Bono Vox

t isn't literally that we claim there could be no Halo without Steve Downes and Jen Taylor, or that nobody's plush Companion Cube would be on backorder were it not for Ellen McLain — but video gaming's successes couldn't have received the same éclat otherwise. Although gameplay, thirty years on, remains essential to the worth of a title, narrative and dramatics accompany and even brace contemporary releases. Between storyboard and cutscene lay actor and microphone, and Michael Belanger's photographic scrutiny of a Louisiana broadcast studio is a tribute to that accessory.

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