Music Video Games takes a look (and listen) at the popular genre of music games – video games in which music is at the forefront of player interaction and gam

From its earliest days as little more than a series of monophonic outbursts to its current-day scores that can rival major symphonic film scores, video game mus

Understanding Video Game Music develops a musicology of video game music by providing methods and concepts for understanding music in this medium. From the prac

In both video games and animated films, worlds are constructed through a combination of animation, which defines what players see on the screen, and music and s

Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in d