History
This famous video game was originally made in Soviet Russia, before the distribution rights were semi-legally obtained by Robert Stein in 1986.
What is Tetris?
The multi-media company that manufactures the Playstation series of consoles.
What is Sony?
The first class in the Game Scoring major, that must be taken before most other major-specific subjects.
What is Introduction to Game and Interactive Media Scoring?
Who is Austin Wintory?
The popular card game with a one-of-a-kind custom Berklee-themed version.
What is Cards Against Humanity?
The first game to feature adaptive game music.
What is Frogger?
This company is widely attributed with reviving the video game industry after the Video Game Crash of 1983.
What is Nintendo?
The Berklee Department that teaches classes such as Tonal Harmony, Conducting, and The Art of Counterpoint
What is the Composition Department?
A term used to describe a layered approach to game music, where as game states change additional elements are added or removed.
What is Vertical Layering?
The former president of Berklee Esports, from 2019 to 2023.
Who is Marc Yu?
A device released by Magnavox in 1972 was the first home video game console– although it was a commercial failure.
What is the Magnavox Odyssey?
What is FromSoftware?
The EPD professor and department head that just retired.
Who is Michael Bierylo?
This popular video game franchise originally featured an arrangement of Ravel's Boléro as its main theme, until copyright issues forces the composer to rewrite a new theme overnight
What is The Legend of Zelda?
The short lived west-marches style tabletop game, run by Berklee Esports.
What is the Night Watch?
The first publicly shown electronic game, released in the 1950s.
What is Bertie the Brain?
The game company that created the Horizon and Killzone franchises.
What is Guerilla Games?
The number of core music credits required for most majors at Berklee.
What is 41?
This franchise contains the game with the most original pieces of music in a video game, with an astounding 384 pieces.
What is Final Fantasy?
The faculty member that serves as Berklee Esports' faculty advisor.
A major forerunner of modern MMORPGs, and one of the first commercially online games ever.
What is Islands of Kesmai?
A legendary video game programmer, credited with the creation of the 4X genre, who built an interactive generative music system to make music in the style of Bach.
Who is Sid Meier?
Former chair of the Film Scoring Department, who significantly updated and expanded the scoring courses at Berklee and oversaw the formation of the Film Scoring Major.
Who is Don Wilkins?
A game composer who claims to be the first American to work on the Sonic Franchise, the creator of the Roblox "Oof", and to have had a major role in the original Metroid Prime.
Who is Tommy Talarico?
In 2017, Berklee Esports was "sponsored" by this food company.
What is Soylent?