Joseph Bernstein

An audio game that teaches blind people to navigate

Very cool news: The system, developed by a team led by Lotfi Merabet of Harvard Medical School and Jaime Sánchez of the University of Chile, is called the Audiobased Environment Simulator and uses only audio-based cues to allow blind users to learn about the layout of a previously unfamiliar buildin

Why is game music so unsophisticated?

Why has game music lagged behind other aspects of presentation so much? This the central question of a wonderful deep dive on Gamasutra about the state of cinematic scoring in games. The money graf: As we dip into the uncanny valley and emerge on the other side at nearly photo-realistic visuals, it’