Faxanadu is an action-adventure role-playing game released by Hudson Soft in 1987. It was well received, ranking #6 in Nintendo Power’s top 30 games, but was soon forgotten (except by its die-hard...
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NACVGM 2020 – From Grinding to Grooving: An Investigation of Motoi Sakuraba’s RPG Combat Music
In role-playing games (RPGs) many players repetitively battle enemies in order to advance their characters, a process often referred to as grinding. While grinding, players will hear the same combat...
NACVGM 2020 – Musical Form and Gameplay Context in the Japanese Role-Playing Game
The music of role-playing games (RPGs) has been a frequent site of exploration for scholars of video game music in recent years-especially Nobuo Uematsu’s soundtracks for the Final Fantasy series. ...
NACVGM 2020 – A Theory of Music as Distraction in Video Games
In his thesis from 2006, Jenova Chen describes a design philosophy for video games that applies Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi‘s concept of "flow,” a state that promotes “optimal experience” for the...
Watch the thrilling conclusion between the final Omeganauts as they battle to see who can conquer the course in Trials Evolution. Competitors: Valkerian vs. Beyond Celery Source:...
Ever wonder how PopCap Games creates a new game? Join the Designers, Producers, Brand Manager, and Studio Chief for Solitaire Blitz, PopCap’s first brand-new IP in years, to learn how this new...