VGA Gallery welcomes Akash Thakkar as a speaker for VGA Fireside! Thakkar is a composer and sound designer for video games, film, and animation. He has worked on such titles as HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER, CONCRETE GENIE, and BRASS TACTICS, and he works to educate and mentor fellow game designers and composers.

Streaming live via Twitch and Youtube on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 at 5 PM CST

VGA Fireside is an artist speaker series that presents the stories and work of video game creators and writers. Presented online, the series also functions as a growing archive of those who make and think about video game art and how it responds to their current moment of history.

VGA Fireside is presented in partnership with the Independent Game Developers Association Chicago Chapter, and the Media Arts and Game Design Module in Radio/TV/Film in the School of Communication at Northwestern University.