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Re:Why Audio Matters: Hacking Gamers' Memories by dmbass on Thursday October 13, 2011 @06:26PM (#3109049)
I agree that audio is a very important aspect of games (and other forms of media like video), but do people really play mobile games with the sound on? When I do, it's either to my own soundtrack or none at all.

Has anybody actually polled the device volume level and ambient noise level when people are playing their game?

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Re:Why Audio Matters: Hacking Gamers' Memories by davidtyleryork on Thursday October 13, 2011 @06:32PM (#3109072)
I havent seen that polled before. Either way, I am playing mobile games with the sound on pretty often now. I find it's kinda weird to play a game with my music in the background, it doesn't fit
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Re:Why Audio Matters: Hacking Gamers' Memories by d-lectable on Thursday October 13, 2011 @08:11PM (#3109358)
Especially for games that require more agency, i.e. Tesla Wars where you are constantly attacking people.

I only put my own music on for puzzle games like solitaire.

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