Thank you to all of the delegates and presenters at the LSA’s Inaugural Winter Symposium. It was highly rewarding to reconnect with ludomusicologists and meet new scholars from across the country. The topics ranging from locally manufactured PCs, thematic development in cut-scenes, and gameplay participation made for a unique coalescence of disciplines, which was furthered…
Draft Programme Update
We’re only a few days away now from the Inaugural Winter Symposium, and while a couple of papers are under last minute consideration the programme is nearly finalised. The current draft is available below as a PDF download – we have presenters coming from across this vast continent so it’s shaping up to be an…
Register for the Inaugural Winter Symposium!
Our symposium over 21+22 July is now open for registration, head to the event page under the ‘Events’ tab above, or click right here: Register for LSA2018
Important Update! Early Booking Guide
A more precise guide will be included in the symposium registration page, but for those who are eager to book sooner, here is some accomodation advice. We will be located in the circled area, between North Terrace and Victoria Drive, to the North of the CBD (see map below). With this in mind, the following…
LSA2018 schedule update!
Here are some schedule details for the Inaugural Winter Symposium: Friday 20 July – there will be a pre-symposium Informal Drinks Reception held at 7:30pm in the Adelaide CBD. All delegates who have arrived or live in Adelaide are welcome to attend to meet and greet. Saturday 21 July – a Symposium Dinner will be…
Announcement – Inaugural Winter Symposium CfP
The LSA is proud to announce the forthcoming Inaugural Winter Symposium, to be held in Adelaide, South Australia, on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July, 2018. We are now soliciting paper proposals focusing on the symposium theme of: Models, Theories and Approaches While recognising concerns idiosyncratic to the sub-discipline, video game music scholarship maintains connections…
Ludo2018 Now Online
‘Soundscapes and Interfaces‘, the Seventh European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound by the Ludomusicology Research Group will open registration soon. Details are: Date: April 13th-15th Venue: HMT Leipzig, Germany Guess Speakers: Michael Austin, Adele Cutting and Kristine Jørgensen. Head to the Ludomusicology Ludo 2018 page for conference information, travel and accomodation details, and impending registration. Looking north,…
Ludo2018 – Announcement & Call for Papers
Exciting news – the Ludo2018 Seventh Easter Conference on Video Game Music and Sound has been announced with a theme of ‘Soundscapes and Interfaces.’ Dates: 13 – 15 April, 2018 Venue: HMT Leipzig (University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”), Germany Proposal Deadline: 14 February 2018 (send to ludomusicology@gmail.com with provisional bibliography) Sessions will include auditory soundscapes, interfaces, game music…
Australasian Computer Music Conference Proceedings Published
The proceedings from a successful and informative ACMC2017, recently held in Adelaide SA, have been published. The conference proved to be highly inspiring, with a diverse range of papers, performances and activities. Here is the link to the ACMC2017 Proceedings, including a paper onthe music of DOOM by the LSA founder and President, Barnabas: Proceedings of the…
SSSMG Executive Committee and Journal News
The board of the Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games, of which the LSA is a member group, has announced a formally appointed Executive Committee – Michael L. Austin, Secretary Stephen Baysted, Editor-in-chief Karen M. Cook Melanie Fritsch, Communications Officer William Gibbons Elizabeth Medina-Gray, Associate Editor Timothy Summers, Associate Editor Mark Sweeney, Director We’re so pleased to…