Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video games easily suck us into the vortex of the virtual world, and it can be difficult not to get enthralled in a game for hours ...

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 ...

The directors of All Things Considered are the people who choose much of the music you hear on the show. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with director Vincent Acovino about video game music. As we wind down ...

It’s never been easier for new gaming creators to license music, but generating revenue has also never been more complicated. Thinking long term, musicians can generate revenue and audience reach on ...

Nadia Grace Mullings is a contributor and journalist for Game Rant, and has been a big fan of video gaming from a young age. Strong first impressions included point-and-click games on an old PC (way ...

In the beginning, video game music was all about working within limitations. The early consoles and arcade machines had restricted sound capabilities, creating iconic, albeit simple, melodies. These ...

Composing the entire score for a game must be demanding work, and it’s something that famed Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu has done time and time again over the course of his long and storied ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Jason Wojnar started his gaming life with the original PlayStation and the Commodore 64, despite being way too young to know what the was. He started writing about video games in 2018 and hasn't ...

Ice levels. Frost planets. Civilizations of snow. They’re a video game tradition going back to the earliest days of the form, because of the cool visuals, the gameplay possibilities (slipping and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. One of the more colorful and fun people in gaming is Takenobu ...

On Dec. 10, NexTone held [GAME MUSIC CROSSING TOKYO 2025], a major live performance and DJ event that's all about game music, at Spotify O-EAST in Shibuya, Tokyo. This new event was held as part of ...