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by Mark Sweeney • March 26, 2016

The preliminary programme for Ludo2016 is as follows.

Day 1: 8^th April 2016

9:30 – 10:00	Registration, Coffee & Welcome
10:00 – 11:30	Session 1 – Japan 1. Melanie Fritsch: 'Big in Japan: digging in the history of Japanese game music culture' Abstract. 2. Georgina Brown: 'You have earned a trophy: the sound of Studio Ghibli’s first JRPG' Abstract. 3. Costantino Oliva: 'Toshio Iwai: digital games as musical realizations' Abstract.
11:30 – 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00	Keynote 1 (Neil Lerner)
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Session 2 – Chips 4. James Newman: 'Ear candy: The SID chip and the birth of chiptunes' Abstract. 5. George Reid: '‘A wild Dalek appeared!’ 8-bit sonic cartography: fannish re-contextualisations of sci-fi media soundtracks through a chiptune videogame aesthetic.' Abstract. 6. Michael Austin: 'Music at the intersection of hip hop and video game cultures' Abstract.
15:30 – 16:00	Tea & Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Session 3 – Horror 7. Hillegonda Rietveld & Marco Carbone: ‘'When the lights went off - VR strategies towards sonic affect in horror games'' Abstract. 8. Annabelle Richmond: 'Sonic subtlety in horror games' Abstract. 9. Beth Carroll: 'Courting and creating sonic disgust in Alien: Isolation' Abstract.
17:30 – 18:30	Drinks Reception
19:30	Conference Dinner at Ghandi’s

Day 2, 9^th April 2016

9:30 – 11:00	Session 4 – Chips and Intertextuality 10. Melanie Gómez Hernández: 'First generation sound and music of arcade video games' Abstract. 11. Peter Goosey: 'The immersive influence of Journey's soundtrack: a semiotic insight' Abstract. 12. Blake Troise: 'Compositional methods and challenges presented by the Nintendo Entertainment System' Abstract.
11:00 – 11:30	Tea & Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30	Keynote 2 (Andrew Barnabas)
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Session 5 – Representation 13. James Tate & Nick Collins: 'Music information retrieval for ludomusicology' Abstract. 14. Keith Hennigan: 'From Doolin to Tokyo: representations of Irish music in video games' Abstract. 15. Hyeonjin Park: 'Melodies of a barren wasteland: the musical portrayal of the desert’ Abstract. 16. Donal Fullam: 'The Centre of Everything: Game Sound and the Avant-Garde’ Abstract.
16:00 – 16:30	Tea & Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30	Session 6 – Composers’ Roundtable
17:30	Ludo Prize
19:30	Evening Celebration – Ludomusicology Pub Quiz

Day 3, 10^th April 2016

9:30 – 11:00	Session 7 – Interaction 17. Elise Plans: 'Music as function: biofeedback in games for health' Abstract. 18. Sam Murray: 'Harnessing interaction: video game audio configuration as compositional tool' Abstract. 19. Andra Ivanescu: 'Musical Device: Time, Space and Sound in Simogo’s Device 6' Abstract.
11:00 – 11:30	Tea & Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00	Session 8 – Approaches to Implementation 20. Morgan Hale: 'Filled with determination: an exploration of the music of Undertale' Abstract. 21. Tim Harbour: 'Compositional perspectives on the music in indie games: the case of Fez’ Abstract. 22. Tim Summers: 'The Gamified Album: Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds' Abstract.
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Session 9 – Immersion 23. Andrew Fisher: 'Audible game play: narrative in video game audio and its impact on immersion' Abstract. 24. Michiel Kamp: 'Playing to what? Enabling similarity in interactive audiovisual contexts' Abstract. 25. Barnabas Gregory Smith: 'The historical development of music in the Grand Theft Auto series and its immersive role and application in Grand Theft Auto V’ Abstract.
15:30 – 16:00	Tea & Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Session 10 – Beyond Games 26. Adam Harper: '‘Synaesthetic alien vistas': electronica at the intersection of game music and music games' Abstract. 27. Mark Perry: '8-Bit in a 32-bit world: a study of video game music in EDM' Abstract. 28. Steven Baysted: 'Ludum extra ludum' Abstract.

by Mark Sweeney • March 6, 2016 • 0 Comments

southampton-aerial-pic.0.1711.3508.1885.633.341.c We’re excited to announce that registration for Ludo2016 is now open! Please find event details and the registration form here. Do email us (ludomusicology@gmail.org) if you have any questions or problems registering.

Registration will close on Monday 4^th April.

Further programme details will follow in due course. Please also continue to send in your Ludo Prize nominations – the deadline for these is 31^st March 2016.

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Reminder: Ludo2016 Submission Deadline 31st January

by Mark Sweeney • January 9, 2016 • 0 Comments

Happy New Year Ludomusicologists! We’re already one week into 2016 and that means there are three weeks until the submission deadline for Ludo2016! We’ve had some great proposals so far, and are looking forward to seeing more arrive in our inbox in the coming weeks.

Don’t forget, no matter your background or experience, we’re keen to hear from you! So if you’ve got an idea for a presentation, especially on topics related to vg audio history, then make sure you get it to us on or before January 31st!

Ludo2016 is our fifth anniversary conference, and we want it to be the biggest and best international gathering to date! We have some exciting plans for the programme which should appeal to both students and early career practitioners, so look out for further announcements in the coming weeks!

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Ludo2016 Announcement

by Mark Sweeney • October 9, 2015 • 0 Comments

We are thrilled to announce that Ludo2016 will be taking place on 8th-10th April 2016 at the University of Southampton. This will be our fifth anniversary, after conferences at Oxford, Liverpool, Chichester, and Utrecht Universities, and therefore it is a particularly special, celebratory occasion for us. We are very proud and grateful for the fantastic and diverse contributions to past events, and are looking forward to what we hope will be the best Ludo conference to date! We’ll be putting out a Call for Papers as soon as possible, but whether you’re able to submit or not, make sure you save the date for what promises to be be an auspicious event.

Ludo2016 will be hosted by Kevin Donnelly, the Music Faculty and the Film Faculty at the University of Southampton. You can expect more details to follow in due course; keep an eye out on the website for further announcements in the coming weeks!

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