... to music, the best known being the iconic Bard, often portrayed as a mischievous lutenist and storyteller, singing their way into and out of problems. A musical Bard was not always the standard, however, as an examination of the fifty-year history of D&D reveals a character originally modeled...

...Maximilian Rosenthal Music-based social interaction games are a recent, specific niche of analog games that are made possible through the advent of music streaming and widespread availability of music playback. This article investigates the card game Song Saga (2020) as an explorative case study...

... symptomatic of cultural products in general, is newly emboldening. As the musical fullness of the soundtrack age is replaced by a diegetic soundscape equal in sonic lushness, the autonomous game player is thrown into all the greater phenomenal relief. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California...

...Vincent Rone This article argues that the music of opening peritexts within two The Legend of Zelda games reflects their reception history and continuity within the series mythology. On the one hand, “The Legendary Hero” peritext of The Wind Waker mirrors the game's reception history as one...

...Karen Collins Karen Collins reflects on her seminal volume Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design , a little over a decade after its publication. Today, I can stand back and watch others planting trees. I'm proud of the founders...