A trip to Sin City prompts thoughts of the one thing people usually don't think about when they think of Games, but something absolutely essential: sound. Music. Melody. The burbles of the casinos to the chimes of pinball to the soundtracks of computer games – it's an essential part of losing yourself in another world.

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