Nostalgia and Videogame Music : A Primer of Case Studies, Theories, and Analyses for the Player-academic

SUMARIO: Introduction // PART 1: ARTICULATING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC / 1. A Player's Guide to the Psychology of Nostalgia and Videogame Music / 2. And the Music Keeps on Playing: Nostalgia in Paraludical Videogame Music Consumption // PART 2: OBJECTIFYING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC / 3. My Childhood Is in Your Hands: Videogame Concerts as Commodified and Tangible Nostalgic Experiences / 4. Remembering the Rules: Immersive Nostalgia in Final Fantasy Leitmotifs / 5. The Sounds of 8-Bit Nostalgia: The Resurgence of Chiptune Music in Contemporary Film-Based Videogames // PART 3: SUBJECTIFYING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC / 6. A Link between Worlds: Nostalgia and Liminality in Musical Covers of The Legend of Zelda / 7. You Unlock This Game with the Key of Imagination: The Twilight Zone: The Game (2014), Musical Parody, and the Sound of Nostalgia / 8. "This Game Stinks": Musical Parody and Nostalgia in EarthBound // PART 4: CONFRONTING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC / 9. Playing Music Videos: Three Case Studies of Interaction between Performing Videogames and Remembering Music Videos / 10. Remembering Tomorrow: Music and Nostalgia in Fallout's Retro-Future / 11. Confronting Nostalgia for Racism in American Popular Music via BioShock Infinite // Notes on Contributors // Index.