More than just a diatribe on game music as art, Schartmann unravels a complicated history of “Game Music” going back to Boardwalk Penny arcades and Pre-Pinball cabinets through an thoughtful, music-theory based analysis of how music has become an integral part in participatory games culture and presentation.
In this brief, informative video Youtuber Mark Brown demonstrates Director Hayashida Koichi’s design process, and how it’s been utilized to create some of the most critically acclaimed games in the Mario series.
The aesthetic principle behind this photo, perhaps unintentionally, mirrors the function that Weiqi stones serve on their game board. Housed in larger lacquerware containers, they seem to be constructed to make the same noise they do when touching the finished boards with which they are played on. Art of Contest‘s section on Weiqi is interesting…
