did it with students in our last class today, & when they plugged in 'rude' & 'mean' their jaws dropped open

Press Start to (Fore)Play: Sex and Sexuality in Game Music AbstractMichael L. Austin begins his chapter with a history of sonic representations of sex and sexuality in erotic film and pornography, tracing the frict

There are tons of great articles in the new Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound. My chapter on sex and sexuality in VGM is especially multimodal if you’re interested. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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I’d love to be added!

My book, Audiovisual Alterity, is due to be published this week in the US (and sometime soon after that in the UK). If you're interested, you can order a copy from global.oup.com/academic at a 30% discount using the code AUFLY30!

I’m honored to have a chapter of mine reprinted in this excellent anthology! Check it out (and ask your library to buy it)! www.routledge.com/Thats-the-Jo...

I’m very excited to have been named the new executive director of the Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games! Many thanks to the executive committee for the vote of confidence and to outgoing ED Mark Sweeney! www.sssmg.org/wp/2023/11/0...

CfP: The organizers of #Ludo2024 (11 – 13 July 2024, Technocampus – UPF in Mataró) are now inviting proposals on #gamesound and #vgm! The conference theme is ‘Sound, Music, and Space’. All info on our website! #ludomusicology #gamestudies #mediastudies #vgm #gameaudio
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Today is my first day of teaching this semester, and it’s my first day teaching music theory in England. May the hemidemisemi-gods be with me.