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Out now: the latest special issue of JSMG (Volume 6, Issue 3) with a focus on "Fostering a Latin American Approach to Ludomusicological Research". Congratulations to all guest editors and authors! 🥳 #ludomusicology #gamestudies #gameaudio #vgm online.ucpress.edu/jsmg

🚨 The pre-order for Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 3 is up! retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... From the colorful landscapes of Secret of Mana to the depths of Super Metroid, this book showcases the stunning artwork that captured the imagination of gamers around the world. *Credits in thread*

There was something really special about how 8-bit games would be enhanced by hand-drawn art found in guides and magazines. Pictured here is a segment from Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen - Official Guidebook, 1990, detailing a mountain village.

960. PLAYFUL PAST: TEXTS FROM SEVEN YEARS OF AKGWDS ​ 👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/playful-past-texts-from-seven-years-of-akgwds #Books #Booksky #Gaming #VideoGames

Ein neuer Call for Abstracts aus dem Bereich der #GameStudies! Unter dem Motto "Diskurse, Dynamiken und Dissonanzen in #GrandTheftAuto" sind Beitragsvorschläge für einen interdisziplinären Sammelband erbeten. Einsendeschluss ist der 01. November. #GTA Genauere Infos gibt's in unserem CfA-Überblick:

とんかつより、シャインマスカットのタルトなんていかがでしょうか？ クラウスノミが作るのが得意だったというライムタルトも、いつか食べてみたいです。 今週もお疲れ様でした。 Please enjoy the Shine Muscat tart from Tonkatsu. I'd also like to try the lime tart that Klaus Nomi was known to make someday. 　#ぬい撮り　#ぬい活　#ぬいぐるみ 　#青空ごはん部　#甘党部　#sweets 　#すみっコぐらし

Making the title screen to remind myself that this is, in fact, a horror game, and blood will be spilt this night. (Also I'm really really happy with how it turned out ahhhhh...) #visualnovel #horrorVN

I'm giving a talk about adaptive music design in games next month and I'm starting with a cold open to talk about Nier Automata's music And no one can stop me 🥰

Tragedy New sheet music video! This song felt like a heartbreaking moment- maybe like a hard truth learned or a moment where a character is losing someone and doesn't want to accept it. ➣ Full song: youtu.be/lnDefnWUoh0 #gamedev | #indiedev | #dtm | #rpg | #animation | #composer

working on my playable dandelion... the idea is that you play one of those little dandelion wisps. you float, then you land and the plant grows, and then you can float again... so you're floating through the world. you're the only sign of life. #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev

Voice of No Return (NieR: Automata) arranged for guitar. Composed by Keiichi Okabe. youtu.be/LBmbWB6UmNM

wake up babe, new key signatures just dropped. [Adding an AI policy to my syllabus this semester, and wanted an illustration so I went to ChatGPT. Now I'm really considering just making the policy, "If you'd like me to give you grades based on stuff like this, knock yourself out"]

【告知/お知らせ】 We've worked with Toby Fox for the RPG game OFF! You can listen to all the soundtrack on YouTube, please check the link below! ゲーム「OFF」にToby Foxと楽曲を作りました！下のリンクから全曲が聴けますので、是非チェックしてみてください！⚾️

Paths Parallel lives existing from branches of decisions we made (or didn’t make) that could have been—but aren’t—this one. Living with the choices we make; did we choose well? Are we on the right path? ➣ Full song: youtu.be/1JFzk09MDws #gamedev | #indiedev | #dtm | #rpg | #animation | #composer

We did this animation! 🧢⚾️👻

Reminder that my music is still on sale for $2/album until the end of August! I'll need to set up a new home studio to write music here, so anything from Bandcamp will go towards that. :) Thank you! #bandcamp #dtm #piano #orchestra

🎸 i accidentally perfectly timed getting this life up shroom with the music

New cover! This is an arrangement of Schala's Theme from Chrono Trigger arranged entirely for metallic and glassy percussion - featuring the members of Open World Percussion! Check out the full album "Chambers of Time" by GameGrooves! Info below! 🔽🔽🔽 Full video on YT: youtu.be/-hc_87LCDEA?...

Welcoming @azamraharjo.bsky.social to this year's fair! Azam Raharjo is an Indonesian comic artist and illustrator. His works often have cosmic horror themes with focus on the pacing and mood of the story. His recent works include "Radio Algeria", "Someone Died Here", and "The Clown" .

oh hey look, it’s a new deltarune cover. Pretty cool huh? Might even have a few more in me… ;) Full Video: youtu.be/D_lT_RwEv7M #deltarune

Hot day in the UK today. Need to work on tension in jaw and forehead (like always). Please, enjoy Evocacion from Suite del Recuerdo by José Luis Merlin #drbaferguson #practicetime #buenowoodworking #markbuenoguitar #guitar #argentina #argentinianmusic #joséluismerlin #suitedelrecuerdo #evocacion

Wondering if there are any music reviewers who write about contemporary/modern classical music even if it's created with VSTs? I have all these Bandcamp download codes I'd like to give out but don't know who to reach out to. #music #composer

What Indie Horror games would you like to see me play? I'm thinking short 1 or 2 hour short experiences! Let me know what you recommend below! 👇👇

Summer Rain A bit of an experimental piece (for me) combining electric guitar with orchestra. ➣ Full song: youtu.be/vkq0w_RMNE8 #gamedev | #gamemusic | #dtm | #composer | #neoclassical

Heroic Knight Saga: Elves' Domain A hidden domain deep in the forest, concealed by ancient magic. Those without permission to enter only ever see a lush forest. Really proud of this one :) ➣ Full song: youtu.be/SPoybd4Yytw #gamedev | #indiedev | #dtm | #rpg | #animation | #composer

Where do the #VGM composers out there source their violinists from? Asking because @sheaviolin.bsky.social is DEFINTELY ready for some more gigs! (Sounds BEAUTIFUL!) 🎵 - "Nachtflügel" 🎻 (Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind) youtube.com/shorts/5KJk9...

Sunlit Forest New sheet music video for this song! A forest theme- sunlight streaming through the canopy of leaves on a summer afternoon. ➣ Full song: youtu.be/miP-GOtp_Gs #gamedev | #indiedev | #dtm | #rpg | #animation | #composer

"Sinister Tale of Argo" was a game project that a bud of mine and I worked on quite some time ago but never got around to finishing. And so I decided to finally free the OST from its prison (meaning my hard drive). You can listen to the full mini-album over here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljeN...

Hi guys, hope you're all doing well! Today we released our free horror text based adventure 'Whisperstring' on Steam. We are very excited about the feedback! store.steampowered.com/app/3346760/... #indiedev #gamedev #godot #horror

Needed a break from working on my own music but still wanted to do something, so began to orchestrate a bit of 'Silencio de Parc Güell' by Joe Hisaishi.

Do you study #anime, #manga, #cosplay, or their fandoms? The Call for Papers for JAMS Volume 6 is LIVE! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/... JAMS is full #open-access, and Volume 6 will be published in December 2025!

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how does this go again? oh yeah. SONIC MANIA VOCAL THEME (Spotify video) (NEW) (REAL) (2025, colorized) thanks for almost 5 million :') 💫

🚨 CFP: Screen Music Pedagogies Study Day 🗓️ 3 Sep ’25 📍 Leeds, UK Great to learn of this timely event highlighting the neglect of screen music studies in pedagogic research, despite its popularity in third-level Music curricula Deadline: 28 March ’25 @tobyhuelin.bsky.social @iansapiro.bsky.social

Happy New Year! Here is a reminder that the CfP for #Ludo2025 is still open until February 28th, 2025. We aim to communicate the programme decisions by March 17th, 2025. Please do also feel free to spread the word. 😊 www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/l... #gamestudies #gamesound #ludomusicology

Hi History Educators. Some'd be delighted to know a website on using historical video games in history education (and historical game studies) exists, has existed for 14 years, and is full of a lot of relevant all free) (amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)

Mycorrhiza Origins. Short horror comic I drew last year for an indie horror visual novel game "Mycorrhiza" A little prequel to the game story Story by Tim Reichert @fulminisictus.bsky.social (Thread 1/5)

The Art of The Last Guardian ISBN: N/A Pages: 72 Publisher: Sony This mini artbook came as part of the Collector's Edition of The Last Guardian. It includes sketches, concepts and storyboards #artbook #conceptart #thelastguardian #playstation

Early editions of Forgotten Worlds 4 and 5 are starting to appear in the wild 🙏

Fünf Leute, fünf Games - lest hier über die Spiele, die sich im letzten Jahr in die Gehirne von @dioneira.bsky.social, @snoopykoira.bsky.social, @hekabeohnename.bsky.social, Alexander und mir gefressen haben, wie der Wurm ins Gehirn von Polio-Liebhaber RFK Junior!

We made "Aria of the Soul" from the #Persona series groove harder than ever. Check out the full music video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpm2...

Heute (18.12.24) bei uns im offenen DH-Kolloquium: Hanna Weimann spricht über Potentiale der Game Studies für die #DH. Alle, die interessiert sind, sind herzlich eingeladen um 17.30 Uhr in der Breitscheidstraße 2a Raum M 2.00 dazu zu kommen (oder online teilzunehmen; Link schicke ich gerne zu)

Abenteuer:innen der #Gamestudies aufgepasst! @jbirken.bsky.social und ich suchen Eure Abstracts / Proposals für den geplanten ersten deutschsprachigen The-Elder-Scrolls-Sammelband. languageatplay.de/2024/12/05/c... #TES #Digitalspielforschung #CfA #CfP

...und vom Schweizer #Germanistiktag am 22. November zum Thema "Ludische Textualität – Spiele als Gegenstand der Germanistik" berichtet Thomas Müller. #gamestudies #boardgamestudies #tagungsbericht #SchweizerGermanistiktag #SAGG #germanistik

Heute gibt es auf Paidia gleich zwei Tagungsberichte, denn es waren auch zwei Tagungen, die in Fribourg stattfanden! #gamestudies #tagungsbericht #boardgamestudies Von der Tagung "Brettspiele im #Mittelalter – Das Mittelalter im #Brettspiel. Poetik, Rezeption, Praxis" berichtet Franziska Ascher...

Hey everyone! We're Fat Bard, a music & sound design duo w/ 10+ years of exp. in games. We're now opening our 2025 schedule, so give our website a look and reach out if you'd like to discuss a project! Website: fatbard.com Contact: [email protected] Now Playing | Designer from Simple Planes 2🎶

I wrote a piece about Weekly Famitsu, and how little we actually know about the magazine in the west… Read more 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/blog/weekly-...

Choirs. 🎇 Every time I go to a concert with a choir, I desperately want to sneak in it and sing too. 😂 Last time was at the #NieR concert! Speaking of NieR and choirs, here is a 2016 cover of #SnowInSummer that I still hold dear. 💕 #throwbackthursday #cover #vocalarrangement #choir

The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour came to Germany a few months ago! If you'd like to know all the goods and bads then I have just the article for you. (It's in German but machine translation ought to help with that) videospielmusikwissenschaft.de/rezension-ti... #FinalFantasy