CfP: #Ludo2026 will take place 6 – 8 August, 2026, at Edge Hill University. The 15th anniversary conference theme is ‘Pushing limits and crossing borders’. Please find all info here: www.ludomusicology.org/2025/11/16/l... #ludomusicology #gamestudies #gamesound #gameaudio #vgm #music #soundstudies

I didn't start it yet. It's seen through the lens of ludomusicology, a field of study in academia. I've read some books and essays from ludomusicology and it's actually quite interesting. I'm finishing Pixel Soundtracks (www.amazon.ca/Pixel-Soundt...), and that's a blast! I highly recommend it.

🚨 Screen Music / Ludomusicology CFP ℹ️ Symposium: “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?” 🗓️ 15–16 Sep 2026 📍 University of Liège (Belgium) 📩 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025 www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...

Special series on Chiptune in the 21st Century has launched with Journal of Sound and Music in Games! If you are interested in submitting a paper, please get in touch - abstract below and CFP to follow! Big Ludo love. @ludomusicology.bsky.social #chiptune #ludomusiology #chipmusic #chipscene

CfP for the first French-Belgian symposium on #vgm study: "Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?" Sept. 15-16 2026, University of Liège (Belgium) Submit until: Dec. 31, 2025 All info (also in English language): www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714... #ludomusicology #gamestudies

Some musical new additions to our shelves thanks to the amazing folks over at @intellectbooks.bsky.social 🙏 💙 For all you #Ludomusicology fans out there, be sure to check out this “Studies in Game Sound and Music” series. 🎶 📚 #GameStudies @ludomusicology.bsky.social

Announcing our JSMG editorial board Pipeline to Publication Workshop Friday, October 17 at 2pm EDT/7pm GMT at tinyurl.com/bdcpupby, passcode: 847119. We hope you can join us, and please share this post to all who might benefit!

DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025 Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026 www.digraconference2026.com #games #gamestudies

Ein CfP zu DSA: “Vom Staat der Amazonen bis Praios’ Zorn – Die politische Ideengeschichte in der Welt von Das Schwarze Auge” 📝Bis zum 10. Januar 2026 suchen Lena Falkenhagen und Eugen Pfister eure Kapitelvorschläge! ▶️Mehr Infos: spielkult.hypotheses.org/8311

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

Ace talk from Barn at the Centre for Computing History in the UK on the history of the #demoscene , early music software and his history in the scene/career in VGM :) will be of great interest to fellow ludomusicologists too! <3 \o_ #commodore #amiga #amiga40th www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCtS...

GameSoundCon Earlybird Registration ENDS TOMORROW, Sept 16, 11:59pm PST 🎮🎧 www.gamesoundcon.com/registration

In 2026, we will have not 1, but even 2 anniversaries! 😱 #Ludo2026 will be the 15th #Ludomusicology conference, and the @sssmg.bsky.social will already celebrate its 10th anniversary. Ludomusicology has come a long way. Stay tuned for more info! #gamestudies #gamemusic #spielwissenschaft #gameaudio

🪃 ¿Qué es el búmeran ludomusical? ¿Y cómo afecta a la franquicia de #FinalFantasyVII y a la trilogía del remake? Ya disponible el videoensayo basado en el artículo científico publicado en JoSSIT #GameStudies #Ludomusicology 📽️ youtu.be/KSsathx4cBw?... 📝 doi.org/10.60940/jos...

It was time for me to take a closer look at this: www.anthonyluissanchez.com/blog/explori... #Ludomusicology ##MarioPaint #SNES #blog

🫠 A thread from @rainforestsb.bsky.social and my recent presentation at #ludo2025 (ludomusicology conference) which examines how nu metal and early 2000s gaming culture contributed to the reinforcement of white male anger (1/20).

It’s great to be back in Brazil after a productive and memorable trip to London for the presentation of the Keynote in Ludo2025 @ludomusicology.bsky.social I’m honored by the invitation and happy for this achievement. Let's keep going. 🙌🎮🎧❤️ #gamecomposer #ludo2025 #london #gamemusic #phd #postphd

And #ludo2025 is over! We wish you safe travels. A huge thank you to our fabulous host Milly Gunn, our brilliant keynote speaker TharcisioVaz, and all of you for being a wonderful and welcoming community. Stay tuned for #Ludo2026, the 15th annual #Ludomusicology conference! #gamestudies #Gameaudio

Fyi #gameaudio #gamestudies #ludomusicology and #vgm people. 😊

🎮 Intellect is proud to support #Ludo2025 (10–12 July, UEL)! 📚 Get 30% off books with INTELLECT30 🆕 International Journal of Disney Studies – now free online 📝 Seeking proposals in game music, pop music & game studies! 📩 [email protected] 👉www.intellectbooks.c...

Delighted to announce that the 14th Ludomusicology conference kicks off this Thursday in London and in-person tickets are sold out! Looking forward to seeing you either on site or online (online tickets still available!). #gameaudio #vgm Check it out: www.ludomusicology.org/2025/05/08/l...

Next week, the 14th European Conference on #VideoGameMusic and Sound, will take place on 10 – 12 July, 2025, at University of East London. Looking forward to seeing you either on site or online! www.ludomusicology.org/ludo2025/ #ludomusicology #gamestudies #gameaudio #vgm #ludo2025

Check out this fantastic interview with author Andrew Schartmann on his recent book that he published in our "Studies in #GameSound and Music" series with @intellectbooks.bsky.social! Congratulations, Andrew! 🥳 #ludomusicology #gameaudio #gamestudies #vgm #nes www.intellectbooks.com/analyzing-ne...

Diese Woche ist das Positionspaper "Zur Etablierung einer Spielwissenschaft: Potenziale, Perspektiven und institutionelle Anforderungen" erschienen!🥳🎮 ▶️(unbedingt) zu lesen auf Paidia.de: paidia.de/zur-etablier...

Positionspapier: "Zur Etablierung einer Spielwissenschaft: Potenziale, Perspektiven und institutionelle Anforderungen" paidia.de/zur-etablier... #gamestudies

Fresh off the press! 🥳👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/studies-in-game-sound-and-music "Analyzing NES Music. Harmony, Form, and the Art of Technological Constraint" by Andrew Schartmann. Huge congratulations, Andrew! #gameaudio #ludomusicology #gamemusic #retrogaming #chipmusic #vgm #games

NEU! Ab sofort informieren wir in unserer Game-Studies-Sektion über aktuelle Calls for Papers bzw. Calls for Abstracts aus dem Umfeld der #GameStudies. 🤓 Den Anfang macht ein aktueller Call von @gamestudies.bsky.social zur Reihe #TotalWar. spielkritik.com/2025/05/18/g...

Registration for #Ludo2025 is now open! Please visit the event page for more information on the programme and registration. #ludomusicology #gameaudio #gamemusic #gamestudies #vgm #gamedev #indiedev www.ludomusicology.org/2025/05/08/l...

A draft programme for #Ludo2025 is now available on the website. Check it out! #Ludomusicology #gameaudio #vgm #gamestudies 😊👉 www.ludomusicology.org/2025/05/08/l...

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We are very excited to announce our #ludo2025 keynote: award winning audio professional and ludomusicologist Dr. @tharcisiovaz.bsky.social! 🤩 #ludomusicology #gameaudio #gamestudies #gamesound #vgm vazsoundworks.com

Remember to submit your abstract for #ludo2025 until February 28th! #Ludomusicology #gamestudies #gameaudio #vgm #gamemusic #musicology

Huge congratulations to all editors and authors on this exciting new special issue! 🥳 #gamestudies #ludomusicology #musicology #gameaudio #vgm #gamedev #indiedev #soundstudies

Co-authored with @andylemon.bsky.social, check out our latest game music research, 'Ch8: Strutting with Streets of Rage: When Dance Music Enters the Fight.' www.routledge.com/Music-and-So... #VGM #gamemusic #Ludomusicology #techno #edm @ludomusicology.bsky.social @danceculture.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

Hello everyone! The CFP for next year's Ludomusicology conference (#ludo2025) is now out! www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/l...

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out, featuring amazing articles on music and non-digital games! 🏆🎲🎶 Check it out at: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/5/3

It's a wrap! Thank you everyone for a wonderful #ludo2024! We are our incredible community, as always inspiring, thought-provoking and just straight up lovely!

And - can you believe it - we've come to our final talk here at #Ludo2024. Victor Camilo talks to us about in-game concerts and liveness, focusing on Aurora’s virtual concert in Sky: Children of the Light. #ludomusicology #liveness

Final panel of #Ludo2024 Sandy Wilke talking about Singing Games in Virtual Spaces. #ludomusicology #sing #karaoke

Geese, ducks, and now horses! Welcome now Kate Galloway and Horse Play: Cozy Stable Soundscapes and the Interactive Pony Fiction of Horse Club Adventures. #Ludo2024 #ludomusicology #animalsofludo

At #Ludo2024, Addrich Mauch walks us through Soundscapes as Part of the Constant Conversation. Theory, Fieldwork and Soundwalks in Video Game Heterotopias. #ludomusicology #soundwalk #soundscape

Back at #Ludo2024 with Vadim Nickel, looking at Adapting Schafer’s Soniferous Garden into a Shortform Video Game. #ludomusicology #soniferousgarden

Final talk of the panel here at #Ludo2024 is Cristina Guzmán Anaya – Lost in Silence: Musically LARPing as the unvoiced. #ludomusicology #fandom #heartsteel #riotmusic #lol

And up next at #Ludo2024, Peter Adams on Prolix Plants, Garrulous Gods, and a Sesquipedalian Spaceman: Tensions Between Spatiality, Realism, and Extraneity in Video Game Dialogue. #ludomusicology #dialogue #spaciality

Back to conference favourites - this time it's #undertale! Joanna Bertram on Textual Interactivity and Completion Through the Imagined Voice: An Undertale Case Study. #ludomusicology #Ludo2024

Next up at #Ludo2024, James Ellis analyses gestural rupture in Sonic (the Hedgehog). #ludomusicology #sonic

Let's talk Street Fighter with Iván García Jimeno and Victor Alonso at #Ludo2024. #ludomusicology #phenomenology

Final day of #Ludo2024 (can you believe it?!) is about to start off with Molly Hennig looking at Gathering & Listening on Twitch. #ludomusicology #ethnography

Final paper of the day here at #Ludo2024- Alexander Kolassa's ‘Touch the demon inside of me’: authenticity and the untimely in the Demon’s Souls remake and soundtrack #ludomusicology