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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Final Fantasy"”.
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An Analysis of Nobuo Uematsu’s Linear Structures: The Score of Final Fantasy VI’s Opera
… composer of the first nine entries in the <em>Final Fantasy</em> video game series, creates sophisticated music in the operatic section of <em>Final Fantasy VI. </em>This thesis will<em> </em>provide a linear analysis of the music, borrowing from contrapuntal techniques of important theorists …
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Meaning and emotion in Squaresoft's Final Fantasy X: Re-theorising realism and identification in video games
… of Squaresoft's adventure role-playing game Final Fantasy X (FFX) (2001), whose hybrid narrative and game macrostructures foreground many of the problems associated with video games. The chapters respectively address; existing research on video games; how perceptual qualities of the interface …
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Videogame culture as transnational media: one neoliberalism, many resistances
… Metal Gear Solid 4 (2008) and Square Enix' Final Fantasy 12 (2006), as sites of contestation between commercial media corporations on the one hand, and communities of artists, consumers and non-commercial digital users on the other. I argue that Metal Gear Solid 4 rewrites the stealth …
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LGBT guilds as buffers against sexual minority stress
… data from a survey of adult LGBT gamers who play Final Fantasy XIV Online (N = 265), this study tested an adapted version of the minority stress model and examined direct and indirect effects of LGBT guild participation and sense of belonging on minority stress, as well as effects on mental and …
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Los cristales perdidos
… esencia nostálgica de títulos emblemáticos como Final Fantasy IV, donde se aboga por mecánicas como pueden ser el combate por turnos y la progresión de niveles de los personajes a través de un sistema sencillo de estadísticas. El objetivo de este proyecto es crear una versión jugable de un RPG …
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The travelling gamer : an ethnography of video game events
… game related musical events [Video Games Live, Final Fantasy Orchestral concerts and Legend of Zelda Orchestral concerts] and other video game practices away from the video game screen. The research findings suggest that video game events are not just about playing video games. Video game events …
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Predominant-Dominant Chains in Japanese Video Game Music
<p>The short looping forms in Japanese video game music feature rapid modulations based on common chord progressions that necessitate contextual readings of harmonies in various keys to isolate how they manipulate tonal space. One such progression used by Japanese game music composers utilizes …