A key difference remains though, regarding the origin and purpose of human music: it is created by and forsentient beings. And this relationship alone has enormous intrinsic value.
DEVELOP Magazine’s first ever audio-related cover feature (April 2004) Do games really need music? Yes, suggests James Hannigan, but the music must become as dynamic and interactive as the rest of the game, rather than simply echoing film scores… ...
Reflections on the 1980s arcade scene, home arcades and retro tech – by way of a tour of my studio arcade Part 1 | Part 2 THE MAGIC OF THE GOLDEN ERA Arcades of the 1980s, as I recall, were an assault on the senses from the moment you entered them, ...
Reflections on the 1980s arcade scene, home arcades and retro tech – by way of a tour of my studio arcade. Part 1 | Part 3 VINTAGE OR REPLICA? At the risk of becoming inappropriately techie by even raising such questions on what is supposed to be a ...
Reflections on the 1980s arcade scene, home arcades and retro tech – by way of a tour of my studio arcade. Part 2 | Part 3 What started out as a half-hearted attempt to give the rooms around my studio “a bit of an arcade theme” spiralled further out ...