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Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games @SSSMG_
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The latest issue of the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ is now out! Check the Winter 2026 volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issuโ€ฆ With articles by Ryan Thompson, Ryan J. Lambe, Alexander Nunes, Dominique Arsenault and David Raybould #vgm #ludomusicology
JOURNAL OF SOUND AND MUSIC IN GAMES JSMG VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 WINTER 2026 ARTICLES โ–  Recreating the Sonic Aesthetics of the Super Nintendo 1 RYAN THOMPSON โ–  Bards and Battle Cries: Music and Sound in Live-Action Role-Play 16 RYAN J. LAMBE AND ALEXANDER NUNES TRANSLATION โ–  Overture 2005โ€“2025: A Sight-Reading of the Scores of Ludomusicology 39 DOMINIC ARSENAULT INVITED CONTRIBUTION โ–  Game Audio Mixing by Alex Riviere. Routledge, 2023, 166pp, 45.99USD 60 DAVID RAYBOULD

ALT JOURNAL OF SOUND AND MUSIC IN GAMES JSMG VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 WINTER 2026 ARTICLES โ–  Recreating the Sonic Aesthetics of the Super Nintendo 1 RYAN THOMPSON โ–  Bards and Battle Cries: Music and Sound in Live-Action Role-Play 16 RYAN J. LAMBE AND ALEXANDER NUNES TRANSLATION โ–  Overture 2005โ€“2025: A Sight-Reading of the Scores of Ludomusicology 39 DOMINIC ARSENAULT INVITED CONTRIBUTION โ–  Game Audio Mixing by Alex Riviere. Routledge, 2023, 166pp, 45.99USD 60 DAVID RAYBOULD
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Ludo2026 is now accepting proposals for research presentations on game music and sound. The conference takes place 6โ€“8 August at Edge Hill University, in person with remote access options. All info: ludomusicology.org/ #ludomusicology #vgm
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Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games retweeted
Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games@SSSMG_
1 Oct 2025
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! #ludomusicology #vgm
Flyer that includes the cover image of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games in light blue text over a dark background and the text Pipeline to Publication: A JSMG Mentorship Workshop. Friday, October 17. 2:00pm EDT, 7:00pm UTC/GMT. https://tinyurl.com/bdcpupby Passcode: 847119

ALT Flyer that includes the cover image of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games in light blue text over a dark background and the text Pipeline to Publication: A JSMG Mentorship Workshop. Friday, October 17. 2:00pm EDT, 7:00pm UTC/GMT. https://tinyurl.com/bdcpupby Passcode: 847119

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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! #ludomusicology #vgm
Flyer that includes the cover image of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games in light blue text over a dark background and the text Pipeline to Publication: A JSMG Mentorship Workshop. Friday, October 17. 2:00pm EDT, 7:00pm UTC/GMT. https://tinyurl.com/bdcpupby Passcode: 847119

ALT Flyer that includes the cover image of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games in light blue text over a dark background and the text Pipeline to Publication: A JSMG Mentorship Workshop. Friday, October 17. 2:00pm EDT, 7:00pm UTC/GMT. https://tinyurl.com/bdcpupby Passcode: 847119

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Topics covered will include: adapting conference/seminar papers into articles; pipeline and publication process and typical timelines; best practices for citations, musical examples, alt text, abstracts, and keywords; common mistakes and pre-submission peer networking.
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The latest issue of the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ is now out! Check the Spring 2025 Volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issuโ€ฆ #ludomusicology #vgm @ucpress
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๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ , Volume 6, Issue 1 is now available for free access for a limited time! Dive deep into the Sound and Music of ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ . A must-read: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issuโ€ฆ
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The last issue of the ๐‰๐’๐Œ๐† is now available!You can't miss this special volume on the sound and music of Hades, wonderfully edited by Christopher Hill, @DrStephLind,@ssmw_vgm and Demetrius Shahmehri. Check it out: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issuโ€ฆ #hades #vgm #ludomusicology #gamemusic
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Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games retweeted
Game Music Festival ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ๐ŸŽผ
@GameMusicFestiv
20 Dec 2024
Itโ€™s tiiiiiiimeโ€ฆ for a #GameMusic Christmas Playlist! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽถ If you are tired of all the Christmas pop songs or you want to get your family in christmas-gaming mood just play our playlist and have a really happy #Christmas . You don't see here your favorite game music with winter/Christmas vibe? Write it in the comment and we will add it! ๐Ÿ“€
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Hillegonda C Rietveld@GonnieR
7 Dec 2024
The hard copy has arrived! โ€œStrutting with Streets of Rage,โ€ co-authored with Andrew @_lemon!! #EDM #VGM #gamemusic #Techno @IASPM_OFFICIAL @LSBU_ACI @SSSMG_ @Dancecult_EDMC routledge.com/Music-and-Soniโ€ฆ
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The Video Game Library ๐Ÿ“š โžก๏ธ Over on Bluesky
@TheVGLibrary
13 Nov 2024
Itโ€™s a nice place. Come on by ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ“š
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MEET THE TEAM! ๐Ÿ“ท Weโ€™re excited to have Stephanie Lind join us as an Associate Editor for ๐‘ฑ๐‘บ๐‘ด๐‘ฎ - ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’”! #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg
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Stephanie Lind (Queenโ€™s University): Researches video game music, contemporary Canadian music and transformational theory, with various publications on authenticity and musical structure in video games including Authenticity in the Music of Video Games (released 2023).
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MEET THE TEAM! ๐Ÿ“ท We are delighted to welcome Karen M. Cook as new associate editor at the ๐‰๐’๐Œ๐† - ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ @CooksterKC #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg
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(University of Hartford): Specializes in medieval music and contemporary video game music. She is currently co-editing two volumes: Gender, Sexuality, and Video Game Sound, with Dana Plank and Michael Austin for Routledge, (@Musicologess, @MichaelLAustin)
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and ๐บ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ, with William Gibbons and Fanny Rebillard for Brepols. @Cactuceratops
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MEET THE TEAM! ๐Ÿ“ท Please join us in welcoming William Ayers, our new ๐‘ฑ๐‘บ๐‘ด๐‘ฎ - ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’” associate editor! #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg
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@WilliamRAyers (University of Central Florida): Focuses on video game music and applies its concepts to other media. His published work on video game music and sound has appeared in the JSMG, Music and the Moving Image, and The Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound.
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MEET THE TEAM! ๐Ÿ“ท Meet Our New ๐‘ฑ๐‘บ๐‘ด๐‘ฎ - ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’” Editor-in-Chief, Dana Plank! @vgm @ludomusicology @jsmg
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Independent scholar and lecturer at Ohio State University, specializes in video game music and identity. She co-edited The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music.
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she is also a violinist and Twitch streamer, co-hosting streams on video game music entitled โ€œKudomusicology: A Ludomusicology Literature Review,โ€ with @BardicKnowledge Ryan Thompson, Julianne Grasso @juliannegrasso , and Karen Cook @CooksterKC .
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