The Fat Man on Game Audio : Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness Book

	The Strange World	2
	About the Author	6
	How to Think
	The Manifatso	20
	Lines and Mirages: Mistaken Assumptions Commonly Found at the Beginning, Middle, and End ... er ... I Mean, the Advanced Level of Game Audio Careers	22
	Death and Game Audio	32
	How to Understand Everything	40
	Opposites, or for Every Philosophy, There is an Equal and Opposite Philosophy (or Rule of Thumb Wrestling)	52
	Insurmountable Problems and How to Deal with Them	58
	The Great List of Insurmountable Problems Begins Here	62
	The Secret Elixir	74
	What to Expect from an Industry Based on Games
	Things Happen Fast	80
	Sidebar: Barefoot and in the Kitchen with DragonLord	86
	A Simple People	92
	What Gamers Do	98
	Q: Where Do Competitors Come from, Mommy?	106
	A: Define "Competitor"	112
	Venture Capital: Angel or Devil?	116
	The Culture of Game Audio, or if You're Gonna Be Portin', You Gotta Look Like You're Portin', or, Better Still, Tell Me How to Be Like You, Fat Man!!! or Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way	122
	A Gallery of Greats	144
	A Fat-Centric History of Game Audio Hardware and Software
	The Fall from Paradise	172
	I Actually Started it - George	182
	General MIDI Rides to Texas	186
	Adaptive Audio: A Report	194
	Art and Its Opposite
	First Things First, Second, and Third: It's About Repetition	212
	Why in the World Would You Want to Write Music for Games?	222
	Risk and Trivial Pursuit	228
	Art and Judgment	238
	The Beatles Solution	244
	Son of Repetition: Special Consideration for Children's Games	248
	Money and Its Opposite
	How Much to Charge	256
	How to Get Work	260
	How Not to Get Work	282
	How to Answer the Phone	294
	The Dreaded Bidding Process	300
	Planning for Greatness: Eliminating Schedules and Specifications	306
	Hitting the Road with the Rubber
	Methods (Superstitions) of Efficient Audio Production	316
	How to Make Great Sound Effects	328
	How to Make Great Music	334
	Sidebar: Song, Arrangement, Recording - Knowing the Difference	336
	An Effective Method of Simultaneous Musical Composing and Recording Using Computer Tools to Full Advantage, or What Be the Workflow du Jour, Fat?	342
	Okay, Equipment	350
	Rooms, Racks, and Dumb-Asses	354
	Electronic Equipment	370
	Creating Your Signature Sounds	382
	Sidebar: Pipe Lengths for Building a Set of Gang-A-Bong Chimes	396
	Hope for the Future, in Which Perspectives, Techniques, and Meditations Collide
	Integration for Beginners	400
	Everything Comes Together, or What Are the Remarkable, Unexpected Benefits Brought About by an Integrator? or There's a Reason They Call It "Bookending"	408
	A Christmas Wish	416
	Projects	420
	Bruce Sterling's Famous GDC Speech	430
	What Didn't Happen	446
	The Nudie Suit Story	450
	Sound Man Saves Picture, or What It Takes to Get Work in Show Business	464
	Curriculum Vitae	472
	A Partial List of Games to Which The Fat Man and Team Fat Contributed	478
	Great Fat Moments in History: An Illustrated List of Cameo Appearances by The Fat Man	494
	Web and Print Resources	500
	Index	503