Cover of Sound play

Book 2014

Sound play

4 readers

Language
English
Published
2014
  • Video game music
  • History and criticism
  • Psychology
  • Social aspects
  • Video games
  • Video gamers
  • Sonic interaction design

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.