Brandon Sheffield subjects well known video game characters who just happen to be attending GDC 2025 to the famous Proust Questionnaire. Yes, we know it’s pronounced “proost.” Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Matthew Burns, Frank Cifaldi, Naomi Clark, Nikki Grayson, David Hellman, merritt k, Shannon Liao, Laura Michet, Alx Preston, Liz Ryerson, Phil Salvador, and Derek Yu. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Thanks @exodus for sharing some of your adventure at GDC, and to all the people who took time to answer them! And loved @esper not just reading the outro, but also putting in the sound effect for their name too
Those seem to have an omnidirectional polar pattern so you could try some lavs that are cardioid (will reject most sound from approx 180° behind.)
It’s a tricky job recording on a show floor so you’re doing pretty well - it’s useable. You also don’t want to fall into the opposite problem of cutting out too much of the environment and negating the vibe of recording on-location.
Luigi as the first choice with the full explanation of the premise was inspired (and merritt k thrived on the format), and it was smart ordering to have that be very accessible and then to get into some of the deeper cuts. (LOL, Headcrab.)
Liz Ryerson also does an amazing Tails voice. “Sonic!”
Thanks! I chose to do the introduction with Merritt because I knew she’d do a good job and I was 90% sure she’d pick Luigi (even though I had secretly already done a couple of the interviews already).
There’s always ways to improve these but it’s tough when you’re on the fly, finding people outside in the park and harassing them into doing things. Toughest parts are when I don’t know the characters they’ve chosen well enough and just have to say “uh huh” to everything
