I would love to read your blog but i can't just walk away without addressing this:

Cryptic is NOT a AAA developer, and you don't share a table with studios like Epic games, Bungie, Arena.net or Blizzard.

Good luck on Neverwinter though.

This reminds me, make sure to include audio samples in your posts where relevant!

I'd read it. It's always interesting to get a peek into a professional's work-day, especially if it's in areas you're not familiar with.

I'm very interested in this sort of stuff. What kind of software you guys use and how much sound and music you create from scratch vs pre-made audio samples, etc.

And where do you get all those neat guns to make the gun sounds in CO.
I wouldn't mind giving a try for the Gatling Pistol.
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Replace Blizzard with VALVe as Blizzard hasn't made a damn thing worthwhile in years (cept maybe Starcraft 2, depending on who you ask) in order to keep that gargantuan cash cow of theirs going full tilt, and remove Bungie since they sold their soul to the de- errrr, Microsoft. Seriously, Bungie needs to tell Microsoft buzz off and get together with Gearbox and start making pure gold like they used to.

In all seriousness, there aren't many AAA developers anymore. Everyone is too busy trying to make money to make a good game or innovate, which was the exact same thing that led to the video game market crash in the 80s.

Um. Bungie bought thier soul back from Microsoft and are now renting it to Activision.
And AAA means extremely high Metacrtic ratings and Gamer good faith.

People buy games from those studios I listed without question or doubt.
Try saying the same for Cryptic studios.