game Audio Hour Hot Take?!

Other notable mentions include:

Women In Games (conference)
Lucas Rei Ramos (music composer)
True Lies (film)
Mirror's Edge (video game)
GDC Main Stage: A Developer's Concert

Featuring: Michael Gordon Shapiro, Alex May, and Vincent Diamante

Recorded March 29th, 2024