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The latest issue of the ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ is now out! Check the Winter 2026 volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issuโฆ With articles by Ryan Thompson, Ryan J. Lambe, Alexander Nunes, Dominique Arsenault and David Raybould #vgm #ludomusicology

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 2005โ2025: 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
Ludo2026 is now accepting proposals for research presentations on game music and sound. The conference takes place 6โ8 August at Edge Hill University, in person with remote access options. All info: ludomusicology.org/ #ludomusicology #vgm
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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
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
The latest issue of the ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ is now out!
Check the Spring 2025 Volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issuโฆ #ludomusicology #vgm @ucpress
๐โ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ , Volume 6, Issue 1 is now available for free access for a limited time! Dive deep into the Sound and Music of ๐ป๐๐๐๐ . A must-read:
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The last issue of the ๐๐๐๐ 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/issuโฆ #hades #vgm #ludomusicology #gamemusic
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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! ๐
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The hard copy has arrived!
โStrutting with Streets of Rage,โ co-authored with Andrew @_lemon!!
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MEET THE TEAM! ๐ท Weโre excited to have Stephanie Lind join us as an Associate Editor for ๐ฑ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ - ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
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MEET THE TEAM! ๐ท We are delighted to welcome Karen M. Cook as new associate editor at the ๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ @CooksterKC #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg
(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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MEET THE TEAM! ๐ท Please join us in welcoming William Ayers, our new ๐ฑ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ - ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
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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.
MEET THE TEAM! ๐ท Meet Our New ๐ฑ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ - ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
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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.
she is also a violinist and Twitch streamer, co-hosting streams on video game music entitled โKudomusicology: A Ludomusicology Literature Review,โ with @BardicKnowledge Ryan Thompson, Julianne Grasso @juliannegrasso , and Karen Cook @CooksterKC .



















