Music Video Games Performance, Politics, and Play

• Other Authors: Austin, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: NEW YORK Bloomsbury Academic 2016
• Subjects: Video music games; Video game music > History and criticism
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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, emergin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - Taking Note of Music Games (Michael Austin, Howard University, USA)Part One: Preludes & OverturesChapter 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 VirtualChapter 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, & CreativityChapter 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, USAChapter 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 TermsAbout the ContributorsIndex of GamesGeneral Index