... themselves and their biographies through the lens of rock stardom. In this sense, the design of the game ultimately conceptualizes music as a universal biographic asset and replaces the music’s creator as the music’s protagonist with the recipient. This phenomenon depends heavily on the close connection...

... genre with game genre and function, and the use of rock paired with sacred music specifically in battle themes. By analyzing the arrangements, treatment of melodic contours, rhythmic gestures, and harmonic progressions of these games, this article discusses and demonstrates how metal has disseminated...