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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Alexander BrandonCEOFunky Rustic, LLC

Alexander Brandon is a game audio veteran with thirty years of experience and over one hundred titles to his credit, among them the soundtracks for such hits as “Unreal” and “Deus Ex”, and more recently music, sound and voice for such games as “Stormgate”, “Wasteland 3, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Aven Colony, Wasteland 2”, “Alpha Protocol”, the “Neverwinter Nights” series, “Bejeweled 3”, Skyrim, and “DC Universe Online”. Alex has skills in music composition, sound design, voice acting, voice direction, audio direction and game audio technology. He has written the award winning book “Audio For Games: Planning, Process and Production and written columns for Game Developer and Mix magazines. He has also lectured at UCLA Extension, Texas State University and Berklee School of Music. He now owns his own audio production house in Seattle, Washington, “Funky Rustic”, and distributes music through Bandcamp, releasing an album every now and again.

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