Guitar Hero: "Not Like Playing Guitar At All"?

Authors

  • Dominic Arsenault Université de Montréal

Abstract

This paper studies the Guitar Hero video game as a simulation. This is done by examining the game controller and the visual interface, and how they work to accurately simulate the act of playing the guitar.

Author Biography

Dominic Arsenault, Université de Montréal

Ph.D student in film studies at Université de Montréal. Working on video game genres, narrative, game design, and immersion.

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Published

2008-03-23

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2008)

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