Music video games : performance, politics, and play /: performance, politics, and play. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Austin.
• Editors: Austin, Michael
• Contents: Introduction - Taking Note of Music Games (Michael Austin, Howard University, USA) Part One: Preludes & Overtures Chapter 1 - Simon : The Prelude to Modern Music Video Games (William M. Knoblauch, Finlandia University, USA) Chapter 1 - Mario Paint Composer and Musical (Re)Play on YouTube (Dana M. Plank, The Ohio State University, USA) Chapter 3 - Active Interfaces and Thematic Events in The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (1998) (Stephanie Lind, Queen's University, Canada) Chapter 4 - Sample, Cycle, Sync: The Music Sequencer and its Influence on Music Video Games (Michael Austin, Howard University, USA) Part Two: Virtuosi, Virtues, & the Virtual Chapter 5 - Consumerism Hero: The 'Selling Out' of Guitar Hero and Rock Band (Mario A. Dozal, University of New Mexico, USA) Chapter 6 - Beat It! Playing the 'King of Pop' in Video Games (Melanie Fritsch, University of Bayreuth, Germany) Chapter 7 - Virtual Jam: A Critical Analysis of Virtual Music Game Environments (David Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington, USA) Part Three: Concerts, Collaboration, & Creativity Chapter 8 - Guitar Heroes in the Classroom: The Creative Potential of Music-Games (David Roesner, University of Kent, UK, Anna Paisley, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, and Gianna Cassidy, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK) Chapter 9 - Rocksmith and the Shaping of Player Experience (Daniel O'Meara, Princeton University, USA Chapter 10 - Rhythm Sense: Modality and Enactive Perception in Rhythm Heaven (Peter Schultz, University of Chicago, USA) Chapter 11 - Pitching the Rhythm: Music Games for iPad (Nathan Fleshner, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA) Afterword - Toadofsky's Music Lessons (William Cheng, Dartmouth College, USA) Glossary of Gaming and Musical Terms About the Contributors Index of Games General Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 781.54; Video game music -- History and criticism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501308505; 9781501308499
• Related ISBNs: 9781501308529; 9781501308536
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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