At the Push of a Button: Player/Avatar Fusion and the'Gestural Potential' of Video Game Music

Videogame music engages players, summoning us into the magical, virtual world it soundscapes, encouraging us to adhere to the ludic parameters at play.In this paper, I outline a new gestural analytical framework better suited to the playful audiovisual individualities of videogame design in order to reveal how players might become immersed in games and their virtual playgrounds.

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2024-09-30
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https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2024i2.2287
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Digital Games and Media
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At the Push of a Button: Player/Avatar Fusion and the'Gestural Potential' of Video Game Music

James Ellis
Digital Games and Media
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At the Push of a Button: Player/Avatar Fusion and the'Gestural Potential' of Video Game Music

James Ellis
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Videogame music engages players, summoning us into the magical, virtual world it soundscapes, encouraging us to adhere to the ludic parameters at play.In this paper, I outline a new gestural analytical framework better suited to the playful audiovisual individualities of videogame design in order to reveal how players might become immersed in games and their virtual playgrounds.

Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
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