Music Video Games: Performance, Politics, and Play

by Michael Austin

Book Overview

Music Video Games takes a look (and listen) at the popular genre of music games - video games in which music is at the forefront of player interaction and gameplay. With chapters on a wide variety of music games, ranging from well-known console games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band to new, emerging games for smartphones and tablets, scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds discuss the history, development, and cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501308521
• ISBN13: 9781501308529
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"