What makes a "music game" musical?

- An attempt to summarize game audio research on "Music Video Games" toward future discussions on ”musical acts” unique to digital games -

Abstract

This presentation will examine the Game Audio Studies and Musicology discussions on the genre generally called "Music Video Games" over the past decade, in order to deepen our consideration of the reality of "musicality" that justifies the genre name, and to examine the possibility of "musical acts" in digital games in general, and the uniqueness an dsignificance they may possess.