I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Independently of your take on GenAI and how positive or skeptical you feel about it, I think this is a must read. Some good insights in there.

In case you are interested, here's the recording of my live talk at @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADCx Gather Online from last Friday: "Learnings From a Decade of Being a Mentor in #GameAudio" youtu.be/hRglC84nWoc?...

Many thanks to everyone who attended today. Got some great questions in Gather. Always a pleasure and an honour to be involved in these events! Here's my talk deck in case you are interested - I've included some materials in the last slide. audiodeveloperconference.b-cdn.net/wp-content/u...

One of the great benefits of working in a central team is that you usually get more game credits. mobygames.com/person/1722885/jorge-garcia-martin EA has been very generous about this lately 🙏

Previous generation: influenced by radio, TV, music etc. Current generation: influenced by social media. Next generation: influenced by video games. See the pattern? No wonder where rich people are going to invest next. Elon is (supposedly) already a big gamer.

I think it's becoming very annoying to hear technologists talk about art and how artists should work with new tools and technologies. As if the person that invented the brush suddenly explained painters what is their job. Unless of course, the inventor of the tool were an artist themselves.

Sharing here a reminder that I will be speaking at the @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADCx Gather online event this Friday the 26th at 12:30pm UTC! conference.audio.dev/session/2025... I will be talking about my experiences as a mentor in #GameAudio. I will be talking about plants too!

🔊 Calling all audio developers! ADCx Gather 2025 is a FREE, one-day virtual event on 26 Sept 11:00 UTC. Join us for 18-minute talks, poster sessions, networking meetups—and a sneak preview of ADC25! Save your spot (registration required)! audio.dev/adcx-gather-... www.youtube.com/live/hRglC84...

I'm young (and old) enough to remember the Windows 98 presentation fail. youtu.be/IW7Rqwwth84?... Haven't used a printer for a while, do they still give people troubles? And with this, I'm finally starting my weekend.

I was advocating for education recently. It helps us avoid getting manipulated sometimes. But even having a PhD doesn't prevent anyone from being an idiot. I have seen people on LinkedIn who have had "PHD" misspelled on their profile for a long time, and nobody has told them to fix it.

#GameAudio Faust2wwise compiler is ready for creating custom plugins in @audiokinetic.bsky.social #Wwise with Faust 🔥 github.com/grame-cncm/f... #GameDev soon I'll be creating tutorials for setting up and start doing #PluginDevelopment with crazy #AudioProgramming ideas

Louder for people at the back: EDUCATION IS THE ENEMY OF FASCISM.

Recently changed my profile picture: it was taken at "El Capricho" in Comillas. A town in North Spain. The place has a nice (and musical) story behind it share.google/6qf0FgUaEZNo...

#UEFest is on in Stockholm next week, and I’d love to fill up my dance card as much as possible ahead of it! I have much to share about how the #Hazelight audio team merges #Reaper, #Wwise and #UnrealEngine, and of ”SoundDefs” - our custom audio implementation sandbox in UE. See you! #gameaudio

“A ver, listo, cómo lo harías tú”, le dice Netanyahu a Almeida después de que el alcalde madrileño haya negado que lo de Gaza sea un genocidio. Apoya el mejor periodismo del país y suscríbete por solo 36 euros al año: elmundotoday.com/suscribirse

It's fun to see how even the latest LLMs resemble to tourists. The tourists that sometimes read out of date guides, ignore local context and base their choices on paid reviews. People that think they know better than locals. Hey, I've been one of those tourists myself. So, no hard feelings!

“Humans evolved in a world marked by resource scarcity and unpredictability. Having people impulsive — and curious — enough to explore unknown or dangerous situations would have helped their group’s survival”. #scicomm #ADHD #hypercuriosity www.sciencenews.org/article/adhd... 🧪 🧠

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Research matters 🧪 by @tomgauld.bsky.social

I think it's smart to find specialists you trust. Especially when you reach a certain age. E.g., I'm happy with my urologist - I've already had a few consultations. (I'd have never expected I'd need to go to the urologist when I was younger)

Been watching "Python: The documentary" during my lunch break. Always great to learn more about one of the most relevant languages being used these days. Also: Python was created in The Netherlands 😊 youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0?...

The new EA SPORTS FC 26 soundtrack features 109 songs from the likes of PinkPantheress, Sammy Virji, Nick León and more.

🚨 Early Bird Pricing Ends Monday! 🚨 Join us for the 10th Annual Audio Developer Conference (ADC25) — a 3-day hybrid event in Bristol, UK + online (Nov 10–12). 🎟 Secure your spot now: audio.dev/tickets/ #audio #developer #programmer #programming #plugins #gameaudio

Those that ignore history are destined to repeat it.

Been reading about 996 working hour system and culture lately. share.google/bOLXg8ekbLs4... It think it's great that in the UK, emergencies number is 999. Very handy: it's also easy to remember for people working under 996.

If you are planning on buying a vehicle, make sure that you have enough resources/money to buy fuel for it. Otherwise, it's likely going to lie around a lot. Same with computers, and with any other things that computers do these days.

Another morning at the (home) office. I've already had my usual bowl of cereal and now I'm wondering whether I want 10x pre-cooked hamburguers or a proper 1x home-made dish for lunch. I think I'm going for the latter.

"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.

Always a pleasure to be able to post one of these! Come work with our lovely music team on a range of exciting projects... job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteract...

If you have been a gamer (or have worked in gamedev) for more than a decade, you may remember project MILO from 2009. This was a proof of concept that amazed many people back in the day (myself included).

With Mafia: The Old Country coming out last month I thought it was a good excuse to get into the franchise. I'm a few hours in and here's a small #gameaudio detail that I loved. When you drive into a tunnel the radio signal will go bad about halfway in and it will stabilize again when you get out.

Hey friends! The DICE/Battlefield art team is growing! We have multiple roles open, mostly focusing on environment art & the lens of external development. These roles are hybrid. Stay tuned for more :)

Got an email in the work account about my recent 4-year anniversary at EA. Time flies and lots of things have happened since I joined. Next level unlocked!

Got a Mac mini yesterday for working on some Xcode projects. Feels like a small and powerful piece of tech. It also looks lovely. These have improved a lot with M4 chips - looking forward to running some benchmarks on it.

What are relaxing and inspiring activities for me? Got a couple of plants from friends last year, and today I've moved them to bigger flowerpots (2nd time I do it this year). Happy to see that they are thriving and growing!

@rystorm.com hey, I saw we were mutuals on X/Twitter. Trying to increase my follower count these days with relevant folks like you, can you follow me back here please?

An ilustrative example of using software tools in 2025: (MIRO email notification) "New activity: 1 board needs your attention" * Clicks on 'view activity' * ... Where is the activity? ... * Clicks on board's activity icon * ... Nothing ... * Closes MIRO *

We have published a new ADC Conference video! FREE TO ATTEND! ADCx Gather 2025 - Online Audio Dev Conference - Sept 26th #audio #coding #programming #softwareengineering

I see people are thinking on September as the 'new January'. I suggest we also have New Year resolutions this month. My September resolution is to be (even) more political and vocal IRL.

When using chatbots, we are often missing out on relevant life experiences and human networks. People (especially those experienced) within the same industry, regularly talk to each other. Everyone misses if we don't leverage those communication channels often.

I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

New video! Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, in-game trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse Why are game developers so adverse to these technologies? The best way to find out is by asking folks who have lived through the history of game development. youtu.be/CeZ_rcDQg6Q

The AES AIMLA 2025 conference will feature 4 keynote speakers from field leaders covering topics on ethical audio research, current trends in AI for music, fair generative AI, and commercial AI for the creative industries - see details at: aes2.org/event-extra/...

You might also pause to consider that *when* you need a developer's help, they might not be so keen on cleaning up your vibe-coded mess as a career move. And, since employers haven't been hiring and training new developers for 3 years, that skillset could be about to get much more expensive.

I think it'd be kind of hillarious if they find out some of the problems or issues LLMs show is because of some kind of machine ADHD. In case you don't know, the 'T' in "ChatGPT" is for "transformer", an AI architecture that uses attention mechanisms to work.

Some interesting insights into GenAI usage from this year's Game Audio survey.

Excited to be speaking at the ADCx Gather online event in September about being a mentor in #GameAudio. I'll be sharing some of my experiences from the last decade. conference.audio.dev/session/2025... Attendance is FREE, link below! #audiodevcon

OpenAI ethics must have been modeled after Lorne Malvo.

Time to revisit Joseph Weizenbaum's 1976 "Computer Power and Human Reason.