Sound play
Subtitle: video games and the musical imagination
By: William Cheng
Series: Oxford music/media series; Oxford music/media series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199969975; 9780199969968
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Video game music; History and criticism; Psychology; Social aspects; Video games; Video gamers; Sonic interaction design
Other titles: Video games and the musical imagination
Description: 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.
Notes: "About the companion website": page xix.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: A tune at the end of the world; title: How Celes sang; title: Dead ringers; title: Role-playing toward a virtual musical democracy; title: The wizard, the troll, and the fortress.