Kiri Miller: 2 books
Playable Bodies
Dance Games and Intimate Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
What happens when machines teach humans to dance? Dance video games transform players' experiences of popular music, invite experimentation with gendered and racialized movement styles, and present new possibilities for teaching, learning, and archiving choreography. Drawing on five years of research...
Playing Along
Digital Games, YouTube, and Virtual Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and participatory...