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benprunty.com was looking a little long in the tooth, so I built a brand new site from the ground up. From now on, benprunty.com will only be host to the blog, and every other bit of information about me will be found on benpruntymusic.com. So what’s on the new site? The newest thing is a page that stays up to date on all my upcoming live shows. (Yes, I do live shows now!) I don’t have any upcoming shows at […]
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As some of you know, I played at chiptune festival Rockage earlier this year. Rockage is the creation of longtime San Jose music promoter Eric Fanali. Recently, a friend approached me to tell me of the many, many allegations of Fanali’s behavior: sexual harassment, manipulative behavior, and soliciting sex from minors. There are so many there’s an entire blog devoted to them. Let me make this clear: I take any allegation of this kind very seriously. If Eric Fanali continues […]
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In addition to being a fantastic game, Horizon: Zero Dawn has an incredibly robust photo mode, where you can pause at any time, swing the camera around, adjust focus and f stop settings, apply color filters and more before taking a screenshot. This has been so enjoyable to use that it is slowing down my progress in the game significantly. I have no problem with this. There’s an option to remove protagonist Aloy from each picture, but I think it’s […]
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Like in 2014 and 2015, I’ve made another list of favorites. I hope you’ll find something cool that you would have otherwise missed. Overwatch This choice is super obvious and there’s probably very little I could write about here that hasn’t already been said. I love the lighthearted feel of the game and I love ridiculous fan art community that has sprung up around it. The incredible number of good design decisions hidden throughout the game are overwhelming at times. I […]
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Recently I got a question on my Ask page (ask.fm/benprunty) about financial advice.: “Hey Ben, I remember you mentioning that you use a budget. Any tips for someone looking to be more in control of their saving/spending?” My answer turned out to be so long and sprawling that it couldn’t fit in ask.fm’s answer field. So here is the full answer for everyone. Be sure to check out my Ask page if you haven’t already. There’s a ton of great questions […]
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Long before I became a reasonably successful musician, I attended the New England School of Communications for two years to get an Associate’s Degree in Audio Engineering. I learned about recording bands, voice acting, live recording, mixing, and mastering, with some classes on music business, video production, photoshop, and multiculturalism in media on the side. It was a great program; I learned a ton about music production and mixing that I use every day as part of my job as […]
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Anyone who knows me well is familiar with my rather unhealthy obsession with finding the perfect portable digital music workstation. It seems like the ultimate in creative luxury to own a small device that I can compose music on in a manner similar to how I compose on my workstation at home. Yes, I know a laptop studio can be pretty small and infinitely more capable. Yes, I know this is a pretty impractical obsession. I don’t care. My ideal device has […]
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It’s that time again! Like last year, I hope this list will help you find cool games that otherwise would have missed. Let’s get started! My favorite games of the year Dying Light My absolute favorite game this year. Every part of the design, from the weight and feel of moving your body around, to the satisfying combat, to the fact that entire world is navigable, is executed with such perfection I can’t believe more people aren’t talking about it. The […]
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I did an interview for a French podcast where they asked me to talk about a piece of music that influenced me. I thought I would reprint what my answer was and start a new series on the blog. So here’s the first entry of Influences! I loved Daggerfall as a young teenager. It was my first exposure to the Western RPG and the first truly open-ended game I had ever played. It only barely ran at about 10fps on my […]
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