Music Video Games (eBook, PDF)

Performance, Politics, and Play
Redaktion: Austin, Michael

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 gameplay. With chapters on a wide variety of music games, ranging from well-known console games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band to new, emerging games for smartphones and tablets, scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds discuss the history, development, and cultural impact of music games.

Each chapter investigates important themes surrounding the ways in which we play music and play with music in video games. Starting with the precursors to music games - including Simon, the hand-held electronic music game from the 1980s, Michael Austin's collection goes on to discuss issues in musicianship and performance, authenticity and "selling out," and composing, creating, and learning music with video games. Including a glossary and detailed indices, Austin and his team shine a much needed light on the often overlooked subject of music video games.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501308499
• Artikelnr.: 48421335

Autorenporträt

Michael Austin is Assistant Professor of Media, Journalism and Film and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program in the School of Communications at Howard University, USA. He teaches courses in audio production, radio, and sound design for film.

Inhaltsangabe

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