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Bridget Foley
@bridgetkfoley.bsky.social
they/them | PhD Student Northwestern University | Ludomusicologist | East Asian Studies Cognate | Cat Parent | 日本語学習者
Proctoring an exam and I just needed a little positivity in my life
May 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Sylvia Rivera
February 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Finished reading "Sacred and Terrible Air" (via an amateur translation, for better or for worse) and the concept of The Pale has just become even more terrifying.
January 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Finished Metaphor Re:Fantazio. They’re right. Music was the first form of magic 🥲
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
It’s so nice when after weeks of struggling, I finally get an epiphany about a project. A nice reminder of why I do what I do 💜
December 10, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Show me your pet and what they were named after
November 23, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Calling any ludomusicologists at AMS right now:
I'm volunteering at the information desk on the third floor, and would love to meet some folks! Come say hey :)
November 15, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.

1. Themes of memory, forgetting, and post-traumatic identity formation connected to the music of Disco Elysium
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.

1) book on how musical encounters form [ludopolitical] subjectivity in video games

2) rage quitting & musical monstrous feminine
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.

1) book on vibes are how we see ourselves how algorithms and LLMs see us 2) what comes after hip/cool in popular music?
November 15, 2024 at 6:58 PM
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
Been on repeat for the past six months. Aka tell me you’re doing a project on Disco Elysium without telling me you’re doing a project on Disco Elysium
This Is Sea Power
open.spotify.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Looking forward to seeing folks at AMS tomorrow! Bringing my two little ocarinas to the study group's jam session lol
November 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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are we doing #ams24? in case we are, re-sharing my food+drink map here! www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Chicago AMS 2024 - Google My Maps
PCH's food and drink recs for Chicago AMS 2024
www.google.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Hey new followers! I think some of you may like video game music, so here's my YouTube channel where I host transcriptions I make.

www.youtube.com/@VGMTranscri...
VGM Transcriptions
This ever-growing channel features sheet music transcriptions in standard notation for ludomusicological purposes. I do not own the rights to the recordings. These are not arrangements, but literal no...
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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I started compiling this a couple of weeks ago but also by popular demand: go.bsky.app/BxYwf8T
November 12, 2024 at 2:46 PM
This looks a little better, haha. Hello! Currently I'm interested in JRPGs that make use of Japanese vernacular genres, tying narrative and interactivity to modern musical culture. Primarily focused on the Persona series (and thus Carl Jung)
November 12, 2024 at 5:11 PM