We have a #callforpapers for an #openaccess issue that explores the meaningfulness of digital #games in society, from their use in education and therapy to their impact on #mentalhealth and well-being. Call: shorturl.at/cwzPS Teresa de la Hera Salvador Gómez-García

New CFP "Pop Culture Made Me Do It: Interrogating the influence of popular culture on identity and value systems" from @erinkburrell

Replaying Japan 2024 Call for papers! The University at Buffalo (The State University of New York) will host RJ2024! Conference theme: Preservation, Innovation and New Directions in Japanese Game Studies replaying.jp #replayingjapan

CfP: The organizers of #Ludo2024 (11 – 13 July 2024, Technocampus – UPF in Mataró, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) are now inviting proposals on #gamesound and #vgm! The conference theme is ‘Sound, Music, and Space’. All info:on our website! ☺️ #ludomusicology #gamestudies shorturl.at/dsDF7

CfP📝| ¡Abierto el plazo de recepción de propuestas para el #Ludo2024! Se celebrará entre el 11 y 13 de Julio en el Tecnocampus de Mataró (España) con nuestra Lidia López Gómez como anfitriona, bajo la temática “Sonido, Música y Espacio.” Más información en: ludomusicology.org/2023/10/10/lud…

Eng Version - CFP Pop Cultures, Fan Studies, and Creative Industries periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php… Deadline: 02/20th/2024

Finally, I've got a neat Shadow of the Colossus interview from 2005, with Fumito Uedo and Kenji Kaido. There's some good discussion here about their design philosophy with the colossi, plus some early foreshadowing of The Last Guardian. shmuplations.com/shadowofthecol…

𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐎𝟐𝟒 𝐂𝐅𝐏 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍! The #Ludomusicology Research Group is pleased to announce the Ludo2024 Thirteenth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, hosted by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and TecnoCampus in Mataró, Spain, 11–13 July. All info: ludomusicology.org

Are you interested in music and sound in games? Then come along to this fantastic event next Tuesday. It's been a pleasure collaborating with TORCH Oxford and Digital Scholarship @ Oxford to put this together. #BristolDigitalGameLab Ludomusicology (inactive account) Arts Matter Bristol #gamemusic digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-ga…

NEU IM BLOG: Legendäre Soundchips videospielgeschichten.de/legendaere-sou… von @DocOwer "In der Vergangenheit mussten Komponistinnen und Komponisten auf einfache Technologien zugreifen, um in den oft spärlich bestückten Geräten gute Klangwelten zaubern zu können." #Computer #Musik #Sound

Dug through Aphex Twin's whole catalog to pick out his sneakiest (and most fun) video game samples for Pitchfork 👾 pitchfork.com/thepitch/aphex… pitchfork.com/thepitch/aphex…

Check out the brand new guest contribution in the "Ludo around the world"-series on our blog: The recently founded Forschungsgemeinschaft VideospielMusikWissenschaft introduce themselves! 🥳 #ludomusicology #gamestudies #gameaudio #vgm shorturl.at/bgvJT

We are also moving away from X, and will close this account by the end of this year at latest. You can find us via: bsky.app/profile/ludomu… #ludomusicology #gamestudies #vgm #gameaudio #gamesound #musicology #soundstudies #gamedev #indiedev #gamemusic

Imagine spaces, occult sounds, haunted folk music, cries and whispers. Announcing Haunted Soundtracks edited by Aimee Mollaghan and Kevin Donnelly. This one is truly special!

Thrilled to announce that our special issue dedicated to the musical legacy of #FinalFantasy7 has been released! Many thanks to our many contributors and series editors for helping put this 2+ year project together! online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/4/4

#JustPublished While I’m thrilled to have been involved in putting together this whole issue, how wonderful to see my latest article “The Cinematic Promise of Video Game Music” out in the world too. Sincere thanks to my peer reviewers, whose comments improved the piece greatly!

The latests issue of the JSMG is now out, and it is freely available for a limited time. Don't lose your chance to read the extraordinary special issue: #FinalFantasy VII's Musical Legacy, edited by Rich Anatone is cataloguing Final Fantasy themes, James Denis Mc Glynn (@JDMcGlynn.bsky.social), and Andrew S. Powell #ludomusicology #vgm

¿Deben los videojuegos tener un tratamiento específico para preservar sus elementos sonoros? En este nuevo artículo reflexiono acerca del valor del "patrimonio sonoro videolúdico" y la necesidad de generar metodologías para su conservación y sostenibilidad revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CDMU…