Comments on: RPS Interview: Valve’s Chet Faliszek

By: Sath

Sath — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:44:12 +0000

I hear the X-COM: Terror From the Deep console opening/button pressing noise all the time in rather low budget sci-fis and even some of the higher ones. Mainly tv stuff, but it puts a smile on my face.

By: TreeFrog

TreeFrog — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:30:35 +0000

I keep hearing the water drip noises from Quake in unexpected places. They’re fairly distinctive. Drip, drip….DRIPdripdrip..drip. You know the ones. Yeah, those.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:10:11 +0000

The music from C&C has always found its way into popular media.

For example, Police Camera Action used pretty much the entire original C&C a few years ago and Top Gear’s Brit-Race 24hour Special used tracks from C&C3 alongside the Stardust soundtrack – Using the C&C3 title menu music when the fog set in was almost as inspired as using Septimus’s theme when The Stig started kicking ass and spreading the word about Larsons Biscuits!

By: Ging

Ging — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:35:51 +0000

In terms of audio re-use, I’m always amused when I hear the Doom door noise and the Magic Carpet boost “swoosh” on tv programs. I know, in my heart of hearts that they’re from some licensed library of effects, but I’ll always know them as from games – they’ve become sort of Wilhelm screams for my friends and I.

By: MrChaz

MrChaz — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:00:34 +0000

Excellent interview. I’m really liking the style of the whole site in fact.

By: Catch.153

Catch.153 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:26:00 +0000

I’ve always wondered if the voice actors for TF2 ever play the game. I know if I were, say, the guy who voiced the Scout, I would never do anything but completely freak people out by going online and spouting gibberish and random profanity into the mic. “What the hell button do I press to get him to say that?!”

I’d imagine that’d be a lot less fulfilling if you voice the pyro. Even if you unmuffled yourself, no one would believe you until after “Meet the Pyro.”

My money says that pyro is a gal, by the way.

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:29:16 +0000

Too true. We tend to get very uncomfortable when someone uses the C-Word, but won’t bat an eye at “Wanker” and the like.

Oh God yes, I’ll never understand that! I used the word once and this guy TOTALLY freaked out on me. And nevermind “wanker”, why is it “dick” is a perfectly acceptable word, but the “c-word” not. Double standard? :)

By: sigma83

sigma83 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:10:43 +0000

Standard half life sounds me thought they were?

By: lalahsghost

lalahsghost — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:02:13 +0000

I love the blunt honesty and inside-industry casual atmosphere style of this interview.

By: Blindpsychic

Blindpsychic — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:59:41 +0000

As far as reusing sounds go, in TF2, the item respawn noise, the healing noise and the sound for picking up ammo are all callbacks to TFC.

By: K. Signal Eingang

K. Signal Eingang — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:57:13 +0000

I’ve always wondered if the voice actors for TF2 ever play the game. I know if I were, say, the guy who voiced the Scout, I would never do anything but completely freak people out by going online and spouting gibberish and random profanity into the mic. “What the hell button do I press to get him to say that?!”

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:07:04 +0000

“why did you replace ‘for’ with ‘4′?”

I assumed it was because it’s 4 player (the co opy part anyway) with the 4 survivors.

I think you might be right. Not only a ridiculously, awful titling convention, it actually means something.. you just made me cry..