... quartet piece in which performers are randomly selected to improvise and the others must guess who the improviser is. Topics discussed include the relationship between audiences of a performance (usually not the players) and the “audience” of a game (often the players themselves). Connections are drawn...

... the methodology of research through design, Otogarden addresses aesthetic and design issues related to musical participation in video games. Specifically, this article argues that video games, a contemporary venue for technologically augmented musicking, can allow access to novel forms of musical improvisation...