Best video game sound effect? Easy: that noise when Mario starts riding Yoshi. I don’t even know how I would describe that sound effect to someone who had never heard it without just making the noise.

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From the silent, suspenseful hum of a predator in the shadows to the piercing shriek of an impending apocalypse, a video game's sound design can be its most powerful weapon. We've all been there: a ...

If you’ve ever played a video game for hours on end then you almost certainly have experience getting sound effects stuck in your head. So when Reddit user ahkristos asked people: “What video game ...

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Video games have so many iconic sound effects—hearing the simple "ga-ling!" of the Nintendo coin can invoke a nostalgia as powerful as any memory of ...

When playing video games, do you play better with the sound on or off? Every gamer may have an opinion—but what has research shown? Some studies suggest that music and sound effects enhance ...

Media has always incorporated various objects to create unique sounds for our favourite scenes and sound effects. The art of creating these sounds is called Foley in which the foley artists create ...

Readers discuss the most iconic video game sound effects and jingles, from Sonic the Hedgehog’s rings to the Metal Gear Solid ping. The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader D ...