Music in Video Games : Studying play

SUMARIO. Mario's dynamic leaps : musical innovations and the specter of early cinema in Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. ; Neil Lerner / The temporary avatar zone : pico-pico parties in Tokyo ; Chris Tonelli / Nintendo's art of musical play ; Roger Moseley and Aya Saiki / Transcribing musical worlds, or, is L.A. noire a music game? ; Steven Beverburg Reale / Meaningful modular combinations : simultaneous harp and environmental music in two Legend of Zelda games ; Elizabeth Medina-Gray / Wandering tonalities : silence, sound, and morality in Shadow of the colossus ; William Gibbons / Fear of the unknown : music and sound design in psychological horror games ; Rebecca Roberts / Lawn of the dead : the indifference of musical destiny in Plants vs. zombies ; K.J. Donnelly / Music, history, and progress in Sid Meier's Civilization IV ; Karen Cook / The place I'll return to someday : musical nostalgia in Final fantasy IX ; Jessica Kizzire / From Parsifal to the Playstation : Wagner and video game music ; Tim Summers.