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Austin Wintory @awintory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week ABZU turned 10 and to celebrate I'm releasing the score book! Entire OST in meticulous detail for all my fellow nerds :) austinwintory.bandcamp.com/merch/abzu-f...

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Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Did you know we (@brock-ddh.bsky.social at Brock University in Ontario 🇨🇦) offer a 2-year MA in Game Studies? I teach one of our grad seminars, Methodological Paradigms in Game Studies! Feel free to DM me anytime if you have Q's about applying for Fall 2027/28! #gamestudies brocku.ca/humanities/d...

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Master of Arts in Game Studies

The MA in Game Studies is an interdisciplinary and interfaculty program designed to provide students with a well-rounded, high-quality venue for studying and designing games in all their forms. Throug...

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FulminisIctus @fulminisictus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The first non-online publication I've contributed to is now out! This book is a collection of over 100 short analyses. My article is about "Growing Wings" from the PS2 game Drakengard (2003). This is a really cool project that I'm glad to have been a part of! www.hollitzer.at/buch/musik-i...

A book titled "Musik im Zentrum. Taktvolle Analysen zum Gedenken an Manfred Hermann Schmid." Edited by Thomas Schipperges together with Pia Schumacher, Jörg Büchler, and Jakob Bednarz

A table of contents with a red arrow pointing at the entry "Nobuyoshi Sano, 'Growing Wings' aus Drakengard" by Tim Reichert.

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Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!

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Call for Papers: Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026

A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures

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AKGWDS @akgwds.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Für unseren #GuDSDDD Sammelband "Zwischen Geschichtswissenschaft und Game Studies: Der Arbeitskreis in einem Spannungsfeld" hat Tobias Winnerling einen kurzen Rückblick zu historischen #GameStudies geschrieben. gespielt.hypotheses.org/11145#_ftn15

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Phillip Brandes @litgamestudies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Dear #GameCultureStudies people – @caroleinx.bsky.social, @anjalovescats.bsky.social and me are editing a volume on methods for researching digital games and game culture, using #TheLegendofZelda as an example. Abstracts are due by 20th July; find out more here:

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CfP – »It’s Dangerous to go alone! Take this [method].«

Methoden zur Analyse von digitalen Spielen am Beispiel der ›The Legend of Zelda‹-Reihe

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dehypotheses @dehypotheses.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Neu in den #GameStudies? Wo fange ich überhaupt an, wenn ich mich für Game Studies interessiere? Wie und wo beginne ich meine Recherche? Und was sage ich den Skeptiker*innen? Im #Slider gibt's heute ein FAQ von Aurelia Brandenburg & Tobias Unterhuber ⬇️ gespielt.hypotheses....

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Amy King @girlinbluemusic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am conducting a research study about Disney/musical theatre music and am looking for participants. This ~15-minute survey is completely anonymous and involves listening to musical excerpts and answering questions about what you hear. Learn more and participate here: shanahdt.github.io/evmusicapp/

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Noise Lab Experiments

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LudoBande @ludobande.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Call for Papers – Spielerfahrung Studierendentagung der Ludobande vom 11. bis 14. März 2027 in Innsbruck gerne fleißig verbreiten www.uibk.ac.at/de/projects/...

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Call for Papers - Spielerfahrung

Call for Papers – Spielerfahrung Einreichung bis zum 01.09.2026 Studierendentagung der Ludobande vom 11. bis 14. März 2027 in Innsbruck

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Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon @jeremiepgagnon.net · 02/07/2026

The latest issue of the Journal of Replaying Japan is now accessible through the Ritsumeikan Research Depository and the replaying.jp webpages. Many thanks to all contributors, reviewers, staff and editorial board members for their contributions. #gamestudies #japanesestudies

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Replaying Japan – Website of the Replaying Japan Conference and the Journal of Replaying Japan

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Azam Raharjo @azamraharjo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Malice. Art & Story by me and @itskoppe.bsky.social

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FulminisIctus @fulminisictus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I released another free audio pack! It features a bunch of piano pieces, all of which are loopable and many of which have intro and outro sections. They can be used for various kinds of projects, including games, videos, streams, etc. Check it out over here: fulminisictus.itch.io/piano-music-...

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Lemon @ DevTalk @vndev.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Our 2026 Speaker Series is coming! Join us for a full day of talks for Visual Novel developers!. This year's theme is 'Wow your audience!' For Info: www.visualnovel.dev/speaker-seri... For tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/visua... #visualnovel #vndev #vndn #VNDNSpeakerSeries2026

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SHINRAI @gosatsuvns.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Less than 24 hours until the sale ends!

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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 24/03/2026

𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 Win a free copy of 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘴: 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘚 - 𝘝𝘰𝘭 2. To enter: 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Repost Winner to be announced March 27th, 2026. 💌 retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... #retrogaming

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SSSMG @sssmg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out! Check the Winter 2026 volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/7/1 With articles by Ryan Thompson, Ryan J. Lambe, Alexander Nunes, Dominique Arsenault and David Raybould #vgm @ucpress.bsky.social #ludomusicology

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Volume 7 Issue 1 | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

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Jason Prime @blazingwaters.northsky.social · 16/03/2026

this knocked me out

I’ve gone a long time without talking about how I translate game text. I don’t mean within this writeup, I mean ever. I’ve published several videos on the technical side of fan-translation and a big fat zero on the actual art of localization. The reason for this is very simple: I don’t want to deal with social media localization piranhas. There has never been a time more hostile to localizers with the entire industry in chaos over being replaced with AI, uprisings against “wokealizers”, and every possible excuse to raise controversy where it doesn’t exist. How bad is it, you ask? In my recent romhacking video I used a thumbnail with the simplest, most direct translation I could find in the script, specifically so that nobody could complain. The line was:

友枝小学校の４年生

I’m a 4th-grader at Tomoeda Elementary.

<picture of Hilltop's thumbnail for the video in question, with the image caption below it being "The thumbnail in question">

I really want to emphasize that this is a completely direct translation. Any change to it at all would make it worse. But was it good enough for the piranhas? Fuck no! Believe it or not, someone showed up in the replies and tried to argue that the order of the words should be 100% preserved through translation and that it should be the perfectly SOVLfully accurate:

At Tomoeda Elementary I am a 4th grader.

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林明玉 Jade Leamcharaskul 🍵 @jdwasabi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

#WhatAGameDevLooksLike Hullo 👋! 🎹 I'm a composer but started out as an #indiedev making flash games back in the day. Obv, I did not continue that career 🤣. Open for work June onwards! 🍙 I specialist in writing East and South-East Asian hybrid tracks! #gamedev #gameaudio www.jdwasabi.com

Staged photo of Jade with Japanese taiko drums

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Ph(Dana) the Musicologess @musicologess.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Excited to publish the Call for Presentations for a special issue of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games called "Stage Select: Interactions of Games & Musical Theater," edited by @ninapenner.bsky.social and William Gibbons. online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/pages/s...

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Submit | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

Submit | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press Submit Call for Papers: "Stage Select: Interactions of Games & Musical Theater" Journal of Sound and M...

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AKGWDS @akgwds.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Pokémon-Forschende aufgepasst: The Psychgeist of Pop Culture sucht Proposals zum Thema Pokémon!⚡ 🗓️Deadline für die Abgabe: 17.04.26 ▶️Das ganze wird von Play Story Press herausgebracht: playstorypress.org/2026/03/08/c...

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Call for Proposals! The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Pokémon – Play Story Press

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Mike Smith - Voice Actor @kinglowtier.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For all of these game devs that keep coming out saying, "well we had to use AI to generate placeholder images for our game otherwise it wouldn't work." I present to you, Slay the Spire II (The last one is my favorite)

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Echolox | Play BEAT WEAVER! @echolox.com · 04/03/2026

📣Announcing BEAT WEAVER! The new 3D multi-track rhythm game that rewards your playstyle as much as your precision. Solo developed with handcrafted music 💖 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4265140/... Watch the trailer in 4K 60fps: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_F... #indiegame #solodev

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Antichrist of Jakob 🎃🎮🎶 @disomikron.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It's bandcampfriday! While I haven't released an album in ~2 years, two new albums will be out in 2026! 👀 In the meantime, here's a cute little OST I made for @adventureislands.bsky.social a while back that I'm still proud of. Go grab it! :) disomikron.bandcamp.com/album/tightr...

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Tightrope Theatre (Original Soundtrack), by Christoph Jakob

11 track album

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Akabaka @akabaka.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I also wonder why I do this

This artist is also a writer + programmer

Because i like to suffer creatively three ways

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bleep @bleep.music · 02/03/2026

Yo I'm bleep and I'm a composer and media producer open for short and long term projects! I've worked on over a dozen games including Milk Outside a Bag of Milk and Starstruck: Hands of Time. I've also worked on 100+ video and streaming projects. Check out my work at bleep.moe or DM me for details!

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bleep's portfolio

Hello and welcome to my portfolio!

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Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Zurück aus dem urlaub kann ich jetzt endlich ordentlich Werbung für unseren Projekt-Podcast machen. In der ersten Episode stellen @pachuki.bsky.social und ich ganz allgemein das @snf-fns.ch finanzierte Sinergia-Projekt @chludens.bsky.social vor! #GameStudies

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Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

**NEW POST** LLMs hallucinate, & they hallucinate WORSE on topics we don't already know/write a lot about. This creates a huge accuracy gap. This week I tested ChatGPT on Beethoven & Smyth to show how big this gap is & why it matters. It made up a LOT. leahbroad.substack.com/p/chatgpts-a...

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Hey all! My current contract ended unexpectedly, and I'm looking for game design work with some urgency. I'm a multidisciplinary technical artist, game designer, and programmer. I turn concepts and aesthetic vision into shaders and systems. Boosts welcome. Leads on projects even more so!

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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 28/02/2026

𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 Win a free copy of 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘴: 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘚 - 𝘝𝘰𝘭 2. To enter: 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Repost We just gave away a copy of volume 3 and we are keeping the good times rolling with a free copy of volume 2. Winner to be announced March 2nd, 2026. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... #retrogaming #giveaway

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Video Game Maps: SNES - Volume 2

In video games, maps have always played a crucial role, serving as guide, world builder, and interactive element. A single image can add incredible depth to the story and lore of a digital universe. W...

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Holland Albright ｡°✩ 🏳️‍🌈✨ @hollandalbright.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A Hero Yet to Be — A piano arrangement of a hero theme I wrote originally for orchestra. #composer #piano #fantasy #music #pianist

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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 25/02/2026

𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 Win a free copy of 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘴: 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘚 - 𝘝𝘰𝘭 3. To enter: 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Repost Bonus: Tell us your favorite SNES game Winner announced Feb 27th, 2026. retrogamebooks.com/products/vid... #retrogaming #giveaway #books #snes #videogames #gaming #supermariobros #maps

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Video Game Maps: SNES - Volume 3

Maps have always played a crucial role in video games, serving as guide, world builder, and interactive element. A single image can add incredible depth to the story and lore of a digital universe. Wi...

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 23/02/2026

It's real. Listed on Evangelion's official website. New series written by Yoko Taro www.evangelion.jp/news/260223-1/

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みなはむ @minahamu.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

yumenikki fanart

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FulminisIctus @fulminisictus.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I've uploaded my soundtrack for the game Spooltape on bandcamp! You can listen to and download it for free. timreichert.bandcamp.com/album/spoolt... There's also a YouTube upload if you prefer that: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1cn...

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nightshade →home, for now @nightshade.technology · 18/02/2026

the Konami Python 2 will always be the peak of mid-2000s arcadejank to me imagine being an arcade tech back then, and you finally receive the kit to upgrade your cab from DDR SuperNOVA to SuperNOVA 2, so you open the case to get at the disc drive, and you're met face-to-face with this:

a picture of a Konami Python 2, which is composed of a literal, entire, retail PlayStation 2 console, case and all - exactly the same unit as you'd buy at a store. the PS2 is surrounded by some custom boards, and framed inside a metal box (meant to go inside an arcade cabinet). it looks ridiculously funny.

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かめりあ (Camellia) @cametek.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I miss Baka Mitai, I miss everyone was just like Dame da ne dame yo dame nanoyo. Who would imagine we'd miss that stupid meme like this. It was truly internet

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FulminisIctus @fulminisictus.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

My "Make Visual Novel Assets" submission is now up on itch! One of the "selling points" is that some of the tracks consist of multiple layers or building blocks, allowing you to arrange them depending on the individual needs of your project or specific scenes. fulminisictus.itch.io/my-very-nice...

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Feniks - Controller Support Expansion Released! @feniksdev.com · 16/02/2026

My #MVNA project is released! It comes with many art assets by wonderful artists to make immersive particle effects right away. I spent far too much time adding all sorts of movement options and customization to it, so it would mean a lot if you checked it out! feniksdev.itch.io/immersive-pa...

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Stella De @stelladevt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Cat print, special transitions, two more slash away effects and a new category of line transitions coming, thanks to your support! I've been working on some shaders to pair with these transitions to add some style and fire to them. The financial support really helps, so thank you!

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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 26/10/2023

The largest online database of VIDEO GAME books is right here: 👉 TheVideoGameLibrary.org Spread the word 📚♥️ GameStudies, GameDev, Game History, Artbooks, Cookbooks, Comics, Biographies - we’ve got it all❗️

An image of Mario and Toad after defeating a fake Bowser in a castle in the original Super Mario Bros. It reads “Thank You Mario! But our princess is visiting The Video Game Library”

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FulminisIctus @fulminisictus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We've released a free enhanced version of our game jam game Spooltape! A documentary filmmaker decides to center his next project around analog horror. He soon finds out that there might be more to the tape he bought than he thought. store.steampowered.com/app/4112180/... rocrac.itch.io/spooltape

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