Sound play : video games and the musical imagination

Sound play : video games and the musical imagination / William Cheng.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheng, William, 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Oxford music/media series.
Subjects:
Video games.
Video game music.
video games.
Video games
Video game music
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199370092
0199370095
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 4, 2014).

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