In the Aftermath of Charlottesville
By Bonnie Gordon The “Unite the Right” Rally on UVa Campus. Photo Courtesy of Richmond Times-Dispatch. As the… Read More
Articles by Kevin Romoser
Lessons from the Archive: On Creativity, Process, and the Working Life of John Adams
By Alice Miller Cotter John Adams. Photo Credit: Margaretta Mitchell None of us is entirely sure what lures… Read More
Review: The (R)Evolution of Steve Jobs
By Matthew Dirst Is there drama in bytes? Or poetry in the smart phone? Only a Luddite would reject out of hand such tantalizing prospects… Read More
Quick Takes — A Double-Edged Sword: How FFXII: The Zodiac Age’s score keeps the player engaged despite the game’s heavy automation
By Lee Hartman In Final Fantasy XII’s original 2006 PlayStation 2 release, the game’s endearing cast of six party members battled its way through the… Read More
Quick Takes — The Sonic Makeover in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
By Kate Mancey Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is the latest HD remaster from Square Enix, and with it comes an extensive remastering of… Read More
Quick Takes — Playing with Time in The Zodiac Age
By Stefan Greenfield-Casas When playing a Final Fantasy game, there are a few things that generally remain consistent between games: a character named Cid,… Read More
Quick Takes Meets Ludomusicology
Today, Musicology Now’s “Quick Takes” series explores the sonic world of gaming with a series of four essays on the role-playing video game, Final Fantasy… Read More
Inheriting Ivalice: The Multiple Sonic Legacies of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
By Ryan Thompson Final Fantasy XII was originally released in 2006 for the Playstation 2, and a remastered edition was released in 2017 for the… Read More
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
By Marianna Ritchey Marianna Ritchey at the opera. Image courtesy of Marianna Ritchey. On July 26, I attended The… Read More
Six Easy Ways to Immediately Address Racial and Gender Diversity in Your Music History Classroom
Many of us have probably had “the talk.” No, not the birds and the bees, the talk on how to bring women and people of… Read More