Great games aren’t built on graphics alone. Music shapes how players feel, react, and remember a game long after they stop ...

I enjoy games that make me think, which means I often find myself pausing — not literally pressing pause, but simply staying still — to consider what I need to do next. Those are the moments, like ...

Since the earliest days of gaming, music has helped create a sense of immersion and worldbuilding. From composer Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. theme, to the infectious earworm of Tetris’ “Korobeiniki ...

If there is anything we can all agree on, it’s that we all love music. Music is a universal language. It heals us, engages us, brings us together, and stimulates our emotions, which can positively ...

The music video has changed a lot since the turn of the century. Labels are no longer spending millions of dollars to trap Michael and Janet Jackson in an anime-playing spaceship, and just as video ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images Musical genres often form an integral part of a wider scene, and ...

A new music streaming app has entered the market. It's called Nintendo Music — and on it, you can listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong. The app has had more ...

You may think it odd, dedicating a festival to live music that isn’t, really, designed to be played live. Video game, film, and TV music, by definition, is designed to be recorded under very strict ...

Video game music has come a long way, baby. Once an afterthought in terms of game design and overall pop-culture consciousness, video game music is now a legitimate industry of its own. Today, ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. The snowballing intersection of music ...

Ivan picked up a controller as soon as he was big enough to do so, and never let go since. For the past 20 years, games and writing is something that he was always passionate about. With a Bachelor's ...