Sound play : video games and the musical imagination
Cheng, WilliamAuthor
Video games open portals into fantastical worlds where imaginative play prevails. Sound Play explores the aesthetic, ethical, and sociopolitical stakes of people's engagements with audio phenomena in video games-from sonic violence to synthesized operas, from democratic musical performances to verbal sexual harassment.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Video games open portals into fantastical worlds where imaginative play prevails. Sound Play explores the aesthetic, ethical, and sociopolitical stakes of people's engagements with audio phenomena in video games-from sonic violence to synthesized operas, from democratic musical performances to verbal sexual harassment.
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Video games
Video game music
Social Sciences
Recreation & Sports