Beginning with his debut as a leader, 1969's "The DeJohnette Complex" (Milestone), he displayed an innovative streak as bandleader: The 1979 version of his Special Edition was particularly influential for its fire, wit and genre-spanning approach.

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Welch believes "Offensive Combat, " which was designed as a mash-up of different constructs, offers a more irreverent and light-hearted approach to the genre than more realistic shooters.

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This will mean, one supposes, a single-player campaign that adopts a more interesting, multifaceted and strategically minded approach to the shooter genre than say your yearly Call of Duty entry and its tight corridors.

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's Fox says its approach differs depending on the genre.

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There's a crop of young American acts approaching the genre less as ethnomusicology and more like pop, from the hip-hop collage approach of New York's Balkan Beat Box to the emigre garage rock of Los Angeles' Dengue Fever, who headlined the festival's final night.

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