iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm back baby! 😎 After almost two years in the wilderness, I have finally managed to return to my game audio career. I'm very appreciative of the job I held in the meantime, but I will take spaceships and explosions over quotes and invoices any day!

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I may not be a sound designer by trade anymore, but old habits die hard. Playing a lot of Virtua Fighter recently, and I wanted to have a go at recreating their traditional kung-fu movie type impact sounds in an effort to combat the 'phantom limb' syndrome I'm feeling with my previous life.

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This year I was forcefully ejected from my career. Despite how that sounds, life has worked out pretty well since (after a prolonged period of existential dread, naturally). Looking forward to exploring my new direction in more depth in 2025!

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Ben Wolland @benwolland.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I've just uploaded a short video demonstrating a fairly common technique for creating creature vocals. You might be interested in my thought processes on it and my particular strategy. youtu.be/NFg8yovyDVU #gameaudio #gamedev #sounddesign #creaturevocals

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Playing and enjoying the Soul Reaver remasters. What has stuck me the most is how much that opening cutscene reflects my journey in the last year. It captures the anguish and renewed determination so well! youtu.be/yUST9RonBoU?...

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Soul Reaver 1: Intro Cinematic - HD REMASTER

YouTube video by Dark LORE Dash

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Seeing the ProQ 4 buzz is giving me some mixed emotions. After the initial "Oooh!" I remember audio not my job anymore and it feels super fucking weird. Ditto for the avalanche of black Friday plugin deals. Unpicking all this when it has been your entire professional life is hard to process.

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ugly Christmas jumper season ahs begun

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Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 25/11/2024

Space Harrier (Sega AM2 / 1985)

Cabinet at Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, IL

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Welcome to all my new followers here! Just an FYI so we are starting on the right foot - I am no longer either game or audio, so if that's what you're here for your princess is in another castle.

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

A redesign of some boss footage from a Sonic X Shadow Generations trailer. This is my first redesign in a while. Hard to stay motivated in the face of continual rejections and the looming end of my career in audio and video games.

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

After completing a code bootcamp, my initial goal was to delve deeper into Javascript. However old habits die hard, so I followed a tutorial to make this small game instead of something useful!

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Today's motivational message, brought to you via my bob Ross calendar

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Robert Bantin 🇸🇪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @cubusaddendum.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

It appears that my complete GDC 2024 talk "Finding Space for Sound: Acoustics in 'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' " has made it to GDC's YouTube channel. Enjoy for free! youtu.be/3vtR-m0U7TY?... #gameaudio #gamedev #audioprogramming #gameaudioprogramming

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Finding Space For Sound: Acoustics in 'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora'

YouTube video by GDC 2025

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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 30/10/2024

1. Interview with the Vampire 2. HR Screening with the Vampire 3. Technical Interview with the Vampire 4. The Vampire’s Interview with the Team 5. Hello, Vampire! Unfortunately, we’re not ready to invite you in for this position at the moment. Please stay in touch for opportunities for other roles.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

reposting this iconic @joshmlabelle.bsky.social tweet over here because it came up today

a tweet which reads “We’ve assembled 100 people with ADHD and 5 people with no soft skills to manage them, and given them a simple goal: make an impossible amount of money. We call it the games industry, and we think it’s going to work great”

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Took a turn as the spotlight operator at the theatre this evening! I pretended I had a rocket launcher aimed at the poor baritone 😂

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

You ever have one of those weeks /days where EVERYTHING is happening at once? I'm having one of those now, and my brain is leaking out of my ears trying to keep up with it all. Workmen, job applications, interviews, tests, voluntary work, events, & a lil personal project as the cherry on top!

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Bloggo's POW! @bloggospow.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

It's Friday. This means tomorrow is another video!

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

So my two biggest post-redundancy activities have drawn to a close this week. I completed a code bootcamp and finished my first run of shows as an audio tech for the local theatre production of Blackadder II. Had a fantastic time with both groups, and met many wonderful people!

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

I am in this group. Single parent, on benefits, moving almost yearly as bailiffs found our new house. Stupidly, I chose not just an elitist industry, but also the most expensive niche. Having been just made redundant, the cost to get even a basic home setup to standard has been eye watering.

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

"Finding a job in the games industry, 2024"

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

I just saw that we can upload videos here finally! He is an old #gameaudio redesign I did way back at the start of the pandemic. Created using some ice and snow recordings I made with my then-new recording setup

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Oh yeah, probably a good idea to mention a couple of my selected credits too!

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

So this place is really popping now! Allow me to re-introduce myself (again). I'm Mike, if you followed me on the other place I went by Stomp224. I have been a #gameaudio professional in the UK for 12 years, but was recently made redundant. Currently volunteering as audio tech with local theatre

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Emerging from hibernation with an audio redesign of the first transformation scene from the recent Masters Of The Universe reboot. Thought it would be fun to try my hand at the multiple levels of escalation! youtu.be/3gIjqJFgqLU

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

It's been a while, but the release of Mortal Kombat 1 has inspired me to do a new audio redesign of some of their animations! Had a lot of fun with this, I could do MK clips all day long 😅 youtu.be/J1iBETXXNtI?...

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Matthew M @mattesque.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

#gameaudiodevtips #gameaudio Practical plugin tip. Decapitator is still my fav saturator. Rarely use it full blast. This is my default setup to start from. I use this all the time to thicken things up. More as a compressor than distortion. I'll tweak at 100% mix and then dial back to 50/50 usually.

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

I’ve seen a lot of these around and it’s funny how you get a feel for the age of the person from them! Most of them make me feel ancient. 😬 Anyway here are mine, predominantly Sega games of course

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Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 24/09/2023

It’s here! Issue two of my Phantasy Star zine series, covering one of the of the most fascinating RPGs of the era, is now available as a free PDF! Please check it out and let me know what you think! drive.google.com/file/d/1JUUk...

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Repost a picture of the first game you remember playing. I went to my friends house, and his Dad came back from a car boot sale with an Atari 2600 and Pitfall. I actually wasnt too interested in it. A few months later he got an NES with Super Mario Bros though, and that caught my attention!

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

Hello BlueSky folks! My profile bio says that I am a Sound Designer and a Sega nerd, and I couldnt think of a better way to introduce myself so here is a short sound design clip that combines the two! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVc-...

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Mike Taylor @cyberrazorstomp.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

Over on The Other Place, I would regularly post audio redesigns that I did in my lunch breaks. Well this one has been on the back burner for a while, but I think its finally done! youtu.be/F2_AIBVr0xs

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