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Legendary Sound Designer Jory Prum Passes Away At 41 (designingsound.org)
New submitter loren writes: It is with much sadness that I report that legendary sound designer Jory K. Prum, who worked on more than 120 video game titles, passed away April 22, 2016, at age 41, from injuries suffered in a March traffic accident. (Disclaimer: I am a long time friend of Jory and his family.) Here are some personal recollections from family, friends and colleagues... Also, a list of his game credits are on MobyGames. This post doesn't do him justice, but I found news of his loss conspicuously absent on Slashdot.
Back in 2006 a Slashdot article about the game Bone apparently drew a comment from Jory himself ("Funny, I'm recording the dialog for Bone 2 right as I read this!") and in 2004 the same account weighed in on an article about long hours at Electronic Arts. Wikipedia also reports that in 2001 Jory created a voice for Pixar's Oscar-winning short "For the Birds," and in 2014 recovered the aging audio for the classic point-and-click adventure game Grim Fandango.
Back in 2006 a Slashdot article about the game Bone apparently drew a comment from Jory himself ("Funny, I'm recording the dialog for Bone 2 right as I read this!") and in 2004 the same account weighed in on an article about long hours at Electronic Arts. Wikipedia also reports that in 2001 Jory created a voice for Pixar's Oscar-winning short "For the Birds," and in 2014 recovered the aging audio for the classic point-and-click adventure game Grim Fandango.
Said someone so unknown he doesn't even have a name.
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Im sorry for your loss bud. It's always painful when someone you know dies in such a way. Don't let these unknown basement dwelling neckbeards spewing their misdirected hate ruin your memorial. May he rest in peace.
The irony in your statement makes this even better, given that you also are a nobody.
No funeral on Slashdot would be complete without some AC being a jerk :(
Comments like these remind us of the cost of supporting AC's. Regardless, I for one treasure this part of Slashdot. It's a good feeling to know that geeks and their contributions are remembered and celebrated. Much love to you OP, Jory, and his family and friends. Thank you for posting this.
I do. Granted, he was not Rob Hubbard or Chris Hülsbeck, but who is?
Personally, I have not played any of the games he worked on so I can't say anything about the quality of his work, but he worked to make people's life more enjoyable. Much more than can be said about many.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
You mean motorcycle accident. Every Spring there are tons of deaths as guys pull their motorcycles out for their first Spring ride.
Yes, such a strange Americanism - despite the phrase originating around the 13th century!
... on "Star Wars Yodas Challenge Activity Center" and "Poker Night 2".
He will be missed.
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I figure he had some humor too.
RIP!
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
Yeah, those weird Americans and their euphemisms for death.
The Amiga truly was ahead of its time.
And now in 2016 we can emulate the Amiga on a $5 Raspberry Pi zero which is smaller than a credit card!
Isn't progress amazing?
You don't really get it. AC's are good for people posting who wouldn't be able to otherwise, and affording people the ability to post without having their speech policed. Those are good things I support. But, comments like yours and the OP are the price we have to pay for having nice things. I didn't say it wasn't worth the cost, I just said a cost exists. A point you have now made for me.
He is not a nobody.
He is Calydor.
Clearly stated as his name in his post. The nobody is you.
Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
Comments like these remind us of the cost of supporting AC's.
Just move that slider on the right hand side of the screen to 1 or 2, and most will be blocked. I usually read em all, but whne ACs are being jerks, the reading list goes down.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
The Amiga truly was ahead of its time.
And now in 2016 we can emulate the Amiga on a $5 Raspberry Pi zero which is smaller than a credit card!
Isn't progress amazing?
Oh yeah, I had several, from the 500 on up.. It took years and non-linear editing for the rest of PC's to catch up. My favorite was the 3000, although my 4000 was great as well, I preferred the form factor of the 3K.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Yes, and few managers do.
Hence logic tells me the value of the average ho is higher than the value of the average CEO.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The Amiga is much more complex than a C64, too.
Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, PC.
It's weird that the two best ones are gone and the two crappy ones are the only ones left.