Movies
Movies that feature sudden musical numbers where characters sing and dance.
Musicals
Genre that speculates on the future and our use of technology.
Science ficiton
A style of music that came from speaking and rhyming in rhythm over beats.
Rap
A game focused on solving complex tests for your brain.
Puzzle
A music genre that evolved from the 60s into the 70s through bands like The Ramones, The Clash, and Patti Smith, that rejected the sound of mainstream music.
Punk rock
What is the short term for a romantic comedy?
Rom com
A book that focuses on a society or government that oppresses their people.
Dystopia
A genre of music from the American South often focused on tradition, the working class, and features a distinctive twang.
Country music
A game that focuses on trying to emulate the experience of doing something specific, like farming or realistically cooking
Simulation
A style that resembles Victorian England and uses steam power in new technology.
Steampunk
A movie where the subject is about a real topic and is focused on sharing information, education, or historical preservation?
Documentary
Takes place during the past, but the events of the book did not actually happen.
Historical fiction.
A genre that originated in the African American community and often features improvisation. What is this genre?
Jazz
A game that focuses on story and character development.
RPG
A style that imagines the near future, where megacorporations have taken over and people struggle while robotic limbs and augmentations begin to rise.
Cyberpunk
A movie that becomes very popular with a small group of people, who like it a lot.
Cult movie
A book where the story is told through a combination of pictures/drawings and text.
Graphic novels
A genre of rock music that focuses on distorted guitars, long guitar solos, loudness, and rough vocals.
Metal or Heavy Metal
This genre includes games that are played in a large space, allowing for exploration and agency. What is it called?
Open World/Sandbox
A style where trees and plants grow in cities and people care for the environment and growing their community, powered by the sun's energy.
Solarpunk
An animation style that involves a model being moved, then taken a picture of, over and over to create a moving image.
Stop motion Animation
A person's autobiography, but made more of their memories than about their entire life.
Memoir
A music style from Jamaica focused on off beats and steel drums, popularized by Bob Marley
Reggae
Video games that are mostly told through text and still images of characters taking to each other.
Visual Novel
A style modeled after the future ideal of the 1950's and 60's, with chrome plating and nuclear energy.
Atompunk