Symposium, Journal, Conferences, and 2019 Plans

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…

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…

NACVGM 2018 Is A GO

We’re very eager to share details of our stateside brethren and the North American Conference on Video Game Music 2018, with a committee of esteemed leaders in our discipline – Matthew Thompson, James Buhler, Elizabeth Medina-Gray, Steven Reale, Karen Cook , and Neil Lerner. Dates: January 13–14, 2018 Conference Venue: University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2017…