This chapter is a critical discussion of the use of the concepts diegetic and non-diegetic in
connection with computer game sound. These terms are problematic because they do not …

El presente artículo de revisión centra su interés en la teoría del Paisaje Sonoro,
desarrollada por el músico, educador e investigador canadiense R. Murray Schafer, y su …

The design and representation of time and space are important in any narrative form. Not
surprisingly there is an extensive literature on specific considerations of space or time in …

Digital technology, with its distinctive characteristics that result from the fundamental process
of digitalization that underpins it, is seen as fundamentally altering processes of creativity …

Let me begin diegetically, in storytelling mode. I was poking around the iPhone app store
one night in 2010, not long after getting my iPhone, looking for nothing in particular, and …

Names: Schott, Gareth, author. Title: Violent games: rules, realism and effect/Gareth Schott.
Description: New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.| Series: Approaches to digital game …

We introduce the idea of Synthetic Acoustic Ecology (SAC) as a vehicle for transdisciplinary
investigation to develop methods and address open theoretical, applied and aesthetic …

The inconsequential exploitation of sound in most computer games, both in extent and
nature, contrasts with its prominence in our daily lives and with the kind of associations that …

Using gameplay metrics to articulate player interaction within game systems has received
increased interest in game studies. The value of gameplay metrics comes from a desire to …

This thesis positions itself within the scholarly debate around videogame violence. However,
other than focussing on the effects of game violence which dominates much of this debate …