'In terms of dramatic writing, video games are also changing the shape and nature of what we watch on TV. The recent success of HBO drama The Last of Us, a screen adaptation of the post-apocalyptic zombie game created by Neil Druckmann, is a case in point'
“Video killed the radio star,” The Buggles sang in 1979, an upbeat evocation for pre-plastic days produced on the latest cutting edge musical technology with the band’s tongues firmly in their cheeks.
The song has been much cited in popular culture, and these days its lyrics could be easily adapted for a more prescient commentary on contemporary music: “Video games killed the classical music star.” Depending where on the spectrum of cultural snobbery you sit, ...
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