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At 4pm today Rose-Mary Caddick and I are going to be streaming the Until Dawn remake (which you can watch here: https://lnkd.in/eqhRtiK8). As a big fan of the original, I simply must impress upon you how groundbreaking it is as a choice-driven narrative experience. I'm not even a big horror fan, in fact I'm a wimp™️. But if you love a cinematic experience that transcends the boundaries between a video game and a stylish slasher movie, it's a must play. Ballistic Moon are at the helm for this grand glow up, and (because a lot of people assume it's JUST a glow up) here's a few things you should know about the remake... 💀 There's a whole new score composed by Mark Korven (The Lighthouse, The Witch) 💀 The prologue has been completely reworked and new cinematography and interactions will help flesh out the story for Josh Washington (Rami Malek) and his family. 💀 The totems aren't in the same place anymore (!), so if you need a reason to replay and think "well I know it inside out" think again. There's even a sixth totem referred to as "hunger"; no idea what that is yet but can't wait to find out. 💀 It's been completely rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, which is going to make the dirt, sweat, tears, bruises and the viscious blood and gore look next level. As UE5 has a marked effect on fluids, running water, oozing blood and melting snow will look especially pretty. 💀 The fixed camera angle is now third person to bring everyone closer into the action and character interactions. Out tomorrow on PS5, ennit.

Day 348: When applying to a top #agency like IMG Models, ensure you have a #portfolio of experience for them to watch. Here is my tutorial on how to do the voice of Barbas from Bethesda Game Studios' Skyrim. When companies see that you are a man of many talents, a renaissance man, it only heightens their chances of signing you as a figurehead of their #brand and image. As a model you are an asset, a tool, and I'm a Swiss army knife. #voiceacting #videogame

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Here's my preview of Warner Bros Multiversus:

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What makes a good city-building game? Chase, the man behind YesBox Studios, tries to answer this question with Metropolis 1998, a new twist on that genre largely associated with Sim City and Cities: Skylines. In this new episode of SVGA, he talks to Hugo Prévost about simulating a whole city, changing fundamental mechanics and creating a whole new kind of mayoral experience. #Gaming #Videogames #Retrogaming #Podcast

[Sounds on!📢] This is one of the packs I enjoyed working on so much : it's called the "Gears of Battle Pack", designed for gamers/streamers. If you're curious about the Behind The Scenes, You can check out here😆 https://lnkd.in/ggYsggcm #c4d #redshift #motiongraphics #motiondesign #game #gametrailers #redshiftrender #cinema4dmaxon #tactical #3d #3dmotiondesign #3dmotiongraphics

What makes a good trailer? Well, budget, of course. However, the elements of a good trailer are the same as the elements of a good #story that expert #storytellers know all about. I don't care if you're creating a trailer, spinning a tale for your daily #LinkedIn post, creating a treatment for your upcoming script or planning your seven-part book series about the accidental boy-wizard who comes into his own during his teenage years and grows up to become the most powerful wizard to ever live. There are elements you MUST HAVE and this trailer has them. I won't cover the obvious ones, of course: plot, resolution, conflict, etc. This trailer, however, has #emotion ... but not just one of them. I bought into this story already because of other elements and emotions in this trailer like #friendship, #teamwork, #villains, #powerconflict, #despair, #heroism, #character, #hope and #hopelessness. Also, if music is an option, this song is perfect because it allows the creator to find just the right emotional beats at the right time to cause the right amount of impact on the viewer. Story is the art of putting a puzzle that consists of these elements together in a way that will emotionally affect the reader, viewer, consumer. This trailer is a great example of that. If you're a fan of #storytelling techniques and examples, please share this with your audience and consider following me here on LinkedIn, if we are not already connected. For more than a decade, I have been honing my storytelling skills through many avenues, including, at various times and in varying degrees, journalism, standup comedy, improv, interviewing, editorial writing, video production and audio podcasts.

Here's visual gameplay of my short game jam game: the Squekening! I got to program a custom dialogue system, voice acting, and a loading cutscene!